The Official 3/2 Storm Discussion Thread

wintersyndrome said:

http://www.letstalkweather.com/cgi-bin/radpowder.cgi?zipcode=05674&width=1200&height=900

'bush reporting 7" at the summits

Map link shows all snow...for now

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Tin Woodsman said:

That map/radar is useless in storms like this. The warm air is well aloft, up around 5,000 to 10,000 feet and they have no way of measuring that and feeding it back into the radar data. We already know that Worcester is experiencing heavy rain, yet this picture would indicate that it's snowing to beat the band there. Take this thing with a grain of salt. Also, any forecast that still shows the jackpot as being in Central NE is produced by someone who loves the crack pipe.
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NWS BVT Discussion said:

000
FXUS61 KBTV 021408
AFDBTV

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
905 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007

ALL WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AT THIS TIME.

.SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/...
VERY COMPLICATED AND COMPLEX WX SET UP ACRS OUR CWA THIS MORNING
WITH TRRN AND WARM ALOFT HAVING MAJOR IMPACTS ON SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
AND PRECIP TYPE. FIRST NOTE...EASTERN UPSLOPE REGIONS OF THE GREEN
MTNS FROM NEAR WALDEN TO NORTHFIELD TO LUDLOW HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED
4 TO 8 INCHES THIS MORNING. SEVERAL FACTORS HELPING TO CREATE HEAVY
SNOW AXIS ALONG THE EASTERN UPSLOPE REGIONS OF THE GREEN MTNS.
FIRST...MOIST/UPSLOPE FLW...THIS COMBINED WITH ENHANCED LLVL LIFT
HAS COOL COLUMN ENOUGH TO SUPPORT BETTER SNOW GROWTH AND GREATER
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. WL MENTION STORM TOTALS BTWN 6 AND 12 INCHES ACRS
THIS REGION. MEANWHILE...DOWNSLOPING REGION OF THE CPV AND NORTHERN
CT RIVER VALLEY HAVE HAD JUST THE OPPOSITE OCCUR. THE DOWNSLOPING SE
FLW HAD ACTED TO DRY LOW LVLS AND WARM SFC TEMPS TO NEAR FREEZING
FROM RUTLAND TO BTV LINE THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE...SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES ACRS THE DOWNSLOPING
REGIONS OF THE CPV. FURTHERMORE...THE TRRN RISES AGAIN ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ONCE AGAIN INCREASE. SO
WL TRY TO SHOW UPSLOPE/DOWNSLOPE IMPACTS IN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...BUT
GIVEN THERMAL PROFILES THIS WL BE VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY GIVEN
CRNT RADAR TRENDS.

RADAR SHOWS LARGE AREA OF PRECIP FROM SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS INTO
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VT MOVING TOWARD OUR FA. FEEL DURING THE
HEAVIEST PART OF THE PRECIP THE COLUMN WL COOL ENOUGH AGAIN TO
SUPPORT A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACRS MOST OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN VT AS WELL AS THE EASTERN ADIRONDACK MTNS ZNS...NEAR PLB.
CRNT OBS FROM VSF TO RUT SHOW VIS REDUCED BELOW 1/2SM IN MODERATE TO
OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW AND THINK THIS WL BE THE CASE FROM BTV AND PLB
OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HRS. THIS BAND WL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DROP
ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES VERY QUICKLY ACRS CPV WITH SOME ISOLATED 4 OR
5 AMOUNTS IN THE FAVORABLE SE UPSLOPE REGIONS.

MEANWHILE...AFTER THE BAND MOVES THROUGH EXPECT DRYING CONDITIONS TO
DEVELOP AS MID/UPPER LVL DRY SLOTS WORKS ACRS REGION. WL JUST
MENTION AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE ACRS MOST LOCATIONS.
SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER QUICK INCH OR TWO
LATER THIS AFTN/EVENING.

IN ADDITION...EXPECT STRONG SE DOWNSLOPING WINDS TO CONTINUE ALONG
THE SPINE OF THE GREEN MTNS. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL REPORTS OF SUSTAIN
WINDS BTWN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WL CONTINUE
FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.

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Greg said:

This looks GOOOOOOD:
We need pics people!!!

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awf170 said:

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Cannon=screwed.

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http://www.cannonmt.com/conditions.php said:

The good news is that the snow is coming down heavily, and we have at least 4” of fresh snow on the ground. The bad news is that the wind has picked up steadily since 6:00, when the first reports were done. We are now seeing gusts of 40 mph and higher. Because of these winds, we will not be open today. Forecasts call for snow and wind right through the day.

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