It poured in southern CT yesterday

[SteveInCT]

I am looking for some on-site reporting from those of you near the mountains (any and all mountains)... It poured in southern CT yesterday and was wondering what it did up north. Sure, the snow reports will tell me "X inches of snow on Dec 13th", but it might also have been washed away (and then some) after it switched to rain (if it did). How bad did this storm kill the local mountains? Sundown back to grass? How 'bout up further up north? Did it stay snow or did it switch? UGH! That storm was nasty down here and I am really looking to find out if it just pushed us back another week. :-(

Let me know!
-Steve

 

[Terry]

Got about 4-5 inches of snow here. Just getting ready to go out and plow. No change to rain! It is all good here.

 

[Ski Diva]

Four inches here, too, in the greater Ludlow, VT, metropolitan area. I'm going skiing this morning.

 

[SteveInCT]

Four inches here, too, in the greater Ludlow, VT, metropolitan area. I'm going skiing this morning.

Now that is very interesting. I was out watching football yesterday so I wasn't tracking the storm. It must have been coastal because we had a TON of rain. If that much precip was hitting up there, it should have been WAY more than 4 inches. Maybe there is some hope!

 

[Glenn]

It snowed in Dummerston yesterday. I'd say we got a good 3" before it changed to rain around 5PM.

 

[Greg]

How bad did this storm kill the local mountains? Sundown back to grass?

It was a very cold rain. Still damaging, but not as bad as a warm rain. Still natural snow in my area so I assume Sundown made through it just fine. Some loss, but most of the snow making is probably still in whales to preserve it until they are ready to distribute. The rain water will probably drain right through today since it's not going to get that cold for another day or two. Really cold temps later this week so good production and probably a great surface for opening weekend. Rumor is a Friday opening. If that's the case, gonna try to get there for about 3 pm.

 

[BushMogulMaster]

We did have some rain in the lower elevations. Base areas, mainly. But it was like a blizzard up on the mountain at Mt. Ellen. I could hardly see where I was going in the cat last night. Don't know how much ended up falling, but it was snowing hard. Probably at least 6" on upper mountain. Don't know what it did after 10PM, as I was finished early.

 

[skidbump]

believe it rained in catskills..at 10 pm belleayres weather station reported little less than 1/2 inch...Hunter snow report say wet granular

 

[marcski]

I was up at Catamount yesterday. Skiing was quite good. It started to puke snow around noon. It was weird, at first it started as a super fine light NCP mist. Then it changed to snow and it began to puke. Probably got 1-2" and the skiing was great. Then as I started to leave around 2 it was back to NCP and it was quite a wet drive home. Taconic was pretty slick. I think it was coming down harder the further south I drove. Catamount is going to shut down this week and reopening on Friday. Skiing was quite good for opening weekend.

 

[bigbog]

........Really cold temps later this week so good production and probably a great surface for opening weekend. Rumor is a Friday opening. If that's the case, gonna try to get there for about 3 pm.

Yeah...tail end of this week looks great for temps. Sunday's precip was wet snow here in Bangor. Must have been all snow in mountains.

 

[SteveInCT]

I just checked the Mohawk site and they still have the same number of trails open as they did yesterday so that is a pretty good sign.

 

[dmc]

believe it rained in catskills..at 10 pm belleayres weather station reported little less than 1/2 inch...Hunter snow report say wet granular

Rain down low - snow from mid up.. Lots of snow... but wet snow... right on the line...

Heaiding out to check it out now..

 

[bvibert]

It was a very cold rain. Still damaging, but not as bad as a warm rain. Still natural snow in my area so I assume Sundown made through it just fine. Some loss, but most of the snow making is probably still in whales to preserve it until they are ready to distribute. The rain water will probably drain right through today since it's not going to get that cold for another day or two. Really cold temps later this week so good production and probably a great surface for opening weekend. Rumor is a Friday opening. If that's the case, gonna try to get there for about 3 pm.

All of the snow is still in whales, except for the two groomer widths they pushed out on Little Joe for the Ski School tryouts. I imagine they retained most of what they blew.

 

[Zand]

Stayed all snow here. About 4".

 

[severine]

I just checked the Mohawk site and they still have the same number of trails open as they did yesterday so that is a pretty good sign.

They're apparently planning on staying open all week.

Open all week 9:30am-10pm!

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