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Damage = Not as Bad?

UVSHTSTRM

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Seems that we dodged a bullet in western NH (Upper Valley). It looks like it is done already. We got almost nothing in terms of rain, got some sleet (half inch) and now it is done, or so I think. Originally many weather sites were calling for snow to sleet to rain to heavy rain for almost all areas. Looks like many places north of lakes region NH and into western Maine have had a fair amount of snow.
 

SKIQUATTRO

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isnt there a 2nd round coming later? down here on LI thats what its calling for
 

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If this is damage I wonder whats coming?????????

Fully 6 " of fresh SNOW here TODAYon the Androscoggin floodplain ( Gilead/West Bethel) temp is 22 and its been snowing since ~ 6 AM.

I suppose things could go wrong for a bit this afternoon, but since we've had a good bit more than a foot of fresh in the last 4 days, it will have to be pretty damn fast and dire to call it "damage". If it does get a little wet and heavy, it won't blow around!

Breeze
 

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The forecast is for snow in the morning and sleet/freezing-rain in the afternoon.

I'll be the first to admit I cancelled a 3 day trip for fear that if that's indeed the case, over-night it might freeze to a breakable crust on top of sugary powder tomorrow. Not the kind of condition I'd like to deal with on a back country trip.

But if the forecast is wrong, as was the case this past weekend, I'll be missing out on a lot of powder unfortunatelly.
 

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FWIW it has been colder than forecast here in Rutland, VT. We got about an inch of snow out of it and little rain. Some icing, but not much.
 

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When I left my place at Mount Snow today at about 12:30, it was still about 25 degrees, the sleet had stopped, and I shoveled about 3" of sleet off my walkway - gonna end up as a net gain storm for them and if the winds fire up soon, it will keep the almost 2 feet of lighter fluff that fell since friday in place!
 

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After 5 Pm in West Bethel. temp 32 F some precip now that waffles back and forth between white and not white, light crust forming on 8 " of today's true fresh snow.

I think its a wrap that we are entering the "Spring Skiing" freeze/thaw cycle, and for some locations this is not a bad thing. Consolidated base depths are good insurance.

Breeze
 

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Burke fared great. We ended up getting 6-7 inches and the riding conditions were awesome. Heavy snow mixed in with a little sleet for about 2 hours which made the snow heavy but fast. Nobody was around today and made it that much better. Conditions were better today than at any point in the past week, we could not believe how good the riding was Today It snowed up until an hour ago, Burke definitely dodged a bullet and gained a good amount of snow.
 

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sunday river today was AWESOME! Some crusting after 2 or so, but overall a fairly dry mix. It was switching back to all snow from sleet as I was leaving. So much untracked, so soft....
 

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isnt there a 2nd round coming later? down here on LI thats what its calling for

There is supposed to be a 2nd round but it seems further south and east then they were predicting this morning. It hasn't rained here in NW Jersey since about 11 am. It may still hit the island but if it stays away from the mountains we all win.:beer:

Alex

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I was pleasantly surprised by minimal NCP here in the Plymouth/Ashland area. No noticeable snow loss but its definitely wet. My car had 1" accumulation of heavy wet snow after compaction and the rain got at it. At elevation further north, looks like it stayed all or mostly snow. Very nice! Big time bullet dodge.
 

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Yeah, Mt. Snow snow report reported a dodged bullet also. I assume this means no thick donut-like glazing took place?
 

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Down here in Putney we didn't lose any snowpack, but the powder suffered a serious glazing over with a thick shiny crust. Mt Snow reports all ungroomed trails closed so I'm guessing the mountain's conditions are similar to ours in the valley
 

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I was at Snow yesterday and will confirm a heavy glazing over everything. Basically unless it was groomed it was unskiable.
 
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