Driest February Ever...So Far

[Euler]

While, weatherwise, the season's been pretty good this year, the first half of February is shaping up to be the driest in recorded history. From the NOAA Albany office today:

...THE FIRST HALF OF FEBRUARY 2009 HAS BEEN THE
DRIEST ONE SINCE 1980 WITH ONLY 0.07 INCHES RECORDED THUS FAR. FEB
1980...WE ACTUALLY HAD NO MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE FIRST
TWO WEEKS OF THE MONTH BUT FINALLY GOT 0.62 INCHES (INCLUDING 8
INCHES OF SNOW) ON THE 16TH. IF WE DO NOT GET ANY PRECIPITATION
THROUGH TUESDAY THE 17TH (A GOOD BET FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT)...THIS
WOULD MAKE THIS THE DRIEST FIRST 17 DAYS OF ANY FEBRUARY OFFICIALLY
IN ALBANY SINCE WAY BACK IN 1912! THAT FEBRUARY SAW NO MEASURABLE
PRECIPITATION UNTIL THE 19TH BUT THEN ENDED UP WITH 1.56
INCHES...BELOW NORMAL...BUT NO WHERE NEAR OUR TOP TEN DRIEST
FEBRUARY MONTHLY RECORDS. INCIDENTALLY OUR DRIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD
WAS IN 1987 WHEN ONLY 0.24 INCHES FELL...MOST OF WHICH TOOK PLACE ON
FEB.4TH.

Hopefully the second half of the month will prevent this Feb from becoming a record setter altogether.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I was actually looking at precipitation figures and January was dry for many as well..hopefully precipitation falls shortly in the form of snow..April showers are for the ducks..

 

[mondeo]

I need a powder day. Even Wednesday-Thursday just looks like a refresh. Haven't skied anything I would consider near great since before Christmas.

 

[Glenn]

Here's to hoping Southern VT gets a few inches of snow out of the storm tonight...then maybe again on Saturday/Sunday.

 

[billski]

Here's to hoping Southern VT gets a few inches of snow out of the storm tonight...then maybe again on Saturday/Sunday.

Looking like SVT is going to see some rain out of this

 

[Euler]

I see a lot of "elevation dependent" rai/snow discussion for SoVT on NOAA ALY region discussion. The cuttoffs mentioned are 1000 ft and 1500 ft, so maybe the ski areas will make out ok since they're above both of those benchmarks.

 

[billski]

I see a lot of "elevation dependent" rai/snow discussion for SoVT on NOAA ALY region discussion. The cuttoffs mentioned are 1000 ft and 1500 ft, so maybe the ski areas will make out ok since they're above both of those benchmarks.

There are three weather stations at Stratton, base, mid and summit. keep an eye on these three historicals and you can get a good sense for what is going on.

Summit, Stratton Mountain, VT
Base Area, Stratton Mountain, VT
half way up Stratton Mountain, Bondville, VT

or just use this:
http://www.wunderground.com/US/VT/Stratton.html

 

[billski]

time to close this thread. mark it "no longer relevant"!

 

[AMAC2233]

It'll still go down as dry here in Boston. Definitely one of the least snowy and warmest Februarys here I can remember in a while.

 

[Euler]

time to close this thread. mark it "no longer relevant"!

Beat me to it. Not dry anymore... have fun people

 

[billski]

It'll still go down as dry here in Boston. Definitely one of the least snowy and warmest Februarys here I can remember in a while.

could be, but I have skiatosis; I'm somewhat of a weather bigot; it only interests me when it involves snow!