Mar 5/6

[billski]

Here are the biggest snowstorms on record in Burlington:

1. 33.1" Jan., 2010 (kind of a fluke - very localized fluffy, light snow)
2. 29.8" Dec., 1969 (the Christmas storm)
3. 25.7" Feb., 2007 (the Valentine's Day storm)

 

[billski]

This is the strangest MRG live cam shot I've ever seen. Amazing what a few water droplets can do!

 

[thetrailboss]

We're at 23 or so inches here in BTV. IIRC WCAX said it was #5 on the list.

 

[billski]

20" Burke. No wind hold.

 

[wa-loaf]

Temps dropped 20-30 degrees over lunchtime here in Cambridge.

 

[nelsapbm]

Winter storm warning extended until 7pm!

 

[TRWstock]

Sugarbush reporting 34" as of 2pm at Peak. Still snowing HARD near the base here.

 

[Zand]

25-30" here in the heart of the NEK. Still a few hours left.

 

[Warp Daddy]

30 inches now at Titus will be there for opening bell in the am

 

[Johnskiismore]

We got shafted here in NH!!

Was at Sunday River today, not the best conditions.

Boooooooooooo

 

[KevinS]

Did the storm put down 34" of heavy snow? You usually see really dense snow when it transitions from rain, but 34" of base building snow would be an insane amount. Those are depths you usually see with light fluffy stuff.

 

[billski]

You know life is good when the Burlington Free Press headlines:

Epic snowfall

 

[psyflyer]

Still dumping hard on Burke. 24+ inches and counting. Today was epic.

 

[TRWstock]

Did the storm put down 34" of heavy snow? You usually see really dense snow when it transitions from rain, but 34" of base building snow would be an insane amount. Those are depths you usually see with light fluffy stuff.

The first Foot is heavy and dense, the second foot is somewhat lighter but still a bit dense, and everything that fell this morning and beyond is fluff/upslope type quality snow...

 

[thetrailboss]

Burlington is reporting 24.3". Underhill is reporting 30". As said, the further east and south the wetter it got and the longer the r*(N fell.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Burlington is reporting 24.3". Underhill is reporting 30". As said, the further east and south the wetter it got and the longer the r*(N fell.

I used to live in Burlington, and we tended to always get less snow than other northern parts of VT, so that doesn't surprise me. I suspect it may have something to do with the greater width of Lake Champlain at Burlington. All I know is we'd get something like 4" - 6" in Burlington and friends in St. Albans would routinely get > 10".

If it's better to be north and west with this particular storm, I wonder if the Adirondacks got it the worst? I was talking to a lady in Lake Placid around 3pm, and she claimed they had 28" in the Village and that it was still coming down pretty hard. Given that, I'd imagine Whiteface must be over 30".

 

[thetrailboss]

I used to live in Burlington, and we tended to always get less snow than other northern parts of VT, so that doesn't surprise me. I suspect it may have something to do with the greater width of Lake Champlain at Burlington. All I know is we'd get something like 4" - 6" in Burlington and friends in St. Albans would routinely get > 10".

If it's better to be north and west with this particular storm, I wonder if the Adirondacks got it the worst? I was talking to a lady in Lake Placid around 3pm, and she claimed they had 28" in the Village and that it was still coming down pretty hard. Given that, I'd imagine Whiteface must be over 30".

That normally is true, but the January 2010 snow storm actually gave BTV more snow than anywhere else oddly enough.

 

[billski]

Here are the latest storm total from the latest storm:

 

[moguler6]

What an awesome, but frustrating storm. 3rd biggest ever for Burlington, VT and Jay Peak set their all time 24hr snowfall record. How does this happen and yet no one came close to calling it. I can't imagine what the totals would of been if Saturday and Sunday was snow instead of rain. It absolutely poured Saturday night and the 1st half of the day Sunday in Vermont. I left Vermont early Sunday and totally could of stayed up for it, doh.

Any chance we can hope for a repeat with the Thursday/Friday storm coming in?



From Weathering Heights

THE FOLLOWING IS OUR SNOWFALL NUMBERS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN SOUTH BURLINGTON VERMONT THROUGH 9 PM MONDAY.
THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS 25.8 INCHES.

THE 25.8 INCHES IS THE HEAVIEST MARCH SNOWSTORM EVER AT BTV...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 22.9 INCHES ON MARCH 5TH THRU THE 6TH OF 2001.

TOP 5 GREATEST SNOWSTORMS AT BTV:
1.) 33.1" JAN 2-3 2010
2.) 29.8" DEC 25-28 1969
3.) 25.8" PRESENT STORM
4.) 25.7" FEB 14-15 2007
5.) 24.7" JAN 13-14 1934

TOP 5 SEASONAL SNOWFALL AT BTV:
1.) 145.4" 1970-71
2.) 132.0" 1886-87
3.) 124.3" PRESENT
4.) 122.5" 2000-01
5.) 120.2" 2007-08

 

[WinnChill]

A long, drawn out storm with lots of changes for sure! It was a little frustrating but that's the way it goes for stalling systems like this. But I feel that our forecasted totals came pretty close....we called for N VT resorts to make out the best (ie SB thru Jay/Smuggs/Stowe). While our changes came a little later than we'd like, we at least upped our amounts to 15-20" for Sunday with an additional 6-10" for Monday...storm total 21-30"....and it looks like most N VT resorts came in ~25-30" with Jay and SB topping out a bit more into the 30's. We busted in some N NH resorts as the rain hung on longer than expected but our forecasted amounts for the area reflected lower (rainier) amounts further south.