The Official 2/14 Valentine's Day Storm Discussion Thread

[Birdman829]

Snowing like a bastard here in Burlington. UVM did indeed cancel effective at 12 noon today (I feel bad for the few friends who had to go to morning classes). I'm guessing maybe 8 inches on the ground right now but it's really started to pick up.

In the words of the great Carl Spackler, "I don't think the heavy stuff is gonna come down for a while"

 

[dmc]

In the words of the great Carl Spackler, "I don't think the heavy stuff is gonna come down for a while"

Funny - I quoted that to a friend today... Classis,,,,

 

[thetrailboss]

Just heard the forecast. Water to snow ratio is WAY high...meaning that 1" of rain is yielding 15-20" of snow! With that ratio, and the forecast of 1-2" of melted precip, we are talking snow totals between 15-30" by the time this thing is over, at least according to Fairbanks Museum!!!!

 

[FRITOLAYGUY]

Here in SNE all i have is maybe a half inch of snow and pellets blasting off the windows, as usual the snow missed us which doesnt bother me much because there are no mountains around here on the shoreline but just goes to show you those forcasters have no clue what they are predicting even 12hours out.

 

[takeahike46er]

About a foot of snow here in Saratoga. The 12 o'clock news had reports from the NWS of 18" of snow in Herkimer County (Southern Adirondacks). Gore should be picking up a ton of snow out of this! With all their glades open, anyone who has not had a chance to ski Gore should really take this opportunity to check it out. Its glades are among THE best.

 

[ChileMass]

About a foot of snow here in Saratoga. The 12 o'clock news had reports from the NWS of 18" of snow in Herkimer County (Southern Adirondacks). Gore should be picking up a ton of snow out of this! With all their glades open, anyone who has not had a chance to ski Gore should really take this opportunity to check it out. Its glades are among THE best.

Just spoke to my brother in Albany who says it's snowing hard there. "It looks like the end of the world" was his exact quote - yippee!

 

[castlerock]

Quick lunch break, check work email

Sugarbush 12:39PM, Puking outside 18"+ already at the bottom, Had a phenomenal morning , going back out. You have to stick to the high angle stuff to move.

 

[clenois]

Love that snow to water ratio factoid, Trailboss. The powder is staying pretty dry here. We're definitely talking a foot right now and it looks like it's coming down harder.

Patrol has opened almost every trail now (102 out of 106) including tree terrain on every face. (You know those guys are having a blast out there today.) We should be 100% open for your Friday vsiit.

 

[thetrailboss]

WCAX reported 10" at Killington and 12" at Jay before 12 noon. At 12:30, I had 7.5" at the "unofficial Trailboss stake" and it was coming down hard:

 

[dmc]

Just can't keep the snow off the Subby today... :-o

 

[Ski Diva]

1PM and there's one foot of snow in Plymouth, VT (just south of Killington). Still dumping like crazy.

 

[Greg]

Love that snow to water ratio factoid, Trailboss. The powder is staying pretty dry here. We're definitely talking a foot right now and it looks like it's coming down harder.

Patrol has opened almost every trail now (102 out of 106) including tree terrain on every face. (You know those guys are having a blast out there today.) We should be 100% open for your Friday vsiit.

Nice soft bumps on natural snow terrain? Awesome. Gonna be a classic!

 

[Marc]

Nice soft bumps on natural snow terrain? Awesome. Gonna be a classic!

Alll day in the woods and bumps.



EPIC. Can't wait!

 

[Greg]

BTW, still ALL SLEET here. We're up to 20F and that the high so far for the day. Visiblity is down a bit suggesting some fine snow may be mixing in.

 

[KingM]

Sugarbush 12:39PM, Puking outside 18"+ already at the bottom, Had a phenomenal morning , going back out. You have to stick to the high angle stuff to move.

And it's still pounding at about 2" per hour. I just finished shoveling for the third time and there was already another 1 to 1 1/2 inches on the part of the deck where I'd started. I had a 12 foot pile of snow off the back deck and had to get down there and excavate in order to move anything more off. This is going to be insane by the time it's all over

 

[rob56789]

Why is it icing at my house when its like 15 degrees?

 

[pepperdawg]

BTW, still ALL SLEET here. We're up to 20F and that the high so far for the day. Visiblity is down a bit suggesting some fine snow may be mixing in.

FWIW - Just switched over to heavy snow here in Broad Brook CT

 

[chrisk]

warm air aloft

 

[TwinTips21]

It was icing here when it was 13 degrees and turned to snow when we raised to 23 degrees. It all has to do with the effect the presence of the low has on the upper atmosphere temperatures.

 

[Greg]

FWIW - Just switched over to heavy snow here in Broad Brook CT

Nice! You're at a similar latitude as Sundown. Wonder what it's doing there...