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

[Grassi21]

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.

All sleet, all day here in Southbury. After breaking up the sheets of sleet on the drive way I just pulled out the backpack leaf blower. It had to save me at least an hour. The cool thing is that the driveway is bone dry after the sleet is blown away.

 

[thetrailboss]

Still all snow here in WRJ.

 

[Brettski]

what a mess here..schools closed...roads not plowed, ice everywhere....shoveled and salted last night.....also called to say I'd be telecommuting

Nice to be under the covers hearing the sleet hit the windows....started Valentines day early ;-)

 

[Zand]

Went back over to snow here after sleeting for the past 2 hours. The wind is starting to switch direction as its more from the north now and gusts are up to 55. Temp hasn't even gone above 13 yet.

 

[from_the_NEK]

Over a foot here in St. Jay at lunch time and still puking. Went out for a little excursion on the snowshoes. Jon (guy I work with) was on CC skis. The owners dog went along too.

Short little movie

 

[Birdman829]

Absolutely nuking in Burlington. At least a foot on the ground but probably more (hard to tell with all the drifting). Visibility is about 100 yards so I hope no one is planning on trying to drive up to VT today.

 

[JD]

Just back from Mansfield. XC skiied the mtn. and new golf course. Moderate snow with 4 inches down when I got up. 6-8 new when i got there. At 11ish it intensified, and we are now getting pummled. I would say 18 new at the mtn. at 2 pm. And dumping. No wind yet. Skied lower Goat and Waterfall on the alpinas. Really nice snow. Not super fluff, but moderately dense, and almost granular, but light. Not what I would call blower, but as the temp drops we could see it end as fluff. I would call tomorrow a sure thing at this point.

 

[nelsapbm]

The wind has really started to pick up over this way. I'd say we have anywhere from a foot to a foot & a half. It's really hard to tell as everything is drifting. This is awesome!

 

[SKIQUATTRO]

Was raining hard 30min ago here on the island, still mixing back and fourth...slushy/wet mess out there, roads are fine...not a big deal, but people around here are 'hunkering down' too funny.....

 

[ajl50]

nice-
whiteface web cam just shows dumpage.

 

[thetrailboss]

2:45pm Report:

Dumping hard now. 11-12" of snow. I give that range because my stake is now too short and the snow seems to have drifted a bit on the hood of the car. Some pics:

 

[from_the_NEK]

Serious dumpage here in St Jay. Work is sending everyone home. :-o Will have picts from tomorrow morning.

 

[Greg]

21.2F. Wasn't doing anything for a while. It just started sleeting...............again...... :roll:

 

[Marc]

21.2F. Wasn't doing anything for a while. It just started sleeting...............again...... :roll:

HEY. No eye rolling. Just fill your head with thoughts of mt snow on friday.









The thoughts should probably not include me there though lest they turn nightmarish, naturally.

 

[Greg]

HEY. No eye rolling. Just fill your head with thoughts of mt snow on friday.

True. I've just about given up on Sundown tonight. Just did the driveway with the "sleetblower" and I wouldn't want to ski on that stuff. About ready to crack open the Grey Goose....

 

[Grassi21]

True. I've just about given up on Sundown tonight. Just did the driveway with the "sleetblower" and I wouldn't want to ski on that stuff. About ready to crack open the Grey Goose....

I was considering hitting Woodbury for an hour or two. Not looking promising...

 

[TwinTips21]

Snow winding down here in NJ. KEEP THOSE PICS COMING! THANK YOU TRAILBOSS FOR THE EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHY.

 

[KingM]

It is UNREAL up here right now. I just finished my fourth pass of shoveling for the day and there is already 3-4 inches on the first part, so I'll be back out in about twenty minutes. Anyone in the MRV measured within the last half hour or so? We've got to be at 25 inches already. Maybe more? The snow is coming down so hard that it looks like twilight out there.

Our plow guy just came again and in the few minutes when everything was clear a little sedan limped into the parking lot. Seems they'd driven all the way up from Long Island today. Crazy. They have reservations at Sugarbush Inn but can't get up the Access Road.

 

[MRGisevil]

I am hoping to be able to make my flight out of Bradley on thursday morning to Denver.

Still closed as of ten minutes ago, few people in my office have been missing flights. Tomorrow shouldn't be an issue.

 

[KingM]

Here are some pictures taken about fifteen minutes ago. Compare them to the ones above and keep in mind this is only two hours later!