Week of 12/13

[polski]

Somewhat heavier snow than I'd expected for the northern half of the ride home from MRG this afternoon, turning what took 3 hours going up into 5 coming back ... including some fairly white-knuckle stuff on 89 from roughly exit 3 in VT to Sunapee, whereupon we followed the plows for half an hour at 25 mph. Changed to sleet 23 miles N of Concord around 6 p.m. and then rain within another 15 miles. Current radar indicates it never did mix from MRV north and precip now coming to an end in VT.

Snow was very fine when it started at MRG; steadily larger dendrites as we drove south, until finally it changed over.

Quick check of Burlington forecast discussion indicates not much moisture for midweek upslope, but again, those things can be tough to peg until it actually happens.

 

[WinnChill]

Thanks for the report Polski! Glad you made it back safe.

I'm waiting on reports this morning to see how I made out...was going for about 3-6" for northern resorts north of the mixing line...we got about a sloppy inch in S. NH before turning to rain.

Wish Wednesday's storm bombed out closer to us but uplsope showers it will be for the the rest of the week.

Cheers!

 

[Glenn]

Interesting weather yesterday in South Eastern VT. It started snowing around noon...lightly at first, then came down pretty good. The temp held steady at about 28F. Around 4, things started warming up a bit. By 6PM, it was raining, but still around 32ish. I before the change over, I'd say we picked up a good 3" of snow.

The drive back to CT was interesting. Rt 30 was a bit slushy. 91 wasn't bad at all, but people were traveling slowly...and bunching up. The temp didn't get above 32 until around Northampton.

 

[polski]

Pulse not racing over snow forecast for this week anymore. Latest indications are great temps for snowmaking from Wednesday on but not much moisture for upslope. Josh Fox and "LionelHutz" have posted outlooks for the week.

 

[arik]

Same experience for me in Southeastern VT yesterday. Snowed really hard from 1-3 pm, at least 3 inches on the car when I left at 3:30 pm, rained hard the drive back to NYC I figuered it must have snowed a lot in VT. But then when I called the snow report at Mount Snow and Stratton this morning they didn't report much accumulation. Do ski resorts ever underreport snowfall?

 

[Zand]

It's been PUKING here for the past 3 hours or so. Already a few inches down. Unexpected too.

 

[drjeff]

The Lake Effect machine is about to get turned on in a BIG way during the next 24 or so hours. Once it get's turned on, if the High pressure system that's behind the soon to arrive cold front does what many models think (which is basically park itself over the appalachians for a week or so) the Lake Effect Machine will stay on for many days

This front pushing through in the next 24 hours has some good signs to it interms of getting a good, long exposure to the cold polar air for the Northeast, and also the the Eastern Edge of the cold air looks like it will get far enough East to have plenty of good, cold air (not this marginal stuff we've had recently) in place for anytype of system that may come our way in the next 5 to 10 days be it an Alberta Clipper or a Nor'easter type storm.

 

[billski]

A couple inches every day adds up! I love seeing NNE all colored up!

 

[polski]

I'd appreciate first- or second-hand reports if anyone has them of upslope snow accum today in VT. In the 12/20 thread earlier I said radar indicated the snow had pretty much stopped but now that I look at the NWS composite loop it looks like it still may be going around 89 in the Bolton Valley area (which reportedly had 3" by late this afternoon) and S/central VT. Especially interested in any reports from Magic. thanks in advance

 

[billski]

looks like the warming hit the Western whites pretty hard:

Wildcat:
Primary Surface: Loose Frozen Granular

 

[riverc0il]

Flurries in Ashland right now. If that is upslope related, it is probably hitting the mountains pretty good if we are seeing flakes here in the Pemi-Baker low lands.

 

[Puck it]

I'd appreciate first- or second-hand reports if anyone has them of upslope snow accum today in VT. In the 12/20 thread earlier I said radar indicated the snow had pretty much stopped but now that I look at the NWS composite loop it looks like it still may be going around 89 in the Bolton Valley area (which reportedly had 3" by late this afternoon) and S/central VT. Especially interested in any reports from Magic. thanks in advance

Killington had about 2-3 at the summit last night. It started snowing at around 12 but not hard. The wind was picking up considerably when I was leaving at 2:45. No real accumalation though.

 

[polski]

Flurries in Ashland right now. If that is upslope related, it is probably hitting the mountains pretty good if we are seeing flakes here in the Pemi-Baker low lands.

Flurries here in NE MA - pretty sure it's lake effect.

Trying to see if I can pull off a jaunt to Bolton Valley after seeing reliable report this eve of 4-8" and still snowing. Possible Champlain enhancement judging from the very nice looking radar at the moment. $15 lift tickets thru Fri. Gotta run, thanks all ...

 

[billski]

Flurries here in NE MA - pretty sure it's lake effect.

Trying to see if I can pull off a jaunt to Bolton Valley after seeing reliable report this eve of 4-8" and still snowing. Possible Champlain enhancement judging from the very nice looking radar at the moment. $15 lift tickets thru Fri. Gotta run, thanks all ...

This morning's report:
Kmart 2
BV 1
Bush 2
JP 1
smug 2
strat 2-4

where did your reliable report come from?

I've noticed a lot of resorts are reporting cumulative over a number of days.

 

[polski]

Good seeing you tonight Bill -- as I said then, BV definitely had 4". Last evening their snow report said 3 and by the time I checked mid-morning it said 4. The 4-8 came from someone on SKIVT-L who skinned up yesterday evening. There were pockets deeper than 4 especially higher up and as I said in my TR in Preacher woods I got several measurements of ~16 from blow-in.

I'd add that last night I was watching radar and the BV area sure seemed to be getting heavier snow than say Stowe or Bush. Well short of epic but no sign of crust from rain/freeze earlier in the week.