Weekend storm thread....

[tnt1234]

How we feeling?

Forecasts all over the place.

8" S.Vt at elevation?

14" N/VT

8" cats?

We believing this?

Seems like something of a nail biter with rain in the valleys.

I'm skiing Platty Sunday, and hiking in the cats Saturday, so curious to see what happens!

 

[Dickc]

Tim Kelly noted that this may be MORE NCP in Northern Vt, and more SNOW in Southern, VT. While he said that is unusual, it does happen at times. He indicated the two “jackpot” areas might be centered near Wilmington, VT, and North Conway, NH. Would really bail out Vail if North Conway gets a jackpot amount.

 

[tnt1234]

NCP?

 

[1dog]

This is at 3000' says 10-18" thru Monday. . . .

at Mt Ellen. . .

National Weather Service

forecast.weather.gov

 

[Dickc]

NCP?

Non Crystalized Precipitation. Many here do not want a reference to the R*** word.

 

[NYDB]

Looks good at elevation in VT

 

[WWF-VT]

WCAX at 3 PM today

The storm will move in tonight just after midnight with snow, especially in the higher elevations, but the snow will mix with, and change to rain in the valleys by daybreak on Saturday. By Saturday afternoon, a surge of warmer air will move in aloft, changing the mountain snow to rain as well, but the precipitation will be tapering off to showers.

Winds will be gusty out of the ESE late Friday into mid-Saturday. Some gusts could be as high as 45 mph, especially along the western-facing slopes.

By the end of Saturday, cold air will start to come back in, changing the rain showers back to snow showers. Those snow showers will be persistent through Saturday night and Sunday, and they will be concentrating themselves more in the higher elevations.

By the end of the day on Sunday, the valleys will end up with only a trace to around 3″ of total snowfall. But as you get away from the Champlain Valley and into some of the higher elevations, you can expect 2-4″ of accumulation. The higher you go in elevation, the higher the snowfall totals will be . . . as much as 6-12″ in the mountains by the end of the weekend.

 

[keyser soze]

Wow, NWS shows 1 -2 feet of snow over the weekend at Killington,which is much needed. I will not miss booting up at the car in that wind and blowing snow though.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

ya bolton has 18" by monday when you add up the high end of weather.gov forecasts. this should be a nice smacker at elevation. desperately needed. and then the 10 day looks great.

 

[machski]

Swinging colder and more snow at Sunday River. NWS has us in a wide 5-12" range and noted that below 1500', snow may have a tough time accumulating. Sounds very elevation dependant, much like the early December storm we had. This time they have all the high pods in play (Aurora, Oz, Jordan). Now, if the winds don't kill things.....

 

[drjeff]

Fat skis waxed and ready!

 

[tnt1234]

About 4" of dense snow here at our shack which is about 2,400 feet. Still coming down, switching between rain and snow as we watch.

 

[thebigo]

w,

 

[asnowmobiler]

Looking at MT Snow web cam, they got close to a foot.

 

[ScottySkis]

In west Catskill NY
Few miles between platty and bellflat:

""CURRENT CONDITIONS :

8 inches of snow and counting! The Friday night storm left us with plenty of snow to open for snow tubing/sledding, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, and fat tire biking this weekend (Saturday, January 16th - Monday, January 18th).

We are working to clear the Ice Skating ribbon and curling sheet. However, heavy snow rendered the ice surface un-skateable. Thus, ice skating will likely open tomorrow, Sunday, January 17th.

Send us a message or give us a call if you need any help with directions and road conditions. Drive safely!"

 

[skimagic]

Looks like Stratton, Bromley, okemo and magic were in the 8 inch range according to snow reports. Thick, dense paste on the cams....

Catamount, 2".

 

[slatham]

From what I hear (not there right now) SoVT was 10” or so. Note that the graphics above from NWS yesterday includes the backside/upslope that should start later today and continue into Sunday afternoon. Hopefully that materializes but it as usual will be focused along he spine at elevation.

This dense snow is great base for natural trails. Looks like reasonable cold and frequent clippers could keep us in good skiing for a bit, fingers crossed.

 

[Zand]

Lots of big wind holds. Cannon is closed for the day. Not good on Saturday of a holiday weekend. But hopefully the kickoff of a good stretch.

 

[drjeff]

Looking at MT Snow web cam, they got close to a foot.

I can confirm that even after a little drizzle around noon, and some slight settling that the temp creaping up to 34 at my condo across route 100 from the mountain that there was still a foot on my deck for me to shovel off before grilling this evening!

Great base snow too. Definitely some density to it. Wouldn't surprise me if I heard that there was between 1.5 and 2" of water content in the snow that fell

And amazingly enough, the forecasted winds never (or atleast as of almost 3PM) materialized

 

[thebigo]

Snowed heavy at wildcat all day, still snowing when I headed home mid afternoon. Did not want to leave but everything was soaked and frozen. Upper catapult rope dropped, sampled upper wildcat. I don't know the total but it was deep, NWS calling for another 11 - 17 this afternoon plus another 3 - 7 tomorrow. Would guess 2'+ when done, no rain.

Only wind was on the summit, surprised to hear cannon closed for wind.