Woke up to a dusting on the car this morning in Stowe with light snow falling 
around 6am... snow became heavier and steadier as the morning progressed 
and at 1,000ft we were accumulating on grassy surfaces.  However, by about 
10am the temp had risen enough to cause a mix of rain and snow down below 
1,000ft.  All afternoon we were still getting some flakes to mix in down at that 
elevation during heavier bursts.

I took a couple drives up to the mountain today and as of 3pm the snow line 
was around 1,300ft (Toll House base area).  However, the real accumulating 
snow was up at 1,500-1,600ft by that point.  At 11am when I went up there, 
there was fresh accumulations all the way down to those houses just below 
the Toll House area on the Mountain Road... but by 3pm that had melted off 
and accumulations were found a little further up the road towards the real ski 
area base.

It looked to be absolutely dumping up high... while there appeared to be an 
inch or so around the Quad and Gondi base with grass sticking through, the 
trails were decidedly "more white" just 500ft up.  

Saw Greg's car in the upper Gondi lot so I suspect we will have an official 
report sometime this evening.  The way it was snowing down in town this 
morning, plus snow all afternoon up on the ski trails, I'm betting there could be 
a solid 6"+ up top right now with more to come.

-Scott

PS: A new statement was just issued by BTV highlighting accumulating snows 
to continue tonight:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
401 PM EDT SAT OCT 30 2010

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>008-016-017-310815-
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND 
ISLE-
WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-
CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH...
STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...
LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...
GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT...
ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY...
MONTPELIER...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL
401 PM EDT SAT OCT 30 2010

...ACCUMULATING SNOWS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...

RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO WET SNOW TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHERN NEW YORK...AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WHERE SEVERAL INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING.

AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR
ABOVE 2000 FEET FROM THE NORTHEASTERN ADIRONDACKS EAST ACROSS THE
FAR NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS. THIS WOULD INCLUDE LOCATIONS FROM
NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND CLINTON COUNTIES IN NEW YORK...EAST ACROSS
FRANKLIN...ORLEANS...ESSEX...AND THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF LAMOILLE
AND CALEDONIA COUNTIES IN VERMONT. IN THESE AREAS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ON HIGHER SUMMITS.

ELSEWHERE...ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAINT LAWRENCE AND NORTHERN CHAMPLAIN
VALLEYS WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY MILDER. IN THESE
AREAS ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GENERALLY LESS THAN 2
INCHES...WITH MANY AREAS NEAR LAKE CHAMPLAIN RECEIVING LITTLE IF
ANY SNOW.

MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE WINTER CONDITIONS THAT ARE EXPECTED AND 
PLAN
ACCORDINGLY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES

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