Summary: 8.8” snow total in Waterbury (495’) as of 7:30 A.M. EST
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009: 7:30 A.M. update from Waterbury, VT
New Snow: 3.2 inches
Liquid Equivalent: 0.18 inches
Snow/Water Ratio: 17.8
Snow Density: 5.6%
Temperature: 7.5 F
Humidity: 96%
Dew Point: 2.8 F
Barometer: 1013 mb
Wind: ~5 MPH
Sky: Light Snow (1 mm flakes)
Storm snow total: 8.8 inches
Storm liquid equivalent total: 0.55 inches
Current snow at the stake: 13 inches
Season snowfall total: 35.4 inches
The 3.2 inches of snow that fell in the 12:30 A.M. to 7:30 A.M. timeframe suggests that the snowfall averaged out in the moderate intensity range, but I wasn’t awake to see more than that. The snowfall wasn’t comprised of massive upslope flakes, but it’s still quite dry in the cold air – which apparently came in with a vengeance. It was still 27.0 F at 12:30 A.M., so it fell off 20 degrees since then.
It’s a little tough to get the event totals for the ski areas on this one, because some areas are reporting just their overnight total as their 24-hour total, whereas at other spots it’s an actual 24-hour total, but here’s where things seem to be so far:
Jay Peak: 14”
Smuggler’s Notch: 10”
Stowe: 12”
Bolton Valley: 13”
Mad River Glen: 8”
Sugarbush: 9”
Pico: 13”
Killington: 13”
Bromley: 8”
Stratton: 9”
Mount Snow: 6”
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