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By Jay Cordeira, Meteorologist Posted 1 year ago April 20, 2022

Decent Spring Storm

Summary

3-10" of new snow blanketed the high terrain of the Green Mountains on Tuesday with upslope snow showers adding a couple more inches into Wednesday morning. The weather turns generally quieter for the back half of the week with some rain/snow showers possible Thursday night.

Short Term Forecast

National Weather Service snowfall reports from Tuesday's storm.

Overnight snows into Tuesday dropped ~6-10" of snow across the high terrain of the Green Mountains with even higher amounts across elevations regions of central Pennsylvania and New York. Jay Peak reported in with 9" of new snow on Tuesday morning, Killington checked in with 7" on Tuesday afternoon, and Mount Snow with 3". New snow conditions weren't quite powder and likely skied more like mashed potatoes at low elevations. There was less snow across New Hampshire and Maine where warmer air worked its way into the east side of the storm on some pretty strong winds. Mt. Washington gusted to 142 mph as they picked up ~3" of new snow. The valleys north of Plymouth in NH also picked up a ~1-2" of new snow before it melted away in afternoon sunshine on Tuesday.

Jay Peak webcam video for Tuesday and Tuesday night. 

Snow continued on and off throughout the day on Tuesday across the North Country. You can see in Jay Peak's webcam video above ongoing snow showers that lasted well into Tuesday night and here on Wednesday morning. 

Snow continued across the Greens on Tuesday night with some additional snow accumulations likely. The radar animation on Wednesday morning shows numerous snow showers in northwest flow across the Northeast with upslope flows tacking on snow across the Greens and Whites. We will likely see Jay Peak, Sugarbush, and Killington all report in with new snow this (Wednesday) morning; none of the resorts have reported in yet (as of 6AM).

If you're headed out skiing or riding, expect clearing skies in the mountains, increasing sunshine, and temperatures pushing through the 20s and low 30s at elevation, 40s elsewhere. Snow will ski like packed powder early and give way to some softer conditions later in the day. Watch for thin coverage under new snow and a breezy west-northwest wind.

OpenSnow snowfall forecast through Sunday with open resorts tagged.

The back half of the week features pretty tame weather as ridging slowly sets up over the eastern US. Temperatures will slowly climb through the 40s to near 50F by this weekend slope side. Our next shot at precipitation is likely some rain and snow showers late on Thursday and Thursday night, but otherwise expect decent sunshine with clouds moving in late on Sunday ahead of our next shot of decent precipitation (rain) likely in the Monday-Tuesday timeframe. 

Extended Forecast

ECMWF forecast animation of the 500-mb (~17,000 foot) flow from Friday 4/22 through next Thursday 4/28.

A large trough of cold air will set up over the western US in the coming days with severe weather possible over the central US and generally ridging over the eastern US. That whole pattern eventually shifts eastward toward the end of the next week bringing a chance of some precipitation with colder weather. 

ECMWF ensemble 24-hour snowfall forecast through next week into early May.

That trough of cold air increases our odds at seeing some snow showers late next week, especially in the mountains. Odds of big snows are low and the calendar will be starting to push May. At some point, you can't compete against the sun angle and warming temperatures. This could be all she wrote on winter, and this is very likely the last New England Daily Snow with a forecast. I'll post one more Daily Snow with a winter recap on Friday. 

-Jay

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Jay Cordeira

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