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December 19th, 2008
THREE MORE STORMS BETWEEN TODAY AND CHRISTMAS TO ASSURE KNEE TO HIP DEEP POWDER…
FRIDAY NIGHT STORM – A quick mover, the northern Green mountains will be seeing 3 to 6 inches with heaviest part of the storm arriving late this afternoon until about midnight when the northern fringe of this storm system exits. All snow – it wil be very fluffy and near Snowbird Alta type quality. Winds should not be that strong as in other storms as a steady northerly bleed of arctic air oozes out of Canada. There’s a chance for lesser amounts than forecast if to much dry air becomes entrained across far northern Vermont, but I think the Jay Machine will prevail. As storms go – this will be the baby of the next three.
SUNDAY-MONDAY STORM – Two parts to this monster, which will be tricky in other areas of Vermont to forecast for but not Jay Peak. First part warm air advection will be the main lifting component dropping around 7 to 14†Sunday afternoon and night. As the low pressure jumps onto the coast and reconsolidates in the Gulf of Maine, a term we use in weather called “bombogensis†will take place causing explosive deepening and intensification of the low pressure system as it departs toward the Canadian Maritimes. A dry slot where snow may become light for a short periods of time Sunday night will be followed by and impressive deformation zone or wrap-around. The “WRAP†could kill Jay Peak with impressive snowfall rates along with enhanced up sloping produce more by the terrain on the back side of the system into the day Monday. White-out blizzard like conditions may also result if current modeling is correct. Thus another 6 to 12 inches on the back side can be expected resulting in the biggest dump of the season.