February 21st, 2025
That major ocean storm nailed Virginia Beach with a foot of snow, but was a complete miss for New England.
Yet it snowed here at Jay Peak!
We figured it would find a way to snow here anyway. And it did, and it is.
I’m not even sure how it happened. But we woke up to another blanket of snow Friday morning.
And like just about every other Friday this winter ~ it’s windy and cold ~ and still snowing.
But like just about every other weekend this winter, this weekend is looking good!
We can credit our magic Jay Cloud with a bit of a cold front that came through here Thursday night.
The front did attach itself a bit to that storm way out in the ocean too.
Which by the way is another bomb cyclone impacting the Western Atlantic, and definitely played a role with our wind.
It’s been record cold off to our west with that high-pressure system.
But today in Montana it’s 50° warmer than it was 48 hours ago. And it’s still freezing!
That warming trend is aimed at us, but it’s not really going to get a foothold here. There’s too much cold in Canada, it’s just shifting to the east and then pressing back to the south here in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.
As long as there’s some kind of thermal boundary around, it keeps on snowing.
If we count that little bit of white air Diamond Dust on Wednesday morning, that was so light, barely enough to brush off the windshield, if we count that. We are up to 53 days in a row with at least some snow. And it’s going to continue.
The sun did come out on a Friday afternoon, with more of that white air, intermittent snow and sunshine and gusty wind.
We should keep some sunshine and lose much of the wind for the start of the weekend.
Although what’s the difference between a Friday and a Saturday lately. It seems to all blend, one big long weekend after another.
That record cold high pressure system that's been out west is shifting off to our south on Saturday. That creates an overnight inversion with subzero air in the valleys, but warmer up in the higher terrain. Wind from the west is still fairly breezy, but hopefully not so much that we can’t get our lifts to the top.
Our temperature should top out pretty close to 25° at the base area.
The next snow cloud is thickening up in the afternoon with snow developing before sunrise on Sunday. The wind increases from the southwest overnight and stays fairly breezy on Sunday with snow likely all day long. Probably about another 6 inches of snow from sunrise to sunset.
This is due to a stationary front with a new building high-pressure system over southeastern Canada.
That high moves offshore Sunday night. Allowing for lower pressure and gusty wind from the south to develop during Monday. The snow will probably shut down and then start up again Monday day with a high temperature close to 30 °. Weak low pressure is then going to settle south with the boundary right over us on Tuesday to Wednesday another 7 or 8 inches of snow in that time. With the ever so slight chance that we actually get something other than snow falling from the sky for a few minutes in there.
Remember, we are in uncharted territory, still waiting for the first raindrop of the year 2025. We’re not eager for it, and even if it happens, it’s going to be layered right in there with more snow coming in Wednesday night and Thursday.
Looks like a couple of days with not too much wind mid-week and temperatures holding relatively mild near 30°.
A new push of Arctic air is closing in Thursday with a possible coastal storm.
Just another excuse for it to keep snowing here. And then next Friday we may actually have a Friday without too much wind.
We'll believe that when we see it.
What I do believe though is that we get close to another 2 feet of snow between now and next Friday.
And the beat goes on!
March looks like it’s going to come in snowy, with another dose of Arctic air coming at us next weekend.
Which probably means more snow.
Which probably means more fun.
Which probably means where are we gonna put it all?
Put in on the mountain please!
Happy weekend, talk again Tuesday.
TK
