First snow on Mt Washington !!!!!!!!

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Here is the comment of the observatory, at 7h56 PM today september 29. I'm very eager to see the pics tomorrow to see if there is a white cover... <BR> <BR> <BR>So it begins! IT’S SNOWING! We saw our first flakes start falling around 3:30 this afternoon and since then we’ve seen flakes, snow grains, and some rain. None of it is sticking as the temps haven’t actually dipped below freezing yet. They’ve been falling since about 3 PM and currently stand at 33 degrees. But who really cares? After all its SNOWING! <BR> <BR>For whatever inexplicable reason the first snowflakes of the year always tap into a deep routed childlike excitement in me and it was great to see that the same held true for everyone else up here. When we told Jeff, whom had just woken up, he bolted for the door in his t-shirt to see for himself. The animals too seemed to be slightly surprised. We saw the fox trot across the tundra in the snow with its tail fully fluffed out to protect against the chill and Nin, who had been out sunning on the rocks earlier, is now huddled inside. I suppose we looked the silliest though as we gallavanted around the deck in barely visible snow flakes! <BR> <BR>It has been a beautiful and interesting day up here on all fronts. We started with a partial undercast and lots of sun. As the day progressed the clouds lifted and we started to go in and out of the fog and mist. The clouds then seemed to reach a less stable layer of the atmosphere and towering cumulus clouds started to shoot up, especially off to our east where they blossomed into what looked to be some pretty good storms on the radar. The other fascinating thing to observe was the change in the density of the fog as it started to snow. The flurries were in intermittent spurts but always accompanied a very distinct opening in the fog. We are speculating that the formation of the snow flakes in effect dried out the fog. <BR> <BR>There is still some precip off to our west so we are hoping to see more of the white stuff before the night is through, and baring that at least a bit of riming. <BR> <BR>Neil Lareau - Summit Intern
 
Wow... really nice to see this morning ! <BR> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/8/2750.jpg" ALT="super snow and rime">
 
Yeah baby!Let's hope it's dumping by mid-november!I do believe that most of the white on the observation deck is rime.Still a welcome site though.For those of you new to skiing,rime is when fog(a cloud on the ground)moves over a surface(observation deck) that is below freezing,producing a feathery white blanket of ice crystals over everything it touches. <BR>((* <BR>*))NHPH
 
Yeah, <BR>It is definatley rime, but hey better than nothing. They said it snowed too, only it was minor in accumulation. The real stuff should be on the way by wed. thurs. and fir. nights. The forecast models show 50 - 65% chance of minor accumulations above 3500 feet in the New Hampshire and Vermont Mountains. At 6,000+ Mount Washington should recieve quite a bit. I'm looking forward to the white stuff. <BR>Porter in NH
 
Yep, effectively, this was more rime than snow, but there was some snow yesterday during the day. There was possibibly a bit of snow, this morning too, cause it wasn't so much white, in august 24 and 30, when the first freezings occured. <BR> <BR>Anyway, with a bit of luck, we should have some snow in the mountains in the first 1/2 of october, like in the last 3 years ! <BR> <BR>Let's all do our snowdance <IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":)">
 
snowing at the top of killington... they have a little picture of a snowman (about 6 inches tall) on their website.
 
Snowing today atop Whiteface, too. <BR> <BR>Frank already mentioned it, but it bears repeating even if off-topic in this thread: our monthly chat takes place tonight at 9pm in our <A HREF="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/chat.htm" TARGET="_blank">Chat Room</A>. just think of it as taking these Discussion Boards live and real-time. Hope to see many of you there!
 
Woohoo !!!! Super nice if it already falls down ! <IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":)"><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":)"><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":)"><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":)"> <BR> <BR>Hope Tremblant and La Réserve are on the way ! <BR> <BR>see ya on the chat at 9PM !
 
Hmm, I just looked the forecast for St-Jovite for tonight and it's SNOW here too !!!! <BR> <BR>Wooohooooooo ! Especially in the mountains quite above St-Jovite !
 
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