11AM Update: No Thundersnow!
When I was a kid, I used to watch The Weather Channel. I don't mean I used to check "Weather On The 8s," I mean I used to watch The Weather Channel like other people watch Netflix- for three hours straight. And not to carbon date myself, but that was when The Weather Channel still looked like this:
The greatest moment in weather history was captured on The Weather Channel. It was not the eruption of Mount Tambora 200 years ago (thank you Mrs. Potucek, cool story), but rather when Jim Cantore turned into a child covering Thundersnow in MA in 2015. Don't believe me? Click here to watch the video for yourself.
What is Thundersnow you ask? Well this blog is not going to get into it, you can read this entry from Wikipedia on Thundersnow for that. What I will tell you is that if you are like me and *LOVE* snow, it is the pinnacle of severe snowstorms and you will enjoy The Cantore Thundersnow Montage with @JimCantore agreeing. Fun fact: I actually watched that live on TWC when it happened in February 2015. 2015 was a remarkable winter for snow in Boston by the way and you can read more about that particular blizzard here.
Today I will be tracking and enjoying this unique winter storm that will drop about a foot of snow where I am in the Green Mountains of Vermont. There is a very strong upper level low with tons of vorticity (upper level energy) as you can see on the satellite imagery as well as upper air models. The surface low which will track from N. Mass through New Hampshire has a ton of energy and moisture so we have 2 of the big 3 ingredients I have discussed in previous posts. Unfortunately (for snow lovers) the track is too far north and west so we don't have the cold air for snow downstate. I am in Vermont and we are already getting pounded with snow. The sun is just coming up but reports from Okemo (4") and Mt Snow (6") tell me that this will be a foot+ at higher elevations before any mixing or the dry slot pushes through.
And believe it or not, I like my chances of a little thundersnow up here late morning. I am watching the HRR this morning and as the surface low tracks through with this level of upper air instability and lift from the ULL to the West, I would not rule out some lightening and thunder between 10-11am where I am.
If you are a snow-starved New Yorker (like me), I suggest you plan a trip to the Adirondacks or if you can tolerate the 7 day quarantine requirement, come up here to Vermont so that these warmer systems we are getting bring you snow rather than 33 and rain.
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