We had our first accumulating snow of the season here in Island Pond over the weekend.
Snow starting to accumulate on Saturday 11/14/15
I decided to head up to Jobs Pond in Westmore on Saturday to see if there was more snow in the higher elevations. There was a little more at the pond, but not as much as I had hoped.
Jobs Pond in Westmore, VT on Saturday 11/14/15
It has really felt good to see temperatures warm in to the 40’s for both Tuesday and Wednesday! Tuesday was the warmest with a high of 48° here in Island Pond, VT. Today was a little windier and cooler with the high reaching 42°. Even the overnight low didn’t go below freezing on Wednesday morning, 36° was the morning low.
Unfortunately cooler weather will return as a cold front moves through the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont this evening. The front will bring with it a chance of flurries or light snow. Not much accumulation is expected with the front but some areas of the NEK could see 1-2 inches of new snow. The next storm should arrive over the weekend and as of right now it looks like a mix of snow and rain.
Here is a photo from the Island Pond Webcam on Tuesday followed by an image from the cam on Wednesday. As you can see, we’ve lost quite a bit of snow during the warmup.
Snow depth in Island Pond, VT on Tuesday March 10, 2015
Snow depth in Island Pond, VT on Wednesday March 11, 2013
Hard to believe it is February 10th already. Winter started slow, but has made up for it lately. It doesn’t seem like we’ve had many days without snow over the past several weeks. Mostly just an inch or two here and there, but we have had a couple storms lately that produced 6+ inches of new snow. I took a three different snow depth measurements as the level on the snow stake on the webcam seems low. The average of the three was 28 inches of snow.
The snow depth on the webcam is a little under the 28″ average I found manually measuring.
All of New England has been getting lots of snow lately as you can see on the recent snow depth map.
Northeast Snow Depth Map
I’ll end this post with a bit of sad news from here in Island Pond. Ted’s Market closed its doors yesterday. I was shocked to find out when I went in yesterday and found the place packed with people buying loads of groceries at 50% off. They always seemed busy to me and everyone there went out of their way to be helpful. Very sad to see 🙁