Fascinating Elevation-Dependent Storm

As was forecast, Friday's storm had really impressive elevation-dependence. Here's a quick post documenting what I saw.

At Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT (elevation 470 ft.) it poured rain all day, a welcome sight for the parched ground in this dry April.

I drove into the mountains with the hope of finding some deep snow for skiing. As I drove up route 125, Rikert Nordic Center (elevation 1,400 ft.) had absolutely no snow on the ground. The snowfall line was at approximately 1,600 ft. and when I arrived at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl base (elevation 1,720 ft.) it was absolutely dumping snow. Here's a photo from the summit of the mountain (2,720 ft.) where about 8-10 inches of heavy, wet snow fell from Thursday night into Friday.

The contrast in the amount of snow over just a few miles was fascinating to me.

Storms with elevation-dependence like this are quite common in the Cascade mountains of the Pacific Northwest, where the mountains get pummeled with snow and the lowlands get drenched with rain.