| 2026-04-01 | 7:00 AM | 0.86 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.88 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.88 in.; 8" SRG: 0.86 in. |
| 2026-03-31 | 7:00 AM | T | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-30 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-29 | 7:00 AM | T | T | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Brief episode of flurries yesterday afternoon. |
| 2026-03-28 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-27 | 7:00 AM | 0.31 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.31 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.31 in.; 8" SRG: 0.31 in. |
| 2026-03-26 | 7:00 AM | T | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-25 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-24 | 7:00 AM | T | T | NA | 0.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-23 | 7:00 AM | 0.13 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.14 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.13 in.; 8" SRG: 0.13 in. |
| 2026-03-22 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-21 | 7:00 AM | 0.04 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.04 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.04 in.; 8" SRG: 0.04 in. |
| 2026-03-20 | 7:00 AM | T | T | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-03-19 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-18 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-17 | 7:00 AM | 0.87 | 0.0 | NA | T | NA | | Capture: 4" Startus: 0.85 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.88 in.; 8: SRG: 0.87 in. |
| 2026-03-16 | 7:00 AM | 0.20 | 0.0 | NA | 1.5 | 1.00 | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.21 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.20 in.; 8" SRG: 0.20 in.
Snowboard: Nothing observed
Snowpack: Ground still frozen. Overall pack about the same expanse as yesterday. |
| 2026-03-15 | 7:00 AM | 0.02 | T | NA | 1.5 | NA | | Honest! I empty out all the gauges every morning after obs. Funny to have exactly the same reported capture 3 days in a row.
Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.01 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.02 in.; 8" SRG: 0.02 in.
Snowboard: Trace. Yesterday's flurries later in the morning, melted before getting to the snowboard to measure. Guess-timation would be between 1/2 to 1 in. accumulation.
Snowpack: The snow cover has receded considerably over the past few days. Down quite a bit from yesterday. No core today, as I expect to get one last one tomorrow AM. |
| 2026-03-14 | 7:00 AM | 0.02 | 0.7 | 0.03 | 3.0 | NA | | Capture: 4" Status: 0.03 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.02 in.: 8" SRG: 0.02 in.
Snowboard: Dry, popcorn top, +/- 0.1 variance, core matched up with capture today.
Snowpack: A bit of a moonscape for depth variance. |
| 2026-03-13 | 7:00 AM | 0.02 | T | NA | 2.5 | 0.77 | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.01 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.01 in.; 8" SRG: 0.02 in.
Snowboard: Nothing measurable, but sparse flurries were observed yesterday afternoon.
Snowpack: Walking paths to the observation area are bare. Snow cover is also completely gone from under the trees in the surrounding area. The open areas averaged around 2.5 in. with 1 1/2 in. variance. Granular snow with medium hard snow/ice on the bottom. |
| 2026-03-12 | 7:00 AM | T | 0.0 | NA | 4.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-11 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 8.0 | 1.99 | | |
| 2026-03-10 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 10.5 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-09 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 12.0 | 1.97 | | Capture: all three gauges dry
Snowboard: No accumulation
Snowpack: Easily +/- 1 1/2 variation across the site. Once things melt, I really have to look over the topography of the yard around the survey spots. |
| 2026-03-08 | 7:00 AM | 0.04 | 0.0 | NA | 14.0 | NA | | WX: Fog this morning.
Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.05 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.05 in.; 8" SRG: 0.04 in.
Snowpack: Mushy top surface, almost 1 1/2 in variation among the sampled sites. |
| 2026-03-07 | 7:00 AM | 0.03 | 0.1 | NA | 15.5 | NA | | Capture: Thin slabs of ice in each gauge. 4" Staturs: 0.02 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.02 in.; 8" STG: 0.03 in.
Snowboard: Thin glaze of ice, est. 0.1 in. thick
Snowpack: Slight compaction |
| 2026-03-06 | 7:00 AM | 0.41 | 1.6 | 0.35 | 16.0 | 3.55 | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.42 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.42 in.; 8" SRG: 0.41 in.
Snowboard: ice crust on board surface
Snowpack: Pretty consistent +/- 1.0 in. variance. Probably need to level out some ruts in the backyard after the thaw. |
| 2026-03-05 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 15.5 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-04 | 7:00 AM | 0.44 | 3.9 | 0.38 | 17.0 | 3.27 | | The numbers today are a little wonky, it feels. Over the top of the lighter, drier snow was a medium hard crust about 0.5 in. thick. The Creme Brûlée top broke into large, uneven, now canted in odd directions, chunks when attempting to measure snow depth on both the snowboard and for general snowpack. Similarly, while attempting the 4" core on the snowboard and the 2" core on the snowpack, it was nigh impossible to cut a clean, delineated edge passing through the top layer, potentially not collecting an accurate core.
Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.45 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.42 in.; 8" SRG: 0.44 in.
Snowboard; 3.9 in., with a 0.2 in plus/minus error due to the Creme Brûlée top plate wonkiness.
Snowpack: 17. in. +/- 1 in. At least the steel ruler could cut more cleanly through the. crust. |
| 2026-03-02 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 14.0 | 3.31 | | Snowpack: Still a good inch to 1 1/2 inch variation in depth in the open areas. Getting all the way "down" to dirt and getting the spatula "properly" under the tube has been met with mixed success. |
| 2026-03-01 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 14.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-02-28 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 15.0 | 2.76 | | |
| 2026-02-27 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 15.5 | NA | | |
| 2026-02-26 | 7:00 AM | 0.06 | 0.6 | 0.08 | 16.0 | 3.23 | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.07 in.; 8" SRG: 0.06 in. (4" Tropo total storm capture, not 24 hr. obs, 0.10 in.)
Snowboard: Granular ice sublayer, tough to include in core. OBS was taken 2/25 PM shortly after cessation of precipitation. 2/26 AM obs: 0.5 in.
Snowpack: Two distinct crusty layers, mid- and bottom strata. Still around +/-1.0 in variance in depth. |
| 2026-02-24 | 7:00 AM | 0.19 | 3.0 | 0.38 | 15.0 | 2.68 | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.20 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.18 in.; 8" SRG: 0.19 in. , wind gusts up to 30 kph.
Snowpack: Noticeable drifting, variance of +/- 1.0 in. around avg. |
| 2026-02-23 | 7:00 AM | 0.07 | 1.3 | 0.09 | 14.5 | 2.64 | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.06 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.06 in.; 8" SRG: 0.07 in.
Breezy with moderate gusts of wind. Snowboard core had a bit more water content than Capture.
Snowpack: 2" dia. 2' tube Canadian core turning out to be useful for the deeper snow these days. |
| 2026-02-22 | 7:00 AM | 0.02 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 13.0 | NA | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.01 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.02 in.; 8" SRG: 0.02 in.
Snowboard: Sparse and crusty cover
Snowpack: 13.0 in with +/- 0.5 in. variance over area surveyed |
| 2026-02-21 | 7:00 AM | 0.49 | 4.4 | 0.50 | 14.5 | 2.32 | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.50 in.; 4" Tropo:0.48 in.; 8" SRG: 0.49 in.
Snowboard: low density pack |
| 2026-02-20 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 10.5 | NA | | |
| 2026-02-19 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 11.0 | 2.44 | | |
| 2026-02-18 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 11.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-02-17 | 7:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.4 | 0.01 | 12.0 | 1.93 | | Capture: 0.01 in. measured in all 3 gauges
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| 2026-02-11 | 5:00 AM | 0.15 | 2.8 | 0.16 | 13.5 | 2.32 | | Early due to traveling. Precipitation had stopped by obs. time.
Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.15 in,; 4" Tropo: 0.14 in.; 8" SRG: 0.15 in.
Snowpack: +/- 1 in. variation, 2" core sublayer crunchy snow, not ice. 2 C high yesterday, so probably some settling of snowpack over the last 24 hr.. |
| 2026-02-09 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 12.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-02-08 | 7:00 AM | 0.05 | 0.8 | 0.05 | 12.5 | 2.44 | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.05 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.06 in.; 8" SRG: 0.05 in.
Snowboard: Dry, light snow, flat distribution
Snowpack: 2" core hitting more dirt than ice., easily +/- 0.75 in. variance |
| 2026-02-07 | 7:00 AM | 0.10 | 1.2 | 0.10 | 12.0 | 2.05 | | Capture: All three gauges matched up this morning.
Snowboard: Light and fluffy. 4" core melted down to match captured snow
Snowpack: +/- 1 in. variance due to finding spots that hit "dirt" and other spots that hit ice, causing about an inch variance in snowpack depth. Chose a spot that hit dirt. Yesterday's core hit ice, if I recall. |
| 2026-02-06 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 10.5 | 1.08 | | |
| 2026-02-05 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 10.5 | NA | | Snowpack: 10.5 in. with approx. 0.5 in. variance |
| 2026-02-04 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 11.0 | 1.54 | | |
| 2026-02-03 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 11.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-02-02 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 11.0 | 2.09 | | |
| 2026-02-01 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 11.5 | 2.01 | | |
| 2026-01-31 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 12.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-01-30 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 12.0 | 1.85 | | |
| 2026-01-29 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 13.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-01-28 | 7:00 AM | T | T | NA | 13.5 | 1.73 | | Trace of snow captured and on snowboard.
Snowpack: Some compaction compared to yesterday. |
| 2026-01-27 | 7:00 AM | 0.16 | 3.2 | 0.18 | 15.0 | 2.03 | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.16 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.16 minus; 8" SRG: 0.16 in.
Snowboard: light snow,
Snowpack: upper layer-lighter, fine grained, lower level-semi-frozen, granular |
| 2026-01-26 | 7:00 AM | 0.82 | 8.5 | 0.86 | 12.5 | 1.40 | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.85 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.84 in.; 8" SRG: 0.82 in.
Snowboard: Dry snow, light pack, 8.5 in, 4" core: 0.86 in.
Snowpack: 12.5 in. avg: +/- 0.5 in., 2" core: 1.40 in. |
| 2026-01-25 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 4.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-01-24 | 7:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 4.5 | 0.93 | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.01 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.01 in.; 8" SRG: 0.01 in.
Snowboard: light fluff, just at 0.2 in.
Snowpack: Not really a significant compression of depth since yesterday |
| 2026-01-23 | 7:00 AM | T | 0.1 | T | 4.5 | 0.71 | | Short duration, gusty, snow squall yesterday afternoon. A barely measurable accumulation on the snowboard. Trace amounts of capture in all 3 gauges. |
| 2026-01-22 | 7:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.3 | 0.01 | 5.0 | 0.91 | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.01 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.005 in. rounded up to 0.01; 8" SRG: 0.01 in.
Snowboard: light, dry snow, 0.3 in
Snowpack: 5 in. avg. not much variation, solid ice sublayer not in core |
| 2026-01-21 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 5.5 | 0.65 | | |
| 2026-01-20 | 7:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.4 | 0.02 | 6.0 | 0.97 | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.01 in., No data for 4" Tropo nor 8" SRG due to being on travel for the last 10 days.
Snowboard: Thin coating of snow with some underlying crust
Snowpack: Quite light and fluffed with underlying crust |
| 2026-01-09 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 4.0 | 1.02 | | Frozen "dew" on outer shells of the Stratus and Tropo; no precip. |
| 2026-01-08 | 7:00 AM | T | 0.0 | NA | 5.0 | 1.08 | | Captured: Trace amount
Snowboard: clear
Snowpack: 5" avg., underlay appears to have softened up somewhat |
| 2026-01-07 | 7:00 AM | 0.14 | 1.0 | 0.15 | 5.0 | 0.99 | | Capture: another trifecta, all three gauges melted down to 0.14 in.
Snowboard: fairly level 1.0 in., maybe +/- 0.1
Snowpack: 5.0 avg., +-/0.5 in for area surveyed, 2" core melted to 50 mL
Icing rod: Peak about 5 mm rime ice on dorsal side, 0 mm on ventral. Avg. around 2mm. |
| 2026-01-06 | 7:00 AM | 0.09 | 0.9 | 0.10 | 4.0 | 0.81 | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.10 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.10 in.; 8" SRG: 0.09 in.
Snowboard: Mostly uniform 0.9 in. 4" core: 0.10 in.
Snowpack: 4.0 in. avg. 2" core: 0.81 in. |
| 2026-01-05 | 7:00 AM | T | T | NA | 3.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-01-04 | 7:00 AM | 0.03 | 0.4 | 0.04 | 3.0 | 0.69 | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.03 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.04 in.; 8" SRG: 0.03 in.
Snowboard: 0.4 in. light powder, uniform coverage
Snowpack: 3.0 in. avg. with 1 in. or so variance around the open areas. |
| 2026-01-03 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 3.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-01-02 | 7:00 AM | T | T | NA | 3.5 | 0.95 | | This happens quite often after a series of snow/melt/freeze cycles occurs, it seems, where a layer of ice (rather hard at that) resides between the ground and accumulated snow above it. I'm wondering if previous measurements have slightly under-captured the actual water content due to the cores partial, if at all, penetration of the ice layer.
Pounding the black 2" PVC pipe version of the core considerably harder this morning, resulted in a considerably different result compared to yesterday. |
| 2026-01-01 | 7:00 AM | 0.07 | 1.2 | 0.07 | 4.0 | 0.67 | | Capture: 4" Stratus: 0.06 in.; 4" Tropo: 0.06 in.; 8" SRG: 0.07 in.
Snowboard: 1.2 in., light snow, pretty flat
Snowpack: Variable, tough to decide on 3.5 in or 4.0 in. for average. Just for enlightenment, did two cores, one at each depth. 3.5 in core: 0.69 in. SWE; 4.0 in core: 0.67 in. SWE Interesting variation across the yard. |