It has been a wild weather day at Killington thus far. Early this morning, temperatures were in the high 40's to low 50's. Sporadic, heavy r@#$n showers took place several times during the morning. Around 11:00 AM, it all changed.

A squall line went thru the area with very strong wind gusts. Precipitation changed to heavy snow. I ran into multiple people at the Killington Market at approximately noon time who reported that the mountain had suspended operations due to high winds and zero visibility. We have been experiencing random power hits. Friends in North Sherburne are reporting that power went out around the time the squall line passed thru the area.

At 1:00 PM, while I am writing this, the clouds are breaking up and blue sky is visible from my office. However, the wind is howling. Probably in the 20 to 30 MPH range, as the flags are standing straight, with gusts much higher. The temperature has dropped bellow freezing.

There actually is a silver lining to all of this, however. The weather service had originally predicted heavy r@#$n all day before changing to snow and cold. This did not happen. While we did have a few heavy showers, we did not have a continuous r@#n, so ski surfaces should have faired quite well. It is too early to tell if we will get much snow out of this system. We will just have to ride it out.