powderfreak

It was interesting to see the sky go blue suddenly, temp skyrocketed, but now back in the smoke and temp down again.

End of times yellow glow around here from the smoke.

Nothing ever like that winter in recorded history up here. It was an experience for sure to try and operate a ski area through that. We even started up our summer activities that holiday period, like high ropes course, climbing walls, zip lines and stuff, to give all the hotel guests at least some activities.

I’d have to look it up… but nothing is sticking out in a memorable way. Looking at the snow depth there was a decent gain in the first half of December that plateaued for a while before a Xmas thaw hit. Snow depth looks pretty normal in Dec 2014.

Christmas Day 2015 baby. Only time in 70 years without a trace of snow at the CO-OP stake. Not even ice on the cliffs. Had a couple nights cold enough to blow a white ribbon, ha.

Feels like we do that anyway these days, Nino or not.

That October 2011 event makes you remember when "snow maps" were still a new thing, and Met offices didn't know how to use them exactly, especially in the shoulder seasons. "Dumb guy snow output" ended up being too low. HWO THERE IS A CHANCE OF A MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ON SATURDAY. IF CONFIDENCE INCREASES...THEN A WINTER STORM WATCH. WILL BE ISSUED LATER TODAY From AFD THE GFS DUMB GUY SNOW OUTPUT IS 1-4 INCHES NORTH...10-15 IN HIGHER TRRN OF VT/MA/NY AND 6-8 ON VLY FLOORS. YES THESE ARE WINTER EQ AND THURSDAYS EVENT IT WAS ADVERTISING 4-8 INCHES AND MOST AREAS SAW 1-3. ITS NAM COUNTER PART IS MUCH FURTHER SOUTH...WITH 1-2 IN CATSKILLS AND 8 IN LITCHFIELD

That’s a solid line sagging south.

Yeah, as long as it’s warm enough inside not to freeze pipes… cooler weather is definitely an easier time to lose power. Especially after an October snowstorm because it won’t be deep cold afterwards. Just cold enough to put perishables outside in the snow.

Ha, I do remember you being stoked somehow the entire time.

To be fair, DIT lost power for like a week in the October 2011 snowstorm and not once do I remember him complaining about it, ha.

Figured @vortex95 would appreciate this SLC met using a photo of snowy mountains for the all-time hottest temperature since 1874… could’ve gone with flames and death, instead a tranquil April day photo of the Wasatch, lol.

I’d take it.

Nice day for business suits. Up to 75F already from a low of 48F.

Feels like that wouldn’t even satisfy folks, as soon as the GFS shows a dry 7 days it’d be like a week of rain never happened.