PhineasC

Best look here all winter, of course. LOL

Given the way the season has gone, I would guess this will be south and weak

Humidity sucks. What the hell is wrong with you guys? LOL

It’s a pit. They will be plain rain

Next week is looking interesting for parts of NNE.

Damn, the 00z Euro is epic for here. It actually has a defined low SE of me in the GOM... LOL sure thing, Euro. I will take my scattered snow showers and like it as the storm passes harmlessly OTS.

Am I looking at the wrong run or something.... looks plenty warm to me? Exactly how hot do you guys expect it to be in New England the third week of March?

18z GFS wants to give me my 2 ft pack back.

Definitely a signal there for a NNH and interior Maine special. We will see. Kinda like scoring 2 TDs in the 4th quarter when down by 40 points, though.

I’ll believe it when I see it.

I have the utmost respect for anyone who had a customer-facing job over the past 12 months. Just a crushing barrage of shit from every angle. They can’t win. The complaints over masks from both sides must be just mind-numbing.

Guests should stay out of it and let the employees handle any issues. I didn’t see any guests at BW this year going at it over masks, but I have no doubt it happened just based on what I have seen all year from crazy people. With the warm weather, masks are definitely starting to slip down to chins or be forgotten altogether at BW. Saw that a lot today. Seems they are letting nature take its course to some extent, whereas ME and VT are doubling down to reinforce compliance. It’s definitely a balancing act. People will be pissed either way.

Yep

Time hasn’t faded silliness like having to take off your shoes in the airport...

Put away the snowblower. Brought out the deck furniture. Let’s see if I can curse my way back into a snowstorm.

Spring?

GFS and v16 kinda kill the monster cutter idea and paint a colder/snowier picture. Super marginal of course given the date.

57. Spring is here. Snow is melting fast.

@ORH_wxman @dendrite @CoastalWx Can you guys get me a wet paste bomb next week? Don’t make me shut down the mountain house for the summer empty handed.

For me, maybe we listen to the “slippery slope” gang a little more now. This all started with “15 days to slow the spread.” Sometimes the conspiracy theories are true.

I wear my mask at all times skiing. I win the safety competition. It’s a neck gaiter I always wear anyway so it doesn’t matter.

I have noticed I have been less sick this winter. It is noticeable. Just a question of the “price” being paid for that. I have enough money to live a wonderful life separated from most people. But I try to think about how shitty that makes life for those who need to keep working every day and dealing with lockdowns and restrictions. The CEO of Pfizer doesn’t care about this. We are RPUs, Revenue Producing Units.

51 here. Roasting.

Yeah, good point since man made is literally a different beast entirely.

I really think NH hit the right middle ground. It isn’t like the NH resorts had massive outbreaks while being a little more rational and loose with the restrictions. They did fine. This is all in hindsight of course, and every state did what they thought was best at the time. I would pump the brakes on the arguments that masks and social distancing prevented colds and the flu. Maybe they did (or maybe there were other factors — will require study by the experts) but that sets a precedent that means we may never get more “normal” than we are right now... doesn’t matter to me because I can jet around at will and pay extra to get reliable VIP access to places with capacity restrictions. I am guessing ski places such as Stowe are thinking the same thing, which will hurt the average Joe a lot more than me. One of those second-order effects we have been talking about. I am concerned about this argument getting legs because it will not end well, IMO.