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The shorelines have started.

17 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

I was up wandering around today with the dog in the higher elevation rain forest.  Even without much rain in 3 weeks it still seemed as lush as ever.  Stein has trouble surviving up here.

I guess averaging 80" of precipitation a year will cause the thick moss blanket found up high.  Like walking on a carpet.

Some snow over those stumps and that is a heck of a zipper turn line.

65* at 4pm, down to 43 already. Been a breezy couple days around the Quabbin. 

Ah fall. Woodstove is packed and ready to go. Chilly day on the Quabbin with upper 50s and a 10-15mph N wind and 2-3 footers. Got home and took a hot shower. 

2 hours ago, Angus said:

More news from Saddleback

Saddleback is very pleased to be able to announce that we are lowering the prices for the following season pass categories in response to the long conversations we have had with some of you affected by current circumstances.

 

From now through Thanksgiving, the Junior and College Passes will now be only $324.00 (down from 449.00) and the Casablanca Pass will now be $399.00 (down from $599.00).

DAMN

Just now, ineedsnow said:

We definitely  need to watch this.. I'm guessing some of the ensembles  will be good hits.. we got 3 planes flying around out in the Atlantic today.. I think we get a better idea by tomorrow  afternoon 

Definitely worth watching but that west bias is really coming through lately, just like it does with winter storms (e.g., rainy cutters/runners when the GFS and even the NAM in la-la land put down snow or developing systems too early putting down 3' in NYC). 

40 minutes ago, Cyclone-68 said:

Sometimes I wish weather were a little more like a Michael Bay movie only less poorly acted. 

Still one of my favorite youtube edits. If Michael Bay directed Titanic.

27 minutes ago, Cyclone-68 said:

Tip you would make a good clinical psychologist too 

LOL. As one in training, he is much more like my clinical neuropsychologist supervisors. 

25 minutes ago, Angus said:

 

With that said, the terrain and exposure make Sugarloaf and Wildcat pretty boney when nature is not cooperating.

Yup,  and Wildcat can get 20"+ but the wind will load and scour it so it seems like a regular day on some trails. I loved Bracket but some of my favorite trees at SL are still the small areas just south of the Spillway X-Cut. Steep and the snow just gets piled in there. 

I thought I was crazy yesterday when I kept thinking the sky had a yellow/orange tint to it all afternoon on the Quabbin. Glad to know I'm not.

Down to 41, cooler than yesterday morning. 

Saddleback is really crushing it. I heard there is already minimal lodging available for the winter. 

Funny to see the wundergorund temps. We are currently 5-8* warmer than stations in Amherst, in the fall the cold air just settles in there. Past two years our first frost has come ~2 weeks later than theirs as well. 44* for a low here. House is at 63, shorts with a hoodie type day.

12 hours ago, Hoth said:

I have a neighbor who is absolutely obsessed with her lawn. Mows two or three times a week to keep it at exactly the right length. All her mowing fried the lawn by mid July and she was desperately running sprinklers all day for weeks to try to revive it.

Yup, a few of those in our hood as well and their lawns are crispy. Kept mine at ~4" all summer, it looked shaggy but it definitely saved it. No rain for a week, go out and the ground is still damp. Just acting like a canopy. 

Only got down to 45 in Burptown. Ye olde man @MBRIis up outside of Rangeley, curious if he saw some 30s this morning.

Minimal hummingbird activity at our feeders since Tuesday. Prior to that they were going through 10-12oz a day. Must be starting to head south. 

9 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

I remember when scientists actually waited for peer review before promoting articles.  Out the window I guess judging on the scientists who retweeted the story

Yea tweeting about it is unacceptable and that model of tracking is highly questionable. The peer review process has been quite busy recently. I've done more/gotten more requests to review manuscripts since March than the previous couple years. Think a lot of folks are diving back into older/previously collecting data sets.

Fall smallmouth pattern is in full swing. Stacking up at the edges of pockets/coves and fattening up on perch. 

9 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

 I don’t think you’ve mentioned anything but a brown lawn and that graphic.  

He put down excess fertilizer during a torch week to burn it up for pics. Some next level trolling commitment right there.

22 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

.t’s as bad as we’ve ever seen it . It’s right here . No arguments 

LOL

Yea, those mushrooms are pretty amazing. 

4 hours ago, ineedsnow said:

Tons of lightning with these storms.. pouring again

Yup, basically zero sleep between 1-4am due to the thunder and lightning. Another inch or so over down.

Buying that pass yesterday had me watching our old videos in the background while working today. Got thinking about getting the legs ready since no hockey this year.

Random thought, I'm curious how places like Jay, Stowe, Whiteface, Killington, Stratton, and Loon are going to deal with the issue of enclosed lifts. K, Stratton, and Loon especially. Less of an issue for Cannon...I guess the same for Jay because their upper mountain lifts rarely spin lol.  

3 hours ago, powderfreak said:

That is absolutely obscene.  I’m having a hard time processing that.  Highs of 95-100F for 3 days and then immediately to highs in 30s with a foot of snow.

It doesn’t even make sense that it would be 95/68 and then 38/35 a day later, those temps don’t overlap!  Mind blown.

Better heat than snow in Denver. I don't know if I have ever seen a city deal with snow worse than Denver. Their strategy is don't bother plowing because the sun will come out and melt it all eventually. Was there in February for a conference and they got 5-7" over 2.5 days. Never saw a plow and the roads were a disaster around the city. 

Hard to beat the Indy pass. $199, blacked out holidays (we don't bother then anyway for the most part). Plan on 2 days at Berkie, Catamount, Mohawk, Pat's, and maybe Cannon (if Tramline and some decent stuff is open). Getting to Magic and Bolton will be bonuses.  Hope to hit Greylock a few times and finally be able to ski the Powerline.