Boston Bulldog

The dawn awakening?

Feel like Storm Mode has to be flipped on pretty soon...or was that simply a solution to old server issues?

Exactly, just checking off *that* NAM run from ye olde checklist. Took a while for it to show up Just the mesos being mesos at this lead time

GFS joins the party!

Huge shift for GFS EDIT: That video simply refused to embed

Well, the EURO finally sold me, will make the trek from red-tagger school here in Albany to the old weenie spot near the Blue Hills. This pretty much guarantees a subby zone down I-95 from me to George

Noticed a closed isobar over the convection at 36.5 N 71 W at hour 66 on the GFS. While most models have been showing some convection out front, this surface reflection is stronger on the 12z evolution. I'm interested if that influences more of a NE before the system closes off and pivots NNW Likely just model aberrations though

Early prediction for tonight's 0z NAM

Decently deeper and a touch west at 108h, lets see if a more progressive southern wave solution holds for the rest of the 0z suite

Just a phenomenal day at Stowe. Nosedive was smooth and buttery, fantastic conditions to open up the throttle and dig into high speed GS turns at the top of the main pitch as the trail widens. Goat was excellent between the Liftline entry and Midway, as was the entirety of Starr. Woods were also good, I encountered some thin spots that necessitated creative route finding in the tight softwood lines at the top of Tres Amigos as one normally does in that area, but overall coverage was solid. Southwest winds were howling and Forerunner went on hold around 1pm, but still managed to grab 12 hot laps there before heading to Gondi. Chin Clip was very interesting, with aspects that were more exposed to the wind being stripped down to blue ice, but right around the corner would be powdery bumps. Kept me on my toes. The Lookout Double opened in relief of the Forerunner. I had never seen that chair running before, let alone ride it, so it was a nice to experience the leisurely 15 minute jaunt up the mountain. Love those old school lifts, hope they don't touch it anytime soon. In all, Stowe definitely delivered. I always walk away impressed with the vertical feet one can accumulate there over the course of a day. 2k per run off both Forerunner and the Gondola is nothing to sneeze at. As discussed earlier in this thread, its pretty difficult to find lappable lifts with vertical as significant as that. Once word gets out that conditions are as good as they are right now, I expect this weekend to be a zoo pretty much everywhere.

Great to hear! I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that the website indicated that ropes had been dropped on Goat this morning. Between the majority of the Front 4 being opened, and MRG dropping 99% of their ropes, it seems like it's officially game on in the Northern Greens! (Though I suspect my bases may disagree with me by this time tomorrow)

Heading up to Stowe tomorrow to harvest some of the scraps from Monday, hoping the 12z RGEM scores a coup with this incoming clipper!

Gotta be about 3 inches of paste in Sunapee NH

Over to snow in Sunapee NH (1300ft). 36 and dropping

Impressive lightning just northwest of Albany

Ring of very intense convection now completely surrounding the eye. This is getting interesting

Yeah that was legit when it rolled through. Hail seems to have missed to the north, likely over Guilderland

65mph and 996 at 11am. NHC now has a Hurricane at Cuba landfall

The end of that 3K NAM run is gonna give the fearmongering Facebook and YouTube channels some great clickbate

Yep, 96mm Volkl Mantra M5 owner here and I will also vouch for 95-100 as a daily driver. While maybe not as reliable on hardpack/ice at high speed as skis in the 80mm range, the versality is unmatched. Took them from Alta to Mad River and everywhere in between last year

To echo what others have said, a phenomenal day out there today. Stowe skied fantastic from about 10am on. I'm trying to upload a pic but keep on running into size issues, oh well

Definitely will be a cold start, but if clouds move out like the recent GFS is showing the surface should become forgiving pretty quickly with the current sun angle. Will definitely be a game time decision whether the trek up to The Chin is in play or not Fingers crossed!

Wednesday looking like a potentially top tier corn harvest day in the Greens

Yeah I'm close to the Stoughton line. Drove through Ponky earlier today and they definitely had more impressive accumulation