ski MRG Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Jimney is higher in elevation (more snow), I believe it has the highest vertical drop and more black and double black. Dude, I live here, I grew up skiing all the Berkshire mountains. Jiminy is a boring hill with absloutely nothing even remotely close to a dbl black. Berkshire East gets as much or more snow and has far more interesting terrain. Catamount while farther south has some steep facets and unlike Jiminy, they don't groom every square inch leaving not a mogul in sight. Jiminy has lost any appeal it ever had and is a cardboard cut out big mountain wannabee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 wow... I lol'ed at that B'East is best (and I am addicted to Wachusett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 yeah i know not surprised I'm thinking I get 2-3" here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 wow... LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leesun Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 What is the elevation of Avon Mt anyway?[ snowing on top of avon mtn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 LOL. Better bring your runaway strap things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Its beginning to stick to the roads...but not in the middle...its at the stage where the sides of the road are getting accumulation but the middle is still mostly wet with maybe some transparent slush. That's exactly the description my Met buddy who lives in FItchburg at 900' elevation just gave me by phone. No pavement stickage here just yet. Temp is interestingly down to 31.8 - so that may change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 What is the elevation of Avon Mt anyway?[ I think around 600-650' maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Man the HRRR is paltry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Not really. The hills west of here have virtually no accumulation. The precip just hasn't been that heavy here. We've only picked up a couple hundreths. Areas on the east side of the valley do have a jump start not so much because of elevation but because of heavier precip rates. The influence of those hills in the Valley and subsequent downsloping is much more dramatic in MA than it is here in CT. The hills around me aren't very impressive lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Bourne Bridge now shut down due to icing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpickett79 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 methuen...N andover... snowing at good rates on radar.... time to look at the RI DOT cams for R/S line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Man the HRRR is paltry Think EEN breaks a foot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Man the HRRR is paltry Do you have a link to where you get that. I lost mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Must admit that I am not surprised by the colder profiles verifying in these early innings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Absolutely true and this is why I usually do well, despite having 111' of elevation...there are no hills around me. The rule is if you aren't IN the hills, then you want them nowhere near you. Its an awesome meso-scale phenomenon to watch play out... albeit maybe frustrating when you are in one of those larger interior valleys. Wasn't that the case in '92? Coastal plain and hills got hit hard, but CT Valley and Hudson Valley were screwed due to downsloping off an east wind? I always hated an east wind living near Albany... hated it. Pete's construction site in Savoy would always take all the moisture out of the air before it got to the Hudson Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friedmators Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 SnowNH dripping with light rain/snow mix in MHT, 4 mi vis , all snow here and 3/4 mi vis at 500'. All snow in mht At least at the fridays by the airport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Hey ya don't have to tell me twice, lol. I can never blame people for not wanting to pay that. They give me a pass and pay me to ski, haha, so I consider that a win. But the more mind-boggling thing is that during holiday periods and kids vacation periods, that place is packed to capacity. Literally filled parking lots, annoying lift lines (not as bad as Killington or S.VT), and just a lot of people (busy day is 9,000-10,000 people) everywhere. All at $84 lift tickets. That's a lot of revenue. And during vacation periods, supply and demand says ticket prices should be higher! I worked for ski watch for years and have enjoyed comp tickets from every hill. Stowe is a fun mountain but simply not worth that price. That's more than a ticket at Whistler or Alyeska. But hey, if people are willing to pay that more power to them. That's why they invented climbing skins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Do you have a link to where you get that. I lost mine. http://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrrconus/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Not really. The hills west of here have virtually no accumulation. The precip just hasn't been that heavy here. We've only picked up a couple hundreths. Areas on the east side of the valley do have a jump start not so much because of elevation but because of heavier precip rates. Ahh I stand corrected. Was just trying to go by obs in this thread but admittedly I don't know where all these towns are in CT... just a general idea. The influence of those hills in the Valley and subsequent downsloping is much more dramatic in MA than it is here in CT. The hills around me aren't very impressive lol lol, yeah its probably worse in the Hudson Valley with Catskills on the west and Berkshires/Taconics on the east.... Champlain Valley can be real bad sometimes with the Greens and Adirondacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Do you have a link to where you get that. I lost mine. http://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrrconus/Welcome.cgi?dsKey=hrrr&domain=t3&run_time=31+Mar+2011+-+23Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 All snow in mht airport sn/r mixed at 8:50 obs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Holy bust Batman! 2" and counting here at home in TAN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Well regardless, I had a great pow-pow day there. $50 and it included $15 lunch credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friedmators Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I can see the airport and it is def all snow now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Think EEN breaks a foot? No, I think around 10" for Keene, with up to 14" in the Monadnocks to the east Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Well regardless, I had a great pow-pow day there. $50 and it included $15 lunch credit. In the end that's what matters, good times and good memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leesun Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 OK just went outside. It has flipped to all snow now but very light. Visibility in the 4-5 mile range. But, it's a start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Ahh I stand corrected. Was just trying to go by obs in this thread but admittedly I don't know where all these towns are in CT... just a general idea. Oh yeah totally understand. The hills to my east are no higher than about 500 feet and the hills to the west are about 800 feet. So with an easterly wind there's some downsloping but at least in the Hartford area it never plays a huge role in my forecast. The difference can be in marginal r/s situations in the BL where elevation just helps all around. Up around Springfield the valley is much different with more sizable hills in either direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I can see the airport and it is def all snow now that's fine, I believe you, I can also see the airport if vis was better. Any accumulation yet? Only a light coating here, wet pavement though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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