RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 i love snowbird/alta, best spot ive skied at in my life......but no thanks to snow in june. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Well 8,000ft is like 3,000ft above "lower elevations" out there... relatively speaking that's like a June snowstorm on the top of Mount Graylock in the Berkshires haha, and at a latitude of like Washington DC. It's fairly impressive. There's also glaciers and places that have snow year-round out there though lol. It's not too far out of their "normal" snow season. They actually average 5.3" of snow in June. Their latest snowfall >1" was July 6th, 1982. Normal is June 4th. So I would say unusual and impressive yes, but I don't know if its the quite the equivalent of "June snowstorm on the top of Mount Graylock in the Berkshires haha, and at a latitude of like Washington DC" haha Source: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=slc EDIT: Although now re-reading your post, you may have only been referring to the difference in base elevation to peak elevation is similar to Mount Greylock in MA, and not the relative rarity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 There's also glaciers and places that have snow year-round out there though lol. It's not too far out of their "normal" snow season. They actually average 5.3" of snow in June. Their latest snowfall >1" was July 6th, 1982. Normal is June 4th. So I would say unusual yes, but I don't know if its the quite the equivalent of "June snowstorm on the top of Mount Graylock in the Berkshires haha, and at a latitude of like Washington DC" haha Source: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=slc Realistically I'd say its the equivalent of a snowstorm in Mid-April in downtown Burlington (last date of 1" snowfall typically April 5th, April normal of 4.6"), or one in Mid-May on top of Mount Mansfield (May 6th, 5.2"). So perhaps its almost as rare as the major snowstorm Mansfield and Whiteface got on Memorial Day last year, but not quite to that level (May 25th). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 EDIT: Although now re-reading your post, you may have only been referring to the difference in base elevation to peak elevation is similar to Mount Greylock in MA, and not the relative rarity. Yeah that's where I was going with that...just fascinating to me that only like 3,000ft above more heavily populated areas they average 5" in June...at a latitude so far south too. 8,000ft is high up there but relatively speaking it's not like some 14,000ft peak in Colorado that's 9,000ft higher than Denver. The SLC suburbs sit at like 5,500ft, so having snow come down to 8,000ft is pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Realistically I'd say its the equivalent of a snowstorm in Mid-April in downtown Burlington (last date of 1" snowfall typically April 5th, April normal of 4.6"), or one in Mid-May on top of Mount Mansfield (May 6th, 5.2"). So perhaps its almost as rare as the major snowstorm Mansfield and Whiteface got on Memorial Day last year, but not quite to that level (May 25th). I think last May was rarer, especially if Alta station averages 5" in June. April 27, 2010 comes to mind, but I think that may be rarer too with 5-6" at BTV I think...and the 18"+ amounts at Nashville and Underhill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Nice sunset tonight though...clouds finally cleared out this evening, though fairly breezy NW winds here on the east slope ushering in drier airmass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Sunny pleasantly warm and comfortable is hard to beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice1972 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Just read alta utah also averages 4.2 inches of snow in june and over 500 inches a year sign me up wow Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area and an avid skier/snowboarder I've been to pretty much all the resorts around Lake Tahoe and in the Central Sierra.....by far the best place was Mammoth Lakes....400+ inch average with a long season.....in the mid 90's one season I rode there on July 5.......that was tremendous....it was 85 degrees.....total blast..... The mountain also features active fumaroles....literally on opening in the earths crust that vents all kinds of gases....sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide.....the resort is on Mammoth Mountain....a lava dome in the Long Valley Caldera....really amazing terrain....a different planet from planet New England....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 It looks like I'll be returning today for a great stretch beginning with taking tomorrow off into the weekend. Low 70's progged for each day. Yummy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Rainy morning great for the gardens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Looks like nuisance stuff in CT aside from BDR and HVN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropopause_Fold Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 torch cometh after 7/1? looks like at least a temporary repositioning of the mean trough axis after day 10. ec ens would be quite torchy towards the 4th. we'll see if it holds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 torch cometh after 7/1? looks like at least a temporary repositioning of the mean trough axis after day 10. ec ens would be quite torchy towards the 4th. we'll see if it holds. Looks like a trough in the Rockies that might push the heat dome east. Still a hint at lower heights over New England...but that depiction is pretty warm as is. Probably a better tstm look with W-NW flow too. GEFS are warm, but also a split flow look with a SE US trough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Looks like nuisance stuff in CT aside from BDR and HVN. hoping we get a good drink down here. put your merit down yet? its tough this time of year to time good rains if you don't have irrigation. otherwise you have to drag a house around the yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Looks like nuisance stuff in CT aside from BDR and HVN. In DXR right now, it's raw out. Hope the front doesn't stall overhead. Hrrr originally had this thing clearing then it backed off that idea overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Rainy morning great for the gardens In DXR right now, it's raw out. Hope the front doesn't stall overhead. Hrrr originally had this thing clearing then it backed off that idea overnight. Ahhh, to be in NNE this morning! I don't know if it is possible to be nicer out. Currently 62°/56° with blue skies. As Ginxy says, true COC weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Accuweather 12.000 vote poll, as we thought 70s win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I think this year will be different than past years with August dog days more pronounced than we have experienced the past few years, looks to me anyways, that the slightly below normal type weather with low dews stretches into late July with of course some HHH days thrown in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 .18 so far at work, nice garden stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 a decent downpour heading from the Mastiff towards home, perfect as I didn't have time to water yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 hoping we get a good drink down here. put your merit down yet? its tough this time of year to time good rains if you don't have irrigation. otherwise you have to drag a house around the yard. Yeah I put that down last week before the rain we had. Looks dry for the next 6-7 days at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 .75 here. Over now. Bust from last night. Didn't see any forecasts calling for mod heavy rains...LI however saw nothing-sharp cuttoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Mt Washington is only 6K Alta 8,530' And even at 6k, MWN avwerages 1.1" in June. More surprising (to me) is their median of 0.3" - tiny, but it shows they get measurable snowfall in more than half their Junes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 When into school at 8:30 for a retake test and it was raining fairly hard...get out and it's pretty warm and the sun is out...turning into an awesome day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Heat waves are tough on many. Personally, I could sans the heat and high dew point combination; I even think the "dry heat" thing is crap. 100 is 100, period. It's just a matter of whether you are suffering or suffering while people are laughing at you. That said, they are fascinating to watch unfold in the atmosphere. There are certain meteorological events preceding that lead to them, and they are every bit as much a bigger weather event in my mind as the more recognizable big four: blizzards, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods. Every year heat waves take lives -- I've always been mystified why they are not recognized with more deference. The big heat wave of the year before last took more than 80 lives. The heat and drought combined to effect commerce, as well. Yet people flip out over a tornado ? Okay, they're impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 The heat stuff can be dealt with with common sense and in many cases money. Tornadoes, canes are hard to deal with Amazing evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 The heat stuff can be dealt with with common sense and in many cases money. Tornadoes, canes are hard to deal with Amazing evening yep people live in deserts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 We do not toss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 I know its still over a week and a half away, but does anyone want to take a stab at the weather potential for July 1? Any big signals for something around that time such as rain or heat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Scooter Summer continues with beautiful wx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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