qg_omega Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Ice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 4 hours ago, backedgeapproaching said: 2015 xmas day-- we mow 2016--we snow....not a ton, but at least white. Last Dec was just so absurd. Wow, no wonder I had blocked last December from my weather memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 21 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: Wow, no wonder I had blocked last December from my weather memory. His lawn last December looks better than mine does at peak growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 His lawn last December looks better than mine does at peak growth. Same here. By far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBRI Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Well still mowing here in SNE on 12/25/2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Glad we dont live there... Looks good though for late Dec considering we have actually had some cold temps this Dec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Brown or green grass in December is depressing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Well still mowing here in SNE on 12/25/2016I'd kill to have that lawn in July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Snow just started up here at the house with the incoming storm – this one appears to be called “Winter Storm Europa”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Light snow moved in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 3 hours ago, J.Spin said: Snow just started up here at the house with the incoming storm – this one appears to be called “Winter Storm Europa”. Had about a half hour of flurries here then a period of light rain at 26F. Now just cloudy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Light snow moved inScratch that. Frz RN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 27 minutes ago, Lava Rock said: Scratch that. Frz RN. Yeah didn't take long here to go to that either. I'm worried at the ski resort a bit...temps are 21F at the top and 25F at the base and the east side cold pocket on Mansfield doesn't dislodge easily as its protected by the ridge. Models showing a half inch of QPF tonight. Could get interesting for the morning. I'd almost rather a 33-36F rain that runs off instead of freezes solidly on top of everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 I wasn't paying attention to radar this afternoon but the 3" that fell at the Sugarbush snow cam between 12:30-3:30pm had to be almost entirely wind right? It doesn't really look like it was snowing in the web cam loop but the snowstake hole had a pretty solid 1"/hr rate for 3" by 3:45pm. 12:30pm it was basically nothing. 3:45pm they cleared an even 3" off it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 It's even 32F here on the west side. Rarely get any ZR here, but heard from friends that a few cars were off the roads little earlier. Intrigued about the Thursday deal, but look to be a little to far west for the good stuff as of now, we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 6 minutes ago, backedgeapproaching said: It's even 32F here on the west side. Rarely get any ZR here, but heard from friends that a few cars were off the roads little earlier. Intrigued about the Thursday deal, but look to be a little to far west for the good stuff as of now, we'll see. Yeah I think we may be too far west for Thursday but at the VERY LEAST should get some light accumulating snows with the upper level trough swinging through. I'll take a couple inches to refresh the pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 12 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Yeah I think we may be too far west for Thursday but at the VERY LEAST should get some light accumulating snows with the upper level trough swinging through. I'll take a couple inches to refresh the pack. PF, we need a little love back down here. I'll take 2" qpf in 12 hours, high winds and thundersnow. I do have an unrelated question for you. Is upslope more of a late fall early winter phenomenon than later in the season? I am guessing it could be as the Great Lakes and Hudson Bay cool down and start freezing over. Less general moisture coming in the W or NW flow. Maybe not? Just curious. Thanks Gene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 41 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Yeah I think we may be too far west for Thursday but at the VERY LEAST should get some light accumulating snows with the upper level trough swinging through. I'll take a couple inches to refresh the pack. A little too far west is a familiar theme....lol. I dont need to jack, just don't want to be shutout, so even 3-6 is a win. I know everyone complained about missing the big stuff in 14-15, but I still enjoyed that stretch even if we were fringed for a few events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: I wasn't paying attention to radar this afternoon but the 3" that fell at the Sugarbush snow cam between 12:30-3:30pm had to be almost entirely wind right? It doesn't really look like it was snowing in the web cam loop but the snowstake hole had a pretty solid 1"/hr rate for 3" by 3:45pm. 12:30pm it was basically nothing. 3:45pm they cleared an even 3" off it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 56 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Yeah I think we may be too far west for Thursday but at the VERY LEAST should get some light accumulating snows with the upper level trough swinging through. I'll take a couple inches to refresh the pack. Josh fox calling 6-12" for mrg. Which makes sense since I'm off to Utah so of course it'll snow more here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgottmann Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 14 minutes ago, Hitman said: I skiied until 1:00 pm today at Sugarbush. I saw a few graupal like flakes and some sleet but did not see 3 inches of new snow. The mountain is not reporting 3 inches so my bet is wind. Very windy now. Hoping the Euro pans out on Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ono Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 1 hour ago, sgottmann said: I skiied until 1:00 pm today at Sugarbush. I saw a few graupal like flakes and some sleet but did not see 3 inches of new snow. The mountain is not reporting 3 inches so my bet is wind. Very windy now. Hoping the Euro pans out on Thursday. Begs the question about the placement of this webcam/stake- likely a drift-prone spot. Maybe they don't report 3" falling today, but when it does snow, and winds are up- questions arise... North to south season totals so far: Jay 132" Smuggs 103" Stowe 117" Bolton 110" MRG 86" Sugarbush 144" Killington 82.5" The foot or so difference between Smuggs and Stowe seems reasonable given local dynamics and local obs (and less consistent reporting from Smuggs, possibly but not assumed). Jay doesn't seem to be throwing around too crazy numbers- it falls in the realistic range of a +10% over Stowe/Smuggs area as accepted for the overall spread in the Greens- may be a bit overstated, but not by much. Bolton as the southern bookend for the northern resorts comes in with 110" they did well with some uplsope that favored their location if memory serves correctly- a great start for them. Bolton comes in as the average between Smuggs and Stowe, seems fair to say ~110" for the Greens between Rt 2 to Rt 15 at or above 3000'. That's a big jump in snowfall for SB, though. To be fair, for example there was a year where Bolton made out like a bandit over Stowe or Jay with their aspect/location. But it just seems like the writings on the wall here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 2 hours ago, sgottmann said: I skiied until 1:00 pm today at Sugarbush. I saw a few graupal like flakes and some sleet but did not see 3 inches of new snow. The mountain is not reporting 3 inches so my bet is wind. Very windy now. Hoping the Euro pans out on Thursday. Did u see where the snow cam is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 I had a chance to drive past the Middlebury Snow Bowl today. That seems like an interesting spot. Trails on multiple aspects of the hill. It looked liked they have pretty solid coverage, though snow depth didn't seem huge. I don't know why, other than an almost complete lack of atheletic ability, I've never taken up skiing, nearly everything about it fascinates me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 2 hours ago, sgottmann said: I skiied until 1:00 pm today at Sugarbush. I saw a few graupal like flakes and some sleet but did not see 3 inches of new snow. The mountain is not reporting 3 inches so my bet is wind. Very windy now. Hoping the Euro pans out on Thursday. Did u see where the snow cam is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ono Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 10 minutes ago, mreaves said: complete lack of atheletic ability Skiing isn't a sport, necessarily, in the traditional sense. It's just fun. You don't have to be good at it. From experience, you don't have to be an athelete to enjoy it- truly enjoy it. It has been said the best skier on the mountain is the one having the most fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgottmann Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 1 hour ago, Hitman said: Did u see where the snow cam is? No. I have not seen where it is. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 7 hours ago, sgottmann said: No. I have not seen where it is. Why? 7 hours ago, sgottmann said: No. I have not seen where it is. Why? Last year it was on the south side of the heavens gate lift shack and it was drifting like crazy. It seems this season to be less drifty. Wondering if they moved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBRI Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 I'm sitting in the condo looking out over Rangeley lake, sleeted most of night but went to rain now. no loss clouds are breakingup Yesterday 330 pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBRI Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 currently really clearing up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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