HoarfrostHubb Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 A few flakes in the air among Rte 2 and here in the Hubb of the Loserverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Kart Mozart Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said: Damn...looks beautiful How much does one of those snow guns cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FXWX Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 3 hours ago, Typhoon Tip said: Nice!!! sweet, thanks my 'gender neutral internet hyper PC convention ' No seriously ... are these one times as in now out of mercy, or is there a public access/url ?? Thanks man - All ens teles are available on WxBell and/or Weathermodels.us; both which are paid for subscriptions... Weathermodel.us is the most reasonable. I need to view them on a regular basis for my work so the fee is worth it... Whenever you want to see them just ask... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 4 Seasons Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 40 minutes ago, Go Kart Mozart said: How much does one of those snow guns cost? I dont know but i was just daydreaming what it would be like to have one. Probably a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 12 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said: I dont know but i was just daydreaming what it would be like to have one. Probably a lot. Yeah it’s a lot. A giant fan gun (looks like a snow canon) can run $30-$50K a piece. That’s before the cost of electricity and pumping. When you see like 10 of those fan guns lined up it’s a cool half mill just before you fire it up. The tower guns that are more plentiful run $5-7K. You’ll often get a bulk buy discount if you get a bunch of them lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwt3650 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 15 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Yeah it’s a lot. A giant fan gun (looks like a snow canon) can run $30-$50K a piece. That’s before the cost of electricity and pumping. When you see like 10 of those fan guns lined up it’s a cool half mill just before you fire it up. The tower guns that are more plentiful run $5-7K. You’ll often get a bulk buy discount if you get a bunch of them lol. Whats the advantage of the fan guns for that price tag? Do they just pump out that much more snow or is it that they don't need the compressed air line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, bwt3650 said: Whats the advantage of the fan guns for that price tag? Do they just pump out that much more snow or is it that they don't need the compressed air line? They put out a ton more snow. And can be directed more easily. More efficient as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 A guy I know in my town designs and builds snow guns and tests them out at the local bump. Snow Realm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 1 hour ago, HoarfrostHubb said: A few flakes in the air among Rte 2 and here in the Hubb of the Loserverse Yup, some coming down right now actually while doing the old post work dark dog walk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 30 minutes ago, bwt3650 said: Whats the advantage of the fan guns for that price tag? Do they just pump out that much more snow or is it that they don't need the compressed air line? Both. They have their own compressor on-board. By running them they don't impact the capacity of your snow plant unless you are maxed out on water (which is rare but happens in very cold outbreaks with a lot of guns running). Normally the limiting factor is compressed air for the reason why a ski area can't fire up more guns. But by running those, you don't suck air capacity from your plant and it can be sent to other guns... so you'll often see those things run all the time if you have the temps. They also pump out up to 10 times the amount of water at full throttle. You'll get like 300 gallons per minute out of one of those vs. 30-50 gallons a minute out of a tower gun. Which is why they are great in the base areas, high traffic spots, wide areas with a lot of terrain to cover.... spots where you just want to dump a sh*t ton of cubic feet of frozen water. The more expensive versions are the fan guns on towers... a fan gun that's mobile (wheels or can be dragged around) and ground based will be the lower end of the spectrum. Installing one of those on a tower 30 feet in the air with 360 degree automated motion is where you get into that $50k range. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 1 hour ago, WxWatcher007 said: There’s a guy in the MA forum that has a snow maker. Deep in the heart of Virginia. Like we said in the Banter thread, when you know what you want, go for it lol. Jaime is a nut. Loves his snow, the pride of his neighborhood though. His hill towers over his 2 story 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 6 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: Jaime is a nut. Loves his snow, the pride of his neighborhood though. His hill towers over his 2 story I love those photos, think I am or was friends on FB just to see his 30 foot piles in his front yard while the rest of the neighborhood is green lol. Some of the shots are ridiculous, in an awesome way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Kart Mozart Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Great squall just came through here. Who knows, best event of 20-21 for SWCT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 34 minutes ago, powderfreak said: I love those photos, think I am or was friends on FB just to see his 30 foot piles in his front yard while the rest of the neighborhood is green lol. Some of the shots are ridiculous, in an awesome way. A great guy as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanks45 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 55 minutes ago, Go Kart Mozart said: Great squall just came through here. Who knows, best event of 20-21 for SWCT? I hope not...just a few mangled flakes here. Sure does feel like winter now, at least for the next day and a half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 We could sneak something in the end of the month. Has happened before in the middle of a shit pattern 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 6 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: We could sneak something in the end of the month. Has happened before in the middle of a shit pattern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Just now, CoastalWx said: ? Just looked at the EPS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Ginx snewx said: Jaime is a nut. Loves his snow, the pride of his neighborhood though. His hill towers over his 2 story He still posting? Haven’t seen him around in a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitinsvilleWX Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 November is right up there with April in my book. Cold, dark, little chance of snow, at least down here. But I swear I saw a flake or two right about sundown. I haven’t looked but is it supposed to torch (relative to season that is) again? All I see is one day tomorrow for some winter then it’s back to October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 58 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: We could sneak something in the end of the month. Has happened before in the middle of a shit pattern I mean it’s very much still Autumn...normal high round these parts is still about 50-51 degrees. I’m not expecting any type of winter time pattern at this point...so what’s so shitty about this weather/pattern currently? I mean besides the 70’s for 7 days last week (which was fine by me), what’s so unusually shitty for mid November? A month from now I’d be feeling differently, but it’s still only mid November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitinsvilleWX Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, WinterWolf said: I mean it’s very much still Autumn...normal high round these parts is still about 50-51 degrees. I’m not expecting any type of winter time pattern at this point...so what’s so shitty about this weather/pattern currently? I mean besides the 70’s for 7 days last week (which was fine by me), what’s so unusually shitty for mid November? A month from now I’d be feeling differently, but it’s still only mid November. I just find the weather in November a little useless, like April is useless. Fall is over and real winter is still a month away. Oh well, happens every year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, WhitinsvilleWX said: I just find the weather in November a little useless, like April is useless. Fall is over and real winter is still a month away. Oh well, happens every year. Agreed 100%. So that’s my point...kind of in transition like April. I know we are all anxious for that first real snow storm, but it’s still a lil to early usually for most of us in SNE to expect a good winter time pattern at this point. Sure it happens some years..but that’s the exception imo rather than the rule. Although I hate April way more for the most part. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 32° and snowing! Just light snow but big beautiful flakes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitinsvilleWX Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:. Although I hate April way more for the most part. God me too. Only redeeming thing about April is that May is next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bch2014 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Not a New England observation but was just outside and had my first flurries here of the season here in Manhattan! Nice! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Coating on the cars and grass. 31/26 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 1 hour ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: Coating on the cars and grass. 31/26 Was at Jiminy Peak this weekend. Big rains, wind gusts, then snow squalls today...life in the Berks, enjoyable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 I feel like some are unnecessarily writing off December...most of the guidance for this area is like +2 and active. That can still work...especially for the interior. 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 6 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said: I feel like some are unnecessarily writing off December...most of the guidance for this area is like +2 and active. That can still work...especially for the interior. I will take the over on + 2 right now but I’m interested in seeing if the lower 48 pig furnace abates and we produce after the first 10 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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