Ski Sundown (night): Friday, 1/12/2007

[Greg]

They're down to 29.1 right now. Let 'er rip!!!

 

[Grassi21]

I can drink to that! :beer:

 

[bvibert]

They're down to 29.1 right now. Let 'er rip!!!

Here's something I whipped up to fuel the addiction...

http://skiing.bvibert.com/SDW/graph.php

The graphs are kinda cheesy, but I think it's pretty neat at the same time...

There's a link to the raw data so you can plug the numbers into Excel if you want (there's additional data in there too..).

 

[Grassi21]

Here's something I whipped up to fuel the addiction...

http://skiing.bvibert.com/SDW/graph.php

The graphs are kinda cheesy, but I think it's pretty neat at the same time...

There's a link to the raw data so you can plug the numbers into Excel if you want (there's additional data in there too..).

GREAT!!!! Now I have something to stare at until I leave work on Thursday to drive North. Seriously, that's a cool set of graphs. Nice work.

 

[bvibert]

I should have noted that it only updates the data every 10 minutes, so don't bother refreshing any more frequently than that...

EDIT: glad you like it.

 

[Greg]

The slope of that temperature graph is about as steep as Exhibition. Come on! We need a Gunbarrel drop!

Cool stuff. Getting pretty geeky, B!

 

[bvibert]

Guess I'm pretty geeky then.

The reason I made it up was that I was curios how long the temperatures were dipping below freezing over night. Now I'll know.

I just wish the graphs were more customizable. They work pretty good considering their price though...

 

[Greg]

Will it keep historical data, or is it just a daily graph?

 

[bvibert]

Will it keep historical data, or is it just a daily graph?

I have a script that's run every ten minutes by a Cron job which saves the data to a .csv file. The script automatically creates a new .csv file every Sunday. The graph script just reads that data (it's hard coded to this weeks file since it's the only one). So, yes, it keeps historical data. The .csv file keeps more info than I display in the graphs too...

Check out the Raw Data File link...

 

[bvibert]

Good thing you rescheduled, they're not opening today either. The snow phone makes no mention of when they might re-open, but I have to believe that they'll be able to open tomorrow...

 

[Greg]

Good thing you rescheduled, they're not opening today either. The snow phone makes no mention of when they might re-open, but I have to believe that they'll be able to open tomorrow...

Wow! :blink: Well, at least this gives them another evening without skier traffic to fire up the guns at will. Hope they're not just going to do a Friday reopening...

 

[bvibert]

Wow! :blink: Well, at least this gives them another evening without skier traffic to fire up the guns at will. Hope they're not just going to do a Friday reopening...

Looking at the data from over-night I wonder how much snow they were able to make? The RH was pretty high. If my calculations are correct the wet-bulb temp barely got below 28. As I understand it a wet-bulb of 21-28 will allow you to make poor quality snow, with wet-bulb temps of less than 20 or less being desired...

 

[Catul]

I'd like to join you guys tomorrow - let's hope they have been able to crank out the snow since yesterday and will be open tomorrow!

 

[Greg]

I'd like to join you guys tomorrow - let's hope they have been able to crank out the snow since yesterday and will be open tomorrow!

Nice! Hoping so. Friday might be an option for me otherwise.

 

[Catul]

Nice! Hoping so. Friday might be an option for me otherwise.

I can't Friday night; but am planning to ski with my wife and two girls (6 and 4 year olds) on Saturday morning - that might be the best skiing of this weekend, considering the snowmaking over the next couple of days and potential warmup and NCP predictions later.

 

[bvibert]

Looking at the data from over-night I wonder how much snow they were able to make? The RH was pretty high. If my calculations are correct the wet-bulb temp barely got below 28. As I understand it a wet-bulb of 21-28 will allow you to make poor quality snow, with wet-bulb temps of less than 20 or less being desired...

It looks to be improving right now, wet-bulb down to 25.8...

 

[Greg]

The forecast is calling for a couple inches today. With temps in the teens tonight, they should really be able to crank it out.

 

[bvibert]

The forecast is calling for a couple inches today. With temps in the teens tonight, they should really be able to crank it out.

Agreed!

 

[Greg]

It looks to be improving right now, wet-bulb down to 25.8...

BTW - you need to add a wet bulb temp to your graph. Can you overlay it with the actual temp graph? Finally, the scale at the bottom is confusing. I know the x axis is a function of time, but what do the labels mean?

 

[Greg]

On the Home page:

CLOSED TUES., JAN. 9 & WED., JAN 10. Snowmaking returns this week. Check back here for Thursday's operating schedule.

Good sign.