12/19 - 12/20 Storm Discussion Thread

[Bumpsis]

Any snow south of VT, NH border as useful as the proverbial tits on a bull.

OK, partial retraction. If Blue Hills gets two feet of light powder, I'll ski it.

 

[roark]

humph. We could really use some more natural up north. Well, maybe my first trip to Sundown on Sunday?

 

[mikestaple]

The beast of little Rhodie, Yagoo Valley, is gonna get the goods!!!

 

[Johnskiismore]

The beast of little Rhodie, Yagoo Valley, is gonna get the goods!!!

You got that right!

 

[RootDKJ]

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO
6 AM EST SUNDAY.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY
THE TIME THIS STORM ENDS. A CHANGE IN THE TRACK OF THE STORM HOWEVER
WILL ALTER THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.

THE SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO AROUND 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
THE ACCUMULATING SNOW, WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE
DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH
REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

 

[Johnskiismore]

My friend who just moved into a slopeside condo at Snowshoe WV is pretty stoked right now!

 

[Bumpsis]

humph. We could really use some more natural up north. Well, maybe my first trip to Sundown on Sunday?

I hear so much much about Sundown. What is this, some kind of a garbage heap in CT that got turned into a ski hill??

 

[ZYDECORICH]

rock on root, i hope it gets even a little more west. Mountain creek should be pretty good for sunday andearly week.

 

[billski]

This would be a nice storm to do a CT-NJ ski resort trifecta if it were not for such a high traffic/population density; It seems that in metro NY, rather than hunker down inside with milk and bread, a segment of metro-NYers enjoy being out and about creating massive traffic jams.

The silver lining is that all that precip is going to stick around for some time as the temps stay below the freezing mark.

Maybe all of us "up north" can load up with snow sleds, brushes, shovels, snow blowers and take a trip down south and make a little extra holiday cash?

 

[billski]

For those interested in SNE and LI:
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/stormtotalprecip.php

This is an interesting new product animated snow totals on a time loop basis.
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?product=NTP&rid=dox&loop=yes

 

[Tin]

You got that right!

They have been making snow like crazy the past couple nights too, have 8 foot piles everywhere. It's going to be fun (all 245' of vert)... :-D

 

[Greg]

humph. We could really use some more natural up north. Well, maybe my first trip to Sundown on Sunday?

Check it out. Right now there's about a 300' vertical stretch (on nice pitch) of shark tooth mogul piles. Calling for 5-10" by tomorrow so they should be fun. One little tree shot will be in play. Still a natural base in the woods and this particular spot gets some blow in. Real short, but not bad for CT. Gunny is supposed to open Monday, but there was a good amount of snow on it last night (thin at the top). Maybe we can talk them into opening it tomorrow with a thin cover sign. That would be sick.

I hear so much much about Sundown. What is this, some kind of a garbage heap in CT that got turned into a ski hill??

Yep. Exactly, so don't bother. :roll: We don't exactly want an attitude like yours here anyway...

 

[snafu]

I hear so much much about Sundown. What is this, some kind of a garbage heap in CT that got turned into a ski hill??

This might rub a CLIT the wrong way...:-D

 

[RootDKJ]

Looks like this storm is gonna be a winner for PA with 4-8 inches.

 

[GolfingOwl]

Looks like this storm is gonna be a winner for PA with 4-8 inches.

Philly and burbs calling for 12-18". Less as you move north but Blue, Bear Creek and Spring Mountain could fair the best.

 

[SteveInCT]

I hear so much much about Sundown. What is this, some kind of a garbage heap in CT that got turned into a ski hill??

Wait.. Are you from Boston? You do know that Boston is one of the biggest landfill projects in the history of the US, right?

http://www.iboston.org/rg/backbayImap.htm

 

[KingM]

Maybe all of us "up north" can load up with snow sleds, brushes, shovels, snow blowers and take a trip down south and make a little extra holiday cash?

Seriously, if I owned a plow, I'd be driving south for the next 48 hours. You could charge whatever you wanted to plow people out of their McMansions, make about four or five hundred bucks an hour for a couple of days straight.

 

[billski]

Seriously, if I owned a plow, I'd be driving south for the next 48 hours. You could charge whatever you wanted to plow people out of their McMansions, make about four or five hundred bucks an hour for a couple of days straight.

If kids weren't so "busy" these days, they could grab a shovel, go into town as a group and just walk down the street with their shovel over their shoulder. We used to make a wad of cash. We'd let them pay us what they wanted. Towns were best - small jobs, we'd get done in 15 minutes - sidewalks, dinky driveways, stairs. Usually they had never paid anyone to shovel before and were desparate to get it cleared. They almost always over paid us.

 

[billski]

if you look at this forecast map, even the island - block, nantucket, martha's vineyard are going to see a whopping of snow. Amazing

 

[wa-loaf]

I'll be happy with the 10 inches that map shows for my area.