2/26 - 2/27 Speculation Thread

[Greg]

Looks kinda iffy, but maybe some snow after the front departs. Heading to Killington Friday evening with the family. Please don't tell me we're looking at FRGR this weekend... :blink:

 

[deadheadskier]

Praying for the best.

Three options planned.

1. Ragged if they get all snow, which is preferred for the drive time as it's a day trip
2. Burke if they get snow and Ragged is NCP, twice the drive and not favored for a day trip
3. Tenney if both Burke and Ragged get NCP and I'm stuck with FRGR

 

[Johnskiismore]

If it must rain.... PLEASE be minimal!

 

[mondeo]

I don't think the forecast on one of these storms this far out has been close this year. Here's hoping they're wrong again.

 

[ALLSKIING]

I keep looking to see if it changes....not yet, but its still a few day out.

 

[hammer]

So far it sounds like all liquid in the flatlands...I'm more concerned about timing, also heading north on Friday evening.

 

[Greg]

Kinda outdated (1 am) but not looking too bad for the Greens:

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
AS OF 100 AM EST TUESDAY...WAA AHEAD OF APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM FROM THE OHIO VALLEY WILL AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY
NIGHT...BRINGING CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE REGION. WITH WAA IN
PLACE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT TEMPS WILL BE FAIRLY
MILD...WITH GUSTY SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FLOW. AS LOW TRACKS TO THE
NORTHEAST ON FRIDAY AND COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION WILL HAVE
INCREASING CHANCES FOR PRECIP. THEN COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT WITH DEEP COLD
AIR OVER AREA. RAIN SHOWERS DURING THE DAY DAY FRIDAY WILL CHANGE
TO SNOW SHOWERS AS COLD AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. SOME LINGERING
MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY NIGHT. SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY...SO
EXPECTING MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS. UPPER TROF MOVING ACROSS THE
AREA EARLY SUNDAY MAY SPARK A FEW MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS SUN
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT LIMITED MOISTURE WITH HIGH PRESSURE
SO DON`T THINK IT WILL AMOUNT TO MUCH.

 

[skiadikt]

Looks kinda iffy, but maybe some snow after the front departs. Heading to Killington Friday evening with the family. Please don't tell me we're looking at FRGR this weekend... :blink:

tell me about it ... i was up there last mon-wed before they received 44" of snow and since then i've had to listen to all these incredible trail reports. timing is everything ...

at this point it doesn't look too bad. maybe a couple inches on the the backside. so while we won't need the snorkel, your bump runs "should" hold up.

 

[gladerider]

heading up to snow this weekend. this doesn't sound encouraging.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Looking like rain south of the Canadian Border..

 

[hammer]

Looking like rain south of the Canadian Border..

Yep, even seeing an NCP forecast for Jay Peak later on this week on their website. Sure hope that they don't go from epic to crap in a week...:???:

 

[AMAC2233]

That's the problem with this year. Everytime it gets good, it goes bad within a week (Except for that 3 week bitter cold stretch in January) or maybe I'm just jealous because I missed last weekend.

 

[skiadikt]

That's the problem with this year. Everytime it gets good, it goes bad within a week (Except for that 3 week bitter cold stretch in January) or maybe I'm just jealous because I missed last weekend.

that's the nature of eastern skiing - epic to crap in a few days. the good thing is there's a deep base. and yeah i'm jealous about missing last weekend.

 

[mondeo]

NWS and snow-forecast seem to put Killington on the edge of minor rain or minor snowfall.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

That's the problem with this year. Everytime it gets good, it goes bad within a week (Except for that 3 week bitter cold stretch in January) or maybe I'm just jealous because I missed last weekend.

I've had alot more good days than bad days this season...if I remember correctly..New England only had one major thaw..

 

[billski]

Yep, even seeing an NCP forecast for Jay Peak later on this week on their website. Sure hope that they don't go from epic to crap in a week...:???:

skiing in the northeast means you have to live for the moment. That's why, as tired as I was I skied to the last possible lift yesterday. It does seem however that the NCP is of a much shorter duration. The other thing is that most forecasts are good to about 2000 ft. only.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

maybe lake effect snow after the rain..

 

[KingM]

that's the nature of eastern skiing - epic to crap in a few days.

But we also go crap to epic in a week, as we've just done.

I've had alot more good days than bad days this season...if I remember correctly..New England only had one major thaw..

Two thaws, one right before Christmas, one right before President's Week. Not great timing, but still, my impression has been that this is not quite as good as last year, but better than the previous few. I've had some great skiing, plan to get more, and even the business hasn't been bad, which is saying something, given the craptastic state of the economy.

 

[psyflyer]

Local Forecast is being naive about this storm as the lady-chik said just now that Mountain locals could see "additional snow accumulation" while the valley might be "messy". Unfortunatley trying to decipher what she is trying to say is next to impossible, seems like so far they don't know. Let's hope.

 

[deadheadskier]

Praying for the best.

Three options planned.

1. Ragged if they get all snow, which is preferred for the drive time as it's a day trip
2. Burke if they get snow and Ragged is NCP, twice the drive and not favored for a day trip
3. Tenney if both Burke and Ragged get NCP and I'm stuck with FRGR

and none will happen, f'n work