Christmas Day Storm Speculation Thread

[hammer]

Hope I don't jinx things, but we haven't had one of these threads for a bit...

http://headlines.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=1&article=3

 

[ajl50]

don't jinx anything. Do not continue this discussion. Really....wait till monday.
Then we'll know if we got coal or diamonds.

 

[Marc]

don't jinx anything. Do not continue this discussion. Really....wait till monday.
Then we'll know if we got coal or diamonds.

Good Lord, precipitation in the form of coal would not be good. Imagine the black streaks on my car windows.

And diamonds would be downright dangerous. Crazy weather.

 

[andyzee]

Christmas day will be my first day of skiing at K next week, we will have a blizzard.

 

[koreshot]

Good Lord, precipitation in the form of coal would not be good. Imagine the black streaks on my car windows.

And diamonds would be downright dangerous. Crazy weather.

Do you think you would use warm weather or cold weather wax with coal precip? Definitely rock skis.

 

[Marc]

Do you think you would use warm weather or cold weather wax with coal precip? Definitely rock skis.

Ooh... good question. I'd go with a warm temperature hydrocarbon for sure.

 

[ctenidae]

Do you think you would use warm weather or cold weather wax with coal precip? Definitely rock skis.

Kind of depends on if it's anthracite or lignite. Anthracite, I'd go with cold weather wax.

 

[from_the_NEK]

Kind of depends on if it's anthracite or lignite. Anthracite, I'd go with cold weather wax.

Also depends on if it falls in Wyoming powder form or West Virginia crude

When I lived in West Virginia one winter I swear they were using coal dust instead of salt and sand on the roads. My truck was black all winter. :???:

 

[TwinTips21]

Looks like the storm tracked west which means mixing with rain at the onset, then possibly heavy to moderate accumulations. Basically I think the shift west is better for Jay but worse for Killington.

Zand or AJ any other opininions? Im waiting for the 12z

 

[SnowRider]

I honestly wish we wouldnt get hit by this storm. This storm is going to help northern ski resorts but hurt central and southern ones. So I would rather no precipitation cause it is going to hurt much more than help.

 

[TwinTips21]

Well starting as rain and changing to a moderate snow accumulation might not hurt. Plus the storm will leave behind a little bit of cooler temps.

 

[klrskiah]

Looks like the storm tracked west which means mixing with rain at the onset, then possibly heavy to moderate accumulations. Basically I think the shift west is better for Jay but worse for Killington.

Zand or AJ any other opininions? Im waiting for the 12z

To me it looks like 12z moves it slightly back east. This is an enormous storm!!! Lets pray it keeps tracking east a bit. this storm definately has a lot of potential it just depends on the track for who's going to get hammered!

 

[TwinTips21]

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/forecast/Ma...lat=43.182917&smap=1&mp=1&map.x=137&map.y=105

That forecast is amazing!!!!!

 

[Big Game]

I'm just happy we have something to speculate about.

 

[snoseek]

i'm going to go out on a limb by saying 2007 is going to be much better than 2006.

 

[andyzee]

Severe Weather Alert
Special Weather Statement

NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX- SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE- WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE- CALEDONIA- WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE- WESTERN RUTLAND- WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE... PLATTSBURGH... STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA... LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA... OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM... GOUVERNEUR... ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS... NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON... JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY... MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES... BRADFORD...RANDOLPH... RUTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION... ENOSBURG FALLS... RICHFORD... UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD... KILLINGTON 318 AM EST SUN DEC 24 2006...FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO ON MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL THEN MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE APPALACHIANS AND EAST COAST...MOVING INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. ABUNDANT ATLANTIC MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE NORTH COUNTRY AHEAD OF THE LOW... COMBINED WITH COLD AIR OVER THE REGION...WILL HAVE PRECIPITATION FALL AS SNOW...MIXING WITH SOME RAIN IN THE MORNING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AS TUESDAY PROGRESSES WITH THE LOW MOVING THROUGH THE NEW ENGLAND REGION. THE TRACK OF THIS STORM IS STILL UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...BUT WILL PLAY A KEY ROLE AS TO WHETHER THE NORTH COUNTRY WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.

 

[loafer89]

I just hope that Sugarloaf gets buried, this way we will be set up for January and I can enjoy some good skiing after my blackout dates are done. The storm track right now takes the low into the Gulf Of Maine which would be an excellent storm track for lots of snow at Sugarloaf.

The bad news is that Southern and Central New England will get 1-2" of rain which will hurt the local slopes.:sad:

 

[wintersyndrome]

http://www.wunderground.com/modelmaps/maps.asp?model=NAM&domain=US

This model map shows the center of the Low tracking over southern New England out into the gulf of Maine..Finally

 

[klrskiah]

http://www.wunderground.com/modelmaps/maps.asp?model=NAM&domain=US

This model map shows the center of the Low tracking over southern New England out into the gulf of Maine..Finally

Unfortunately it is also much weaker, but at this point as long as its in a frozen form we should be happy!

 

[Justin10]

A 990mb storm hitting us right on is much better than a monster missing us completly.......we still have the potential to get some good snows out of this thing...