Feb 5th and 6th

[hammer]

Thank you very much. This involves some teen age driving.

Hopefully your nerves won't be shot by Monday night...enjoy your weekend.

 

[Vortex]

Thanks hammer. I may end up driving his car home and leave him the Suv. Gametime decision. Its all good.

 

[Glenn]

That's my dilemma. Drive with the masses tonight or deal with the snow mid day tomorrow. Think its going to be two vehicles this weekend to do both.

Thanks for the info Win!

I vote for heading up tonight. We've had mostly 2 hour rides up this season...door to door. Some even a little less. The "longest" ride was had was 2.5. It always feels longer when you slow down in Hartford...then in Springfield...again in Holyoke....then Northampton.

 

[reefer]

I hope to be out of CT on 91 by 6 am on Sunday. Aiming for an early chair at Magic. Can't Wait!

Still planning on being there Sunday. DoubleEject wants to do Magic Saturday and Mt. Snow Sunday, I think I'll pull rank over him however..........................................

 

[MommaBear]

I vote for heading up tonight. We've had mostly 2 hour rides up this season...door to door. Some even a little less. The "longest" ride was had was 2.5. It always feels longer when you slow down in Hartford...then in Springfield...again in Holyoke....then Northampton.

It is not so much the ride up tonight as the day tomorrow. I will be bringing work - either to do at the condo, or in the lodge at Okemo - and I've got a 10 year old that doesn't want to ski, wants no part of standing slopeside to watch his brother compete, nor hang out in the lodge. And leaving tonight, leaves an 18 year old home in a an empty house for two nights. Going with working from home, missing the competition and driving up in the snow Saturday afternoon. Seems like the safer route. :???:

Kids make this ski thing so complicated.

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

Latest local forecast (NH) has changed for tomorrow night. Apparently the snow will shift north as will the rain. Looks like ski country for Me, NH, and Vt will make out the best. They are saying the sleet will move in as far north as southern VT, SW NH, Lakes Region of NH and parts of southern Maine. Snow totals have been upped to 4-8 inches + for the the ski country areas. I think originally most were calling for little snow into the mountains and 3-6 for central NH. I guess at this point I won't hold my breath.

 

[WinnChill]

Latest local forecast (NH) has changed for tomorrow night. Apparently the snow will shift north as will the rain. Looks like ski country for Me, NH, and Vt will make out the best. They are saying the sleet will move in as far north as southern VT, SW NH, Lakes Region of NH and parts of southern Maine. Snow totals have been upped to 4-8 inches + for the the ski country areas. I think originally most were calling for little snow into the mountains and 3-6 for central NH. I guess at this point I won't hold my breath.

Yep, BIG changes...just updated today's forecast. Northern areas make out good tonight (all snow)...southern resorts mixing overnight. Northern Maine resorts could make out the best.

I just saw that I'm close to amounts you just posted--fairly weak storm/low snow to liquid ratios/less than optimal dynamics, etc

 

[octopus]

so, sunday river is going to be all snow? i'm heading up tomorow morning for a week there, hoping for some fresh

 

[Greg]

WinnChill - thoughts on Magic?

 

[Masskier]

Urgent - winter weather message
national weather service burlington vt
356 am est sat feb 5 2011

nyz034-035-vtz003>009-017-018-052200-
/o.new.kbtv.ws.w.0005.110205t2100z-110206t1200z/
western essex-eastern essex-orleans-essex-western chittenden-
lamoille-caledonia-washington-western addison-eastern chittenden-
eastern addison-
including the cities of...lake placid...port henry...
Ticonderoga...newport...island pond...burlington...johnson...
Stowe...st. Johnsbury...montpelier...middlebury...vergennes...
Underhill...bristol...ripton
356 am est sat feb 5 2011

...winter storm warning in effect from 4 pm this afternoon to
7 am est sunday...

The national weather service in burlington has issued a winter
storm warning...which is in effect from 4 pm this afternoon to
7 am est sunday.

* locations...essex county of new york and central and northern
vermont...except franklin and grand isle counties.

* hazard types...heavy snow.

* accumulations...6 to 10 inches.

* timing...snow will develop this evening and continue overnight
before tapering off after sunrise sunday.

 

[WinnChill]

WinnChill - thoughts on Magic?

Ugh. I hate it that's is such a drastic change. They'll likely get in on some of that mixing late this PM/evening (light snow to start--then mixing between sleet/freezing rain...maybe a couple tenths of an inch of liquid). It'll end as some snow but not much. The mixing could make it northward enough for K-ton, perhaps Sugarbush. This won't be a huge storm but enough to tamp things down. Will evaluate new data coming in now and keep you posted.

 

[WinnChill]

so, sunday river is going to be all snow? i'm heading up tomorow morning for a week there, hoping for some fresh

They should actually be ok. The low traverses the area keeping the mixing line JUST south. And that area should do the best for snow from this storm anyways--anywhere from the northern Whites through the Mahoosic Range should do good...just over a half a foot...maybe close to a foot???

 

[WinnChill]

They should actually be ok. The low traverses the area keeping the mixing line JUST south. And that area should do the best for snow from this storm anyways--anywhere from the northern Whites through the Mahoosic Range should do good...just over a half a foot...maybe close to a foot???

We'll likely upgrade their potential accumulations today too--stand by.

 

[Greg]

Winn - MRG safe?

 

[WinnChill]

Winn - MRG safe?

Close--very close but they should be ok...probably on the doorstep for Middlebury/Sugarbush.

 

[ScottySkis]

so stowe,jay peak and Smuggs notch should be all snow for tommorow I might have to check out smuggs tommorow I still have my price chopper book,is that what your thinking Winn?

 

[WinnChill]

so stowe,jay peak and Smuggs notch should be all snow for tommorow I might have to check out smuggs tommorow I still have my price chopper book,is that what your thinking Winn?

Yep. It's weird of all the changes within the last day but the latest track brings too much mixing in for southern areas this time. That shifts the snow belt right across the northern Greens thru Whites and thru Sugarloaf

 

[ScottySkis]

Thank you Winn for all your great forecast and updating the crazy new england winter weather your 1 of the best weather person their is!

 

[WinnChill]

Thank you Winn for all your great forecast and updating the crazy new england winter weather your 1 of the best weather person their is!

Thank YOU Scotty! It's been a challenging year--we pretty much had to call an audible on this one. But we just hope we can help folks make those ski decisions a little better--especially with so much $ at stake these days.

 

[Glenn]

MommaBear,
Hope it all worked out. That's a lot to juggle at once. Traffic was a bear last night. An hour and 45 to Springfield. Ugh!!

SoVT update : Snow, sleet and some freezing rain. Snow/sleet right now. We re in Dummerston now. NWS says 1500ft+ should be mostly snow. We're at about 900...so some mixing. Fingers crossed for mostly snow at Mt Snow.