"Snowbound" The great rebirth of the White Snow sheet of 2005

[haines]

Alberta Clipper "Algernon" laced Northern New England with 6-8 inches of Fresh Colorado Snow. Time of arrival 11/24/05 approximatly 5am. Clutching their platic sleds children gleefully romped the street to their nearest sledding destination.

Storm peaked at 11:00 am. Skiing at Mt Sunapee top to bottom (Upper and Lower Blastoff)(Upper Skyway, Chipmunk) Date: 11/26-11/27 Cost: 15 dollars per day with Spring Fling Coupons Base:12-26 inches.

Conditions were great, early packed powder. The runs did not become skied off. Conditions were excellent. the best day was 11/25/05 however,BlueSky et all. I was up in North that weekend in the ;local area.

Seeing the view of Lake Sunapee from the Summit:

Priceless


Submitted as of approximated time 3:00pm 11/30/05

Major catastrophe...Major catastrophe. All remnants of Clipper Algernon have dissappeared. Skyway has turned into a roaring torrent of water. Blastoff has become a boiling cauldron of mud, muck and slush. Snow maker reportedly seen running naked amongst disabled snow blowing equipment.

Submitted Dec O5:

Catastrophe averted! Sunapee has made a nice rebound
Fake storm arrives tuesday. Go to Attitash on Sat Its a buyers market. Hold out on that ski pass their maybe astronomical deals in Mid Feb!

 

[snowmaker4191]

sounds like my good freind Fred Galloup, wanted to make some snow and was doing the cold front dance!

 

[LVNLARG]

Re: "Moribund" The great collapse of the White Snow sheet of 2005

Major catastrophe...Major catastrophe. All remnants of Clipper Algernon have dissappeared. Skyway has turned into a roaring torrent of water. Blastoff has turned into a boiling cauldron of mud, muck and slush. Snow maker reportedly seen running naked amongst disabled snow blowing equipment.

:lol:

 

[snowmaker4191]

when were you at sunapee? how was it? got any pics of that snow? :evil: sounds very bad :angry:

 

[haines]

Sunapee was great for too Early Season. i had cheap coupons i saved from last year. It only cost fifteen bucks to ride the high speed quad. Think of it all that work! Snowmaking, grooming! lift maintenence all so could go skiing for fifteen bucks. Its like skiing for free. Like Bode said of Herman Mairs World Cup championship of 2004 "Looks like that ain't happening again"

 

[Mark D]

sounds like my good freind Fred Galloup, wanted to make some snow and was doing the cold front dance!

im gonna be doing that tommorow. im hoping to test out my new combo gun :beer:

 

[haines]

Snowbound the story of the great winter catastrphe of 2006

Doldrums again!

 

[haines]

"Snowbound" The epic story of the return of the ICE age

Proceed with caution!

Now before you eastern snow lovers start crying in your coffee, keep in mind that the Atlantic Ocean has something to say about this matter, too. In fact, in cases where the Pacific and Atlantic basins both are experiencing strong and conflicting signals, the Atlantic holds it own quite nicely, and that looks to be the case this winter. Most everyone knows that this was a history making summer in terms of the number of tropical systems in the Atlantic…the high number of storms infers warmer than normal Atlantic water, and that is indeed the case, even as we approach Thanksgiving. The abundance of tropical systems fits very nicely into the idea that the northward transport of heat supports high latitude, upper level high pressure over Greenland and Iceland. An upper level high in that position leads to a negative NAO, or North Atlantic Oscillation. Negative NAO’s correlate very well with colder and snowier than normal weather over the northeastern quadrant of the U.S. The high acts as a block against other jet stream level features, which tends to hold the cold air from Canada over the northeast, rather than let it slide off the continent. It also tends to make any trough approaching the east coast buckle and deepen, which enhances the development of surface lows, and we all know that those features lead to our heaviest snow producers-Nor’easters. Another facet of the study of the NAO and its influence on U.S. winters is the overall distribution of sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic. A pattern of warmer than normal water in the North Atlantic, cooler than normal water in the central Atlantic, and warmer than normal water in the tropics correlates well with a negative NAO, and that is the configuration that we find as we head into the winter of ’05-’06. I believe that much of this winter we will be in a neutral to negative NAO.

It is also worth noting that the abnormally warm water close to the coast from North Carolina to Maine will also play a role in the winter’s weather, particularly early on. This pool of warm water was in large part responsible for the heavy rains of October, and the energy that is added to the overriding atmosphere will continue to enhance and strengthen systems that pass over that portion of the ocean. The warmth will also insulate coastal areas to a certain extent, making heavy early season snowfall less likely. Another paradoxical element to all of this is that the stronger the early season coastal storm, the further inland the warm air will go…the most productive snow producing November and December storms will tend to be those of moderate strength.

The wetness of autumn is another factor that is considered when trying to figure out what the winter might bring. October was a record breaker in many eastern locations, again, in large part due to the warmth of the Atlantic waters. November isn’t over yet, but rainfall is slightly above normal in most spots, and a thanksgiving week storm or two will only add to the overage. Autumns that are wet in the East and drier than normal in the Midwest tend to be cold and snowy in the northeast.

Lastly, there is the matter of early season snow cover. If cold air masses from Canada are to have any staying power, it is preferable that they pass over snow covered land, as opposed to bare ground, which moderates the cold much more quickly. In late October, very little of Canada was covered by snow…not a good sign for early season snow and cold in the U.S….but over the past few weeks, the snow cover has expanded dramatically, to the point where cold air masses have a very good shot of delivering their punch deeper into the U.S. The snow cover south of the border will be expanding quickly over then next two weeks from the Ohio Valley eastward, and that will promote a feedback mechanism, as it will help to push borderline situations toward a colder and snowier result. It’s the old saying “snow promotes snow”, and it will be happening repeatedly as we head into December.


In translation were cooked man!

 

[haines]

Skiing on the sheep it looks like a buyers year!

Gotta love that cutthtroat competition!


Mt.uke: Waloosit

 

[haines]

"Snowbound" the Early Chapters!

Really

 

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