Snowmaking resumes

[Greg]

At Killington:

 

[riverc0il]

they are suppose to open on friday almost feels early for ski season? i dunno, after spending all summer dreaming of snow and jonsing for turns, the ski season has really come up and bit me on the ass!

don't much matter, i don't intend on skiing until december the earliest unless we get a lot of natural snow. i'm not a big fan of early season skiing; particularly after a pretty aweful day at K last year in december no less (although given the weather, i still considered december early season: less than 20 trails).

 

[Greg]

I say bring it on! I actually prefer to ski before Christmas when the crowds are minimal. This is shaping up to be a really great early ski season. The second half of October has been 10 degreees below normal in most places and the short range forecast calls for more cooler weather into next week:

FXUS61 KBTV 230719
AFDBTV

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
319 AM EDT WED OCT 23 2002

BIG PIX: VERY BROAD CYCLONIC FLOW ACRS NRN USA/SRN CANADA WL KEEP
BLO NORMAL TMPS THRU THE FCST CYCLE. THE FLOW HAS BECOME MORE ZONAL
THAN ERLR AND WL OSCILLATE AS S/W ENERGY ROTATES UNDER HUDSON BAY
H5 LOW. THE LATTER PERIODS (ERLY/MID NXT WEEK) PRETTY MUCH DEPEND
ON CONTD S/W ENERGY ROTATING ARD HUDSON BAY H5 LOW AND THE DVLPMNT/
TIMIMG AND EJECTION OF SW UPR LOW.

THIS TYPE OF PTRN AND QUESTIONING OF SW UPR LOW EJECTIONS HAS AND
WL CONT TO BE PRBLM IN THE XNTD PTN OF FCST...SO WL NOT MAKE ANY
CHGS TO DAYS 5-7 BUT DO SEE A SLGT MODERATION BY ERLY NXT WEEK BFR
ANTHR PSBL COLD SNAP.

CRNT: A WEAK SYSTEM BEING SHEARED FM CONFLUENT FLOW ACRS FA HAS
DELIVERED CLDS ACRS FA WITH SOME FLURRIES ACRS SRN FA.

SHORT TERM: THIS SYSTEM WL CONT TO BE SHEARED AS IT MVS S OF FA
WITH SOME CLRG ACRS FA. MEANWHILE...SOME DEEP MOISTURE TO THE N
WL TRY TO ROTATE S INTO XTRME NE VT WITH PSBL FLURRIES LATE TDY/ERLY
TNGT.

MOSTLY SKC/PTLY CLDY SKIES WITH SLGTLY COOLER H8/THICKNESS WL BRG
ABT COLDER TMPS TNGT WITH TEENS IN ADRNDKS.

SFC RDG MVG IN THU/THU NGT/FRI WL MEAN DECENT AMT OF SS WITH SLOWLY
MODERATING DAYTIME TMPS BUT DECENT RADTNL COOLING FOR SOME COLD NGTS.

LONGER TERM: SOME TROFINESS RE-ESTABLISHING ITSELF ACRS PLAINS WL BRG
ABT A VEERING WND WITH SOME MOISTURE FOR PSBL -SHSN CHG TO -SHRA FRI
NGT/SAT. MEANWHILE...THE TREND OF THE SRN STREAM SYSTEM STAYING WELL
S OF FA CONTS.

SUNDAY WL FEATURE DEPARTING SYSTEMS (AS MNTD ABV) BUT AN APPRCHG NRN
STREAM S/W WL BRG A SFC CD FNT AND SOME COOLER AIR RETURNING.

MON APPEARS TO FEATURE SOME RIDGING AHD OF NXT SYSTEM AND MAY BE
SUNNY...DRY AND COOL BUT WL AWAIT NEW DATA AND LET DAYSHIFT MAKE
ANY NECESSARY CHGS. AGAIN...NO CHGS TO DAYS 5-7.

.BTV...NONE.

SLW