WWF-VT
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Gary at WCAX says widespread 6-12" of snow in VT. High temp of zero on MLK day.
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Speculation about MLK weekend storm....
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Gary at WCAX says widespread 6-12" of snow in VT. High temp of zero on MLK day.
BenedictGomez
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The entire MLK weekend will be very cold. Hopefully that keeps many of the "holiday only" skiers in the lodge.
BenedictGomez
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Both the UKIE and the Euro shifted south this afternoon. Good news for some, "less good" news for others.
who wins and loses on that?
BenedictGomez
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Wins & loses is all relative, because the model depiction is great for all of ski country.
But in terms of raw inches of snowfall, it would be worse for ADK and n.VT and better for s.VT and Cats.
drjeff
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Going to start have to factoring in wind exposure for sure by the looks of it for Sunday! Gusts in the 50-80mph range above 3500 feet aren't out of the question Sunday afternoon into Monday as the Arctic air freight trains in on the back side of this storm :-o:-o
drjeff
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From the mountain forecast website for Killington....
https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Killington-Peak/forecasts/1291
and for Mount Snow (there station is actually at the top of The Hermitage for this one)
https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Haystack-Mountain-Vermont/forecasts/1050
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And all the freshies are blown into the woods.....
BenedictGomez
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I'm not seeing those hurricane winds on the weather models, at least not the GFS or the Canadian.
Killingtime
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Gotta make sure they are clicked over to Fahrenheit / MPH, but even then it still looks bad. The big unknown for me is wind hold.
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UGH mount snow is going to be a zoo with 30 inches of POW!!! LOL
But really i'm talking apocalyptic type crowds....... Good for them though!
NYDB
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looks like its coming in a bit later. snow all day sunday.
any travel sunday will be dangerous. Stay home and play it safe.
any travel sunday will be dangerous. Stay home and play it safe.
Starting to worry about that a little.
BenedictGomez
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The more I analyze this storm, the more it seems absolutely horrible from a powder-hunting perspective. Especially for those pondering the risk/reward of very long travel given the low single digit ambient temps (plus with a breeze) all weekend.
So then I thought, okay, maybe I'll bag my plans for n.VT and just get a motel in the Cats Saturday night and ski Platty Sunday since they should pick up a foot or more with less wind and better temp. The problem with that idea is that after raining & icing much of Saturday night into the day on Sunday here in Jersey, temps look to plummet to low-20s by 1pm. What a fun drive home from Platty that would be.
I'll be monitoring every model run from now through tomorrow afternoon for changes, but as of right now (and I HATE to say this)....
So then I thought, okay, maybe I'll bag my plans for n.VT and just get a motel in the Cats Saturday night and ski Platty Sunday since they should pick up a foot or more with less wind and better temp. The problem with that idea is that after raining & icing much of Saturday night into the day on Sunday here in Jersey, temps look to plummet to low-20s by 1pm. What a fun drive home from Platty that would be.
I'll be monitoring every model run from now through tomorrow afternoon for changes, but as of right now (and I HATE to say this)....
drjeff
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Exactly, there sure looks like a quick, distinct transition zone (say maybe 50 miles or so wide North to South) from where it will stay all snow to the North and go through a sleet zone into a freezing rain zone and then a rain zone after an initial few inches of snow with a flash freeze rolling in sometime Sunday afternoon for the areas not staying all snow/frozen stuff. Not a great travel situation if you live in the areas where some liquid stuff goes through the flash freeze later on Sunday.....
I'm hoping my house in CT stays in the sleet zone and not into the rain zone (it looks like it's going to be close right now) or else when I get home from VT Monday evening, I may not be able to find the asphalt of my driveway until the multi-day run of above freezing temps!!
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I booked a room for Saturday night to Monday morning and plan to ski at Burke. Hoping for a lot of snow but even 6-12 would make me happy. Is it looking like no. VT isn't going to get even that?
My hope is that the winds don't cause problems with the lifts. I have no issues with the low temps.
My hope is that the winds don't cause problems with the lifts. I have no issues with the low temps.
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