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Summer vs. Winter Storms

Puck it

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IF this storm had hit in the winter and were cold enough. It would have been a ton of snow. Three days of rain.

It seems like we never get this type of storm in the winter that is cold enough to snow for days. I guess I am just dreaming.


There is always hope though.
 

deadheadskier

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and when we do get the three day moisture event, it's often warm and highly elevation or slope dependendent on who gets the snow.

Hence while areas of the Catskills got 5 feet last winter and only a few short miles away........zip, all rain.
 

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and when we do get the three day moisture event, it's often warm and highly elevation or slope dependendent on who gets the snow.

Hence while areas of the Catskills got 5 feet last winter and only a few short miles away........zip, all rain.


I would say all rain everywhere.
 

mondeo

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Week before Christmas 2008... 3 feet, foot, foot, 2 feet, or something ridiculous like that, all super nice powder. White roomed O.L. most of the way down (on Cabrawlers, that part of it wasn't the most fun.)

On the other hand, switch this summer to winter and it would be worse than the one we just had. This is the first rain event we've had, really.
 

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Can't imagine how badly wind blown it would be if this was snow too.
 
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