Sundown - Friday POWDER afternoon / evening

[Greg]

Ahem:

I can't even freakin' concentrate.

 

[downhill04]

No way man. I still harbor guilt. You're on your own.

Tomorrow is going to be effin nuts on those bumps. I'm beside myself with excitement...

Dude there is no need for guilt. I got to take the entire summer off from work to recover post op :smile:

 

[downhill04]

Ahem:

I can't even freakin' concentrate.

I need to stop looking at AZ and all weather related websites. Next thing you know I will be leaving the office at lunch to buy another pair of skis...Hhmmmm I could use new boot......Damn it here I go again.

 

[powhunter]

POWDER ALERT!!!!! POWDER ALERT!!!!! Looks like the restaurant is gonna be dead tomorrow night!!! I should be able to leave here around 5....(stokeometer is redlining!!) POWDER ALERT!!!!
cya tomorrow!!

steveo

 

[Greg]

Roll call:
Greg (arrival 2-4 pm)
bvibert (arrival 5-7 pm?)
2knees scheming/planning/trying
gmcunni 1 pm to 5 pm*
Grassi21 3 pm - whenever my legs give out
rueler
Downhill04 (arrival 2-4) Will ski until close if my legs let me
MR evil
powhunter

Sick mogul crew. It's gonna be one for the record books. Be careful driving. Who else is in?!?!

 

[Greg]

In the words of the infamous 2knees:

Tomorrow is going to be so far off the hook the phone will be lost!

 

[bvibert]

Roll call:
Greg (arrival 2-4 pm)
bvibert (arrival 1-5 pm?)
2knees scheming/planning/trying
gmcunni 1 pm to 5 pm*
Grassi21 3 pm - whenever my legs give out
rueler
Downhill04 (arrival 2-4) Will ski until close if my legs let me
MR evil
powhunter

My arrival time could be considerably earlier than I originally anticipated. I'd say that I could be there as early as 1pm now, but it still could be later...

 

[Greg]

My arrival time could be considerably earlier than I originally anticipated. I'd say that I could be there as early as 1pm now

That's more like it. Going for the iron man....

Thinking about actually bringing my Legends as well as the bump skis...

 

[powhunter]

Its getting even sicker by the minute:


Roll call:
Greg (arrival 2-4 pm)
bvibert (arrival 5-7 pm?)
2knees scheming/planning/trying
gmcunni 1 pm to 5 pm*
Grassi21 3 pm - whenever my legs give out
rueler
Downhill04 (arrival 2-4) Will ski until close if my legs let me
MR evil
powhunter
Jonnypoach

 

[downhill04]

Its getting even sicker by the minute:


Roll call:
Greg (arrival 2-4 pm)
bvibert (arrival 5-7 pm?)
2knees scheming/planning/trying
gmcunni 1 pm to 5 pm*
Grassi21 3 pm - whenever my legs give out
rueler
Downhill04 (arrival 2-4) Will ski until close if my legs let me
MR evil
powhunter
Jonnypoach

The CLITS are going to be representing!! This should make a vid so sick the highlanders will be uke:

 

[Greg]

The CLITS are going to be representing!! This should make a vid so sick the highlanders will be uke:

INDEED! CLIT convention tomorrow on Temptor.

Who else is in?

 

[bvibert]

That's more like it. Going for the iron man....

Thinking about actually bringing my Legends as well as the bump skis...

If I get there early then I'm gonna have to pace myself, or else I'll be worn out by the time the good stuff falls.

I'm not sure what I'll be on for skis; 84mm waist mid-fats, 93mm waist TTs, or 61mm? waist bump skis??? Maybe a sampling of all three???

 

[downhill04]

If I get there early then I'm gonna have to pace myself, or else I'll be worn out by the time the good stuff falls.

I'm not sure what I'll be on for skis; 84mm waist mid-fats, 93mm waist TTs, or 61mm? waist bump skis??? Maybe a sampling of all three???

Just pick one and go with it. There is no time to run to the parking lot to change skis on a POWDER DAY!!!!!!

 

[downhill04]

Roll call:
Greg (arrival 2-4 pm)
2knees scheming/planning/trying

Do you need any help with the scheming/planning/trying? If I can be of any help let me know. We need you to get your ass out there!!

 

[Greg]

Do you need any help with the scheming/planning/trying? If I can be of any help let me know. We need you to get your ass out there!!

No kidding. This is NOT one to miss. Make it happen!!!!

 

[gmcunni]

i might be arriving ealier than expected too. need to get there before the roads get bad or i might not make it at all.

 

[bvibert]

i might be arriving ealier than expected too. need to get there before the roads get bad or i might not make it at all.

If that's the case then you better hope that the after school activities get canceled too, otherwise you might have trouble leaving... It'll be best to wait it out at that point. I figure the roads should be nice and clear by around 10 or 11...

 

[Greg]

i might be arriving ealier than expected too. need to get there before the roads get bad or i might not make it at all.

Once you get north of Thomaston (there's a long hill there that gets backed up as everyone tries to escape the Waterbury area), you're golden. It also goes down to a single lane just beyond the hill for the bridge construction between 41 and 42 so that might be tight.

One workaround there would be to get off in Thomaston (exit 39) and take route 222 up to 118 and get back on route 8 at exit 42. I would only attempt that if travel on route 8 is slow in the area. Either way, go all the way up to the end of the route 8 highway in Winsted and take route 44 over to New Hartford. The climb up 202 (exit 44) in a snowstorm will likely put you behind several stuck cars and perhaps tractor trailers. It might take you a half hour just to get to the top of the hill there. I wouldn't recommend going that way tomorrow.

 

[Greg]

This is shaping up to be exactly like 12/13/07...

12/13/07:
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12/13 was an epic day. Here's hoping tomorrow is more of the same.

Interesting excerpt from the Taunton MA NWS discussion:

IN MANY WAYS...THIS STORM LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THE STORM WE HAD DEC
13TH 2007...BASICALLY A SIGNIFICANT DUMP OF SNOW IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME DRIVEN BY A STRONG FAST MOVING SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED STRONG
ISENTROPIC LIFT THROUGHOUT THE COLUMN. TIMING EVEN SEEMS SIMILAR IN
THIS CASE AS WELL. THAT/S THE STORM THAT SEVERELY SNARLED LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC DUE TO THE RAPID ONSET OF
HEAVY SNOW. AT THIS TIME...FRIDAY/S STORM LOOKS VERY SIMILAR...WITH
SNOW ARRIVING LATE MORNING OR MORE LIKELY EARLY AFTERNOON FROM WEST
TO EAST AND PROBABLY BECOMING HEAVY NOT TOO LONG AFTER ONSET. THIS
STORM MAY HAVE A BIT BETTER DENDRITIC GROWTH THAN THE DEC 13 2007
STORM...BUT THIS ONE ISN/T QUITE AS IMPRESSIVE IN THE FRONTOGENESIS
FIELDS.

Sundown picked up one foot that day. Here's the TR:

http://forums.alpinezone.com/21352-ski-sundown-12-13-2007-a.html

The big difference between tomorrow and that day is there were no bumps set up anywhere. Currently, some sick bumps exist on Temptor!

 

[Greg]

Winter Storm Warning!!!

We just got upgraded to Winter Storm Warning level:

RGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
216 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-190415-
/O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0013.081219T1300Z-081220T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KALY.WS.W.0013.081219T1400Z-081220T0600Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-
EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-
EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...
COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...
CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...
KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...
POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...
MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON
216 PM EST THU DEC 18 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO 1
AM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS...
THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...BERKSHIRES...AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY. SNOW
WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING...AND WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER
OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS BY MIDNIGHT.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM THIS STORM WILL BE 8 TO 16 INCHES
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS...BERKSHIRES AND NORTHERN
LITCHFIELD COUNTY. IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND SOUTHERN
LITCHFIELD COUNTY...7 TO 14 INCHES WILL FALL.

SNOW WILL FALL AT THE RATE OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL SEVERELY IMPACT THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE.

THE STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOWFALL WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS
THE COUNTRY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...REACHING THE JERSEY COAST FRIDAY
EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.