The 2/23 - 2/26 Storm Discussion Thread

[xwhaler]

without real time summit reports.

This is my biggest beef with Saddleback...love the mtn, love the vibe, love the folks there but they are hamstrung in that their marketing staff is very limited and they don't have the manpower to do updates.
I check around on Facebook and wait for their daily blog to be posted in the afternoon but it is difficult to get "real time" info out of them as to what is happening up on the hill.

Course, whatever happens, will happen but it's nice knowing if they are getting snow at say the Kennebago chair with a mix down at the base.

 

[WinnChill]

WinnChill - any chance you can take a hard look at Hunter and let us know your thoughts? Jackpot?

Just the sheer amount of heavy precip can help suppress that snow level...since it's borderline there, they're probably still snow. Haven't seen the mix line budge but am thinking it gets nudged westward just enough later today

 

[WinnChill]

Jeez...Saddleback/SR/SL are just about to get creamed with some intense precip moving in (borderline snow/rain still)....it's on a beeline to hit Attitash/Wildcat/Cranmore too.

 

[Greg]

just the sheer amount of heavy precip can help suppress that snow level...since it's borderline there, they're probably still snow. Haven't seen the mix line budge but am thinking it gets nudged westward just enough later today

stay east!

 

[midd]

Jeez...Saddleback/SR/SL are just about to get creamed with some intense precip moving in (borderline snow/rain still)....it's on a beeline to hit Attitash/Wildcat/Cranmore too.

Looks like a line of thunderstorms that you'd see in the summer.

 

[ZYDECORICH]

Or the people that can handle snow like that... not so elite.. just better skills in the deep and heavy...

I think grooming the flats will be good... But not the steeps..

sorry,maybe elitIst is the wrong term.. was just kidding anyway. i just saw alot of people eating pie. i do have problems in the wet heavy... bad knees and back so i get beat up a little easier. i like the light pow. who doesn't? Glad you were able to rip.

 

[Mapnut]

38 and pouring rain here on LI (North Shore Nassau County)

Rain on the highways is good! A foot of snow on the roads would be more likely to keep me home than rain on the ski areas. (no 4WD)

 

[ZYDECORICH]

Puking here in West Milford... calling for up to 20 inches maybe more we'll see...news trucks in town.

 

[WinnChill]

Sugarloaf is all snow too and getting heavy!

 

[psyflyer]

Started snowing on Burke Mt. at about 1500 feet around 40 minutes ago. Looks like up top is coming down pretty hard.

 

[WinnChill]

How we looking for Saddleback. Been tracking radar since early yesterday AM for the Rangeley Lakes region
They reported 15-18" as of 8:30 this AM but then made the call to not open today on account of very high (70mph) winds up top.
Current radar looks like they are getting some light snow but definately a gap between that little cell and the bigger one hitting NH/VT/NY right now.

Saddlebacks elevation should help them out here.
Downtown Rangeley sits at 1530, base lodge is right at 2100 I think and true summit is 4120 with top of Kennebago prob being right at 4k.

Heading up right after work tomorrow for hopefully two incredible days.
Someone tell me Saddleback avoids nearly all the dreaded rain and mixing!

Saddleback just reported in with all snow! I bumped up their totals as well...winds are high though (50-60) now and will likely get stronger.

Gotta head out for the evening and will be away from radar...chat more tomorrow.

:beer:

 

[tipsdown]

Saddleback just reported in with all snow! I bumped up their totals as well...winds are high though (50-60) now and will likely get stronger.

Gotta head out for the evening and will be away from radar...chat more tomorrow.

:beer:

Saddleback may be THE place to be this weekend. It very well could be untouched powder 4 FT DEEP by Sat AM. WOW

 

[roark]

4 products issued by NWS for: Londonderry VT


Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY345 PM EST THU FEB 25 2010MAZ001-025-VTZ013-014-261000-/O.EXB.KALY.WS.W.0006.100226T0500Z-100228T0000Z/NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE345 PM EST THU FEB 25 2010...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PMEST SATURDAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORMWARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW FOR THE SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS AND THEBERKSHIRES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM ESTSATURDAY.RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT.SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ACROSS THE REGION FROM LATETONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 16INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING WITH THE HIGHESTACCUMULATIONS AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET. THE SNOW WILL RESULTFROM A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WESTWARDACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK TONIGHT...ANDTHEN OSCILLATE ACROSS THIS AREA ON FRIDAY...BEFORE MOVING SLOWLYNORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST FRIDAY NIGHT INTOSATURDAY.ONCE AGAIN THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY CAUSING DOWNED TREELIMBS...TREES AND POWER LINES. ALSO...EASTERLY WINDS WITH THISSTORM WILL BE STRONG WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH TONIGHT DECREASING TO35 MPH ON FRIDAY WHICH WILL LIKELY ADD TO THE POWER OUTAGES.ALSO...THE WEIGHT OF THE WET SNOW ON ROOFS AND BUILDINGS MAYRESULT IN THE COLLAPSE OF SOME STRUCTURES.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILLOCCUR. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

 

[Glenn]

I'm stuck on 91 north..around exit 24 and 25 in CT. Tractor tailer fire. Highway shut. It's a gonna be a long night. I did take pics of fire trucks going by...I'll post them in my weekend TR. Not a good start to my weather related trip to VT. I bet the driveway isn't plowed. :lol:

I should have bet myself $5 on the driveway not being plowed. So there I am...12:30AM....(left CT at 9:00PM!), no power, and I'm shoveling 2' of heavy wet snow via the lights from my Jeep. I could honestly think of many many other places I'd rather NOT be...like the beach. :razz: Woulda made it in three hours, put some poor guy whacked a snowbank on Rt 30 and ripped the belly pan partly off his A4. Myself and another guy helped him by the covered bridge.

Rained all day in that area....and all the way back to CT this afternoon. I'm heading up to VT again around 7ish. Looks like things are gonna change tonight. It's going to get Windy! Winter storm warning for Western Windham County and the Southern Greens. We probably won't get much in the Dummerston area, but as long as the mountain does, I'll be happy.

 

[riverc0il]

For what it is worth, it rained all day here in Plymouth/Ashland (heavy at times) but just changed over to snow an hour ago.

 

[SnowRider]

I don't know what to believe. Some mountains are reporting "powder" but I can just imagine it being wet cement. Whiteface is report wet powder which seems like the best your going to get.

Worth oing to Wildcat on Saturday?

 

[WJenness]

For what it is worth, it rained all day here in Plymouth/Ashland (heavy at times) but just changed over to snow an hour ago.

Good news Steve.

Thanks for the heads up.

-w

 

[billski]

Started snowing on Burke Mt. at about 1500 feet around 40 minutes ago. Looks like up top is coming down pretty hard.

Best news I've heard all day. I'll be at Bolton saturday with a base el of 1500.

did you see these freaking winds? Look at the VAD profile in Burlington, VT
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/gen_lnids.cgi?pl=nvw&cu=1&loop=no&ident=CXX
55mph at 5000 feet.

 

[billski]

I don't know what to believe. Some mountains are reporting "powder" but I can just imagine it being wet cement. Whiteface is report wet powder which seems like the best your going to get.

Worth oing to Wildcat on Saturday?

That was all yesterday's news, sorry. Some places are being deliberately slow at updates, trying to milk the good news from the dump. The facts are plain: It rained everywhere today. Tomorrow's temps are marginal. If they get no snow, you'll likely be skiing FGR.
You can only pray and hope for new snow and make a last minute call. Damn New England, that's seems to be the thing to do to hit the best stuff. Watch snowforecast.com, find reports from any place with 2000' and higher el, since that's Wildcat's base. Remember, yesterday in SVT, the temp stayed at 32 in the valley all day. Forecast for No conway calls for a high on Friday in the upper 30s, - it will be a close call at Wildcat, but don't call it out yet. Don't forget to call Wildcat and speak with a breathing person.

Lastly, I find this map to be very intriguing for you. I am unclear what the start date was. Trust but verify...

 

[LonghornSkier]

: It rained everywhere today. Tomorrow's temps are marginal. If they get no snow, you'll likely be skiing FGR.

I'm not so sure about that, based on reports, I have not heard that it rained at Killington/Pico, Sugarloaf, and Saddleback. I am sure the conditions aren't going to be as good as what you had at Magic, but still very good.