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Treeskier
03-14-2007, 05:33 PM
As I am grilling in 70+ degree weather just checked the NOAA.gov and they just posted a winter storm warning

THE MAIN FOCUS WILL BE ON A DEVELOPING POWERFUL NOREASTER THAT IS
EXPECTED TO TRACK UP THE NEW ENGLAND COAST FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. THE
PRECIPITATION MAY BE IN THE FORM OF SLEET OR SNOW TO THE SOUTH OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE.

Doing my snow dance!!

Winter is not over....come on powder days!
atkinson
03-14-2007, 06:02 PM
How long was it between "Scary and Disheartening" to this? Classic.

Bring it!

John
BushMogulMaster
03-14-2007, 06:31 PM
How long was it between "Scary and Disheartening" to this? Classic.

Bring it!

John

I'm excited, especially after seeing what lower mountain looked like this afternoon after skiing soaking wet bumps and getting absolutely drenched.
freeheel_skier
03-14-2007, 06:59 PM
Like they say....if ya don't like the weather give it 5 minutes! :D
Mike_451
03-14-2007, 09:33 PM
Lets not discuss this to much, no point in jinxing it.
Tin Woodsman
03-14-2007, 10:13 PM
Lets not discuss this to much, no point in jinxing it.

Good point - mother nature might actually be listening to us.
freeheel_skier
03-14-2007, 10:45 PM
Lets not discuss this to much, no point in jinxing it.

Good point - mother nature might actually be listening to us.

Well why can't she listen to the weathermen???? They are always wrong. :P
castlerock
03-15-2007, 06:20 AM
http://madriverglenweather.blogspot.com/

And you have to give props to the NWS forecaster who sniffed this out last weekend prompting the earlier post

http://forums.skimrv.com/viewtopic.php?t=849

Bluto: LET'S DO IT!
win
03-15-2007, 09:36 AM
The temperatures are falling as I write this! Even though depth has been lost . We are still 100% open. Tonight we are going to do a lot of extra grooming. Where a few bare patches have appeared like skiiers right on Lower Organgrinder there is plenty of snow to push around and repair before the snow begins falling tomorrow night and into Saturday. Our forecaster is usually on the conservative side and his forecast this morning was chance of 1-2 today and tonight and 10-16 tomorrow night. I will go out on the line and say that we should have a great weekend, and it will be worth hitting the roads either tonight or early tomorrow if you are not within commuting distance. Watch the ruts in the roads!
madhavok
03-15-2007, 09:47 AM
Keeping my fingers crossed. Not driving up till friday night, but already told work i am going to be "sick" on monday.
gone.skiing
03-15-2007, 09:57 AM
Is most of it coming in tomorrow late afternoon and in Sat morning?
Lostone
03-15-2007, 10:33 AM
http://forums.alpinezone.com/images/smilies/icon_snow.gif Coming down pretty steadily, now. http://forums.alpinezone.com/images/smilies/icon_snow.gif

:D
HowieT2
03-15-2007, 11:01 AM
http://forums.alpinezone.com/images/smilies/icon_snow.gif Coming down pretty steadily, now. http://forums.alpinezone.com/images/smilies/icon_snow.gif

:D

That is snow you are refering to, right?
noski
03-15-2007, 11:24 AM
Yes, snow snow snow. Top of Rt 17/App Gap is nearly impassable due to heavy snowpack. I am still looking for that 99" of snow.... Bring it on!
atkinson
03-15-2007, 11:35 AM
It's been all snow to the bottom of the mountain since about 11am. The temps are still dropping and the surface seems to be blending nicely. This could set us up very well for tomorrow's dump.

I can't see the top of Valley House because of the snow in the air.

John
Treeskier
03-15-2007, 11:46 AM
Just watched NECNs weather on the ones and they are saying it is going to start snowing ~ 2PM from South to North. With our area in the middle of the 18+" zone. So I agree with Win. Get out early. Boston, Hartford, Providence afternoon rush hour is going to be a zoo!

Doing my Snow Dance!!!
castlerock
03-15-2007, 12:50 PM
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...

NASTY LATE SEASON NOREASTER WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY
INTO EARLY SATURDAY. THE GENERAL OVERALL SETUP DOESN'T ACTUALLY LOOK
ALL THAT DISSIMILAR FROM THE VALENTINES DAY STORM...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
425 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2007

I would kill for another Valentines day storm.....
ahm
03-15-2007, 04:03 PM
A TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 20 INCHES IS
EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST
ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND MAY BE BRIEFLY MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES.

This could be pretty big, albeit a bit wet. Since I am in Italy unfortunately and unable to hit it, I will have the mighty Nez stop by my house and pick up the Made'n AK's (108 under the foot). Just look for the guy in the red boeri brain bucket straightlining everything in sight........................
noski
03-15-2007, 04:03 PM
You might get the Valentines Day storm.... Weather service warning for 10-20"....I will be able to whittle away on that 99" after the weekend. Yippee! :) (ahm- you are in Italy and I am in Waitsfield and we still managed to run into each other in the www hallway!)
Lostone
03-15-2007, 04:48 PM
I would kill for another Valentines day storm.....

And I might die from one! :cry:


But... We all have to go sometime! :lol:



That would be what the doctor ordered! :D
Yard Sale
03-15-2007, 06:05 PM
A TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 20 INCHES IS
EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST
ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND MAY BE BRIEFLY MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES.

This could be pretty big, albeit a bit wet. Since I am in Italy unfortunately and unable to hit it, I will have the mighty Nez stop by my house and pick up the Made'n AK's (108 under the foot). Just look for the guy in the red boeri brain bucket straightlining everything in sight........................

I've been in Vail for the past 5 days. There has not been a single meaningful flake!! I'm here for five more days, and the forecast Zippo. Bupkiss. Nada!!
ski_resort_observer
03-15-2007, 06:29 PM
Hopefully we can get thru the muddy roads and floods in time to enjoy the snow.. :lol: Rt 100B was down to one lane for most of the day.
Lostone
03-15-2007, 07:36 PM
Was planning on taking a trip up that way, while I was out, today, just to see how things were. Kinda slipped my mind. :?

For those that don't know, We have a lot of ice on our rivers that seems to be all gathering at certain areas. The water behind that has a tendency to go where it wants. :shock:

And with all the runoff from the melting snow, and added rain... Lot of flood watches going.
freeheel_skier
03-16-2007, 12:01 AM
Hopefully we can get thru the muddy roads and floods in time to enjoy the snow.. :lol: Rt 100B was down to one lane for most of the day.

Where? @ what time....I rolled thru 100b on my way home from Montpelier @ 4ish......I had no issues.
castlerock
03-16-2007, 06:14 AM
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
444 AM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007

.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
FAVORABLE SETUP FOR HEAVY SNOW TO IMPACT A LARGE PART OF THE NORTH
COUNTRY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SURFACE LOW TO TRACK FROM THE
CAROLINA COAST NORTHEAST TO EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND EVENTUALLY
ENDING UP IN THE GULF OF MAINE. VERY SHARP THERMAL BOUNDARY AT 850
MB WILL RESULT IN STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION PATTERN ACROSS NORTHERN
NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. JUXTAPOSITION OF 850/700 MB
FRONTOGENESIS SUGGESTS VERMONT AND THE NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF NEW
YORK STATE WILL BE IN FAVORABLE AREA FOR HEAVY SNOW. BUFKIT
SOUNDINGS SHOW SOMEWHAT STEEPER LAPSE RATES ABOVE 850 MB SUGGESTING
INSTABILITY WILL ENHANCE PRECIPITATION AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALSO
SHOWING FAVORABLE OVERLAP OF SNOW GROWTH AND OMEGA TO SUPPORT A
PERIOD OF 2-3 INCH HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND
ON INTO THE MORNING HOURS OF SATURDAY. THERMAL PROFILE SUGGESTS ALL
SNOW EXCEPT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT WHERE SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN.
TRACK OF 700 AND 500 MB LOWS ALSO FAVORS VERMONT FOR HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION...WHICH LOOKS TO BE IN THE 1.0 TO 1.5 INCH RANGE.
THERE IS A SHARP GRADIENT THUS AREAS SUCH AS THE SAINT LAWRENCE
VALLEY WITH BE ON THE FRINGE OF THIS EVENT. EXPECT ONLY 3-7 INCHES
OUT THERE WITH THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS
GETTING 6-12 INCHES AND THE EASTERN PORTIONS GETTING 10-16 INCHES.
OVER THE ENTIRE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AND THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
PORTIONS OF VERMONT...EXPECTING 12-20 INCHES OF SNOW AND 12-18
INCHES OVER SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT WHERE SOME SLEET WILL MIX IN.
PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATER ON
SATURDAY AS PSEUDO DRY SLOT DEVELOPS. BUT THIS SHOULD BE SHORT
LIVED AS WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE CONDITIONS DEVELOP. THUS
LOOKING AT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF OROGRAPHIC SNOWS BEGINNING SATURDAY
NIGHT AND LASTING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THUS ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS
CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH
LOW TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE TEENS. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST
WINDS LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING SNOW.
STEEPENING LAPSE RATES SUNDAY ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM
SUGGESTS SUFFICIENT MIXING TO ALLOW FOR SOME GUSTY WINDS FROM THE
NORTHWEST.
MntMan4Bush
03-16-2007, 08:07 AM
Does anyone know how the Roxbury Gap road is looking right now?
HowieT2
03-16-2007, 08:21 AM
Oh baby!
Getting the car packed and ready to roll.
atkinson
03-16-2007, 08:29 AM
All dirt roads have frozen ruts and funky bumps from the warm-up/freeze. Take it easy on Roxbury. No snow yet.

This morning on VPR, the Eye on the Sky guy said "20-30 inches for the mountains. "

Get up here now!

John
gone.skiing
03-16-2007, 08:37 AM
Oh baby!
Getting the car packed and ready to roll.
Oh baby is right. :shock: :D John, should we change Blazer competition from bumps to Powder 8?
madhavok
03-16-2007, 08:50 AM
It is going to be some adventure driving up tonight.
gratefulskier
03-16-2007, 09:06 AM
I'm hoping the new snow means I won't embarrass my son as badly as last year in the bumps comp. He pretended that he didn't know me when I finished my run last year.

But, I remember at least one forum member who wiped out during the comp last year. His son was in my Blazer group last year and he probably pretended he didn't know his dad too.

Later that week, I was on Fling and noticed someone just cruising effortlessly through those ice bumps. I watched in amazement, only to realize as the skier got to the bottom that it was David Babic.


GS
castlerock
03-16-2007, 09:19 AM
But, I remember at least one forum member who wiped out during the comp last year. His son was in my Blazer group last year and he probably pretended he didn't know his dad too.
GS
LOL!
Yes, hopefully the snow will be softer this year
smootharc
03-16-2007, 10:03 AM
John, should we change Blazer competition from bumps to Powder 8?

.....how about some big mountain powder 11's ? One and done (turns that is).

Yanking the punks from school today to drive up early.

Sugarbush.....Simply Sweeter !
atkinson
03-16-2007, 10:35 AM
If there's a field of untracked powder left on Sunday on Spring Fling, we can do a Powder 8's. Although, you guys know that synchronized skiing is not a big crowd-pleaser? I mean, who cares how neat you are.

John
noski
03-16-2007, 01:03 PM
St Valentine brought a few feet of snow, now St Patrick is planning to do the same. Calling all Saints..... Does anyone have any others that celebrate anything for the next 6 weeks? 8)
ski_resort_observer
03-16-2007, 01:20 PM
I think a Easter Sunday storm, April 8, might work. The weekenders here won't be able to drive home and will be forced to stay and ski/ride a couple of extra days. :D
atkinson
03-16-2007, 07:16 PM
Absolutely dumping.
Straight down.
You can hear it pile up.
The storm is here.
HowieT2
03-16-2007, 07:33 PM
Absolutely dumping.
Straight down.
You can hear it pile up.
The storm is here.

I can verify that and it was kind enough to let me get in two trips to the Paradise before settling in. Bag packed and ready for tomorrow.

The kind of night I want to sleep in Alyn's.
win
03-16-2007, 08:21 PM
Preparation for tomorrow includes grooming trails like Twist, Castlerock Run, Middle Earth, Sunrise and others. Rain caused these trails to set up hard and funky so by grooming tonight with 1-2 feet of new snow they should be incredible tomorrow. I hope everyone head to the Rock first thing because I am going to Twist.
Lostone
03-16-2007, 08:44 PM
But... but... Win? The rock opens at 9:00. Twist...? :wink:



And the thoughts of making fresh bumps on Middle Earth, after a groom and 2'...? :D
daevious
03-16-2007, 08:48 PM
Yeah round 'n around 'n up 'n down we go again
Oh baby make me know you love me so then
Come on let's twist again like we did last summer
Yea, let's twist again, twistin' time is here

3/4 inch/hour now, and getting heavier
HowieT2
03-16-2007, 09:29 PM
Preparation for tomorrow includes grooming trails like Twist, Castlerock Run, Middle Earth, Sunrise and others. Rain caused these trails to set up hard and funky so by grooming tonight with 1-2 feet of new snow they should be incredible tomorrow. I hope everyone head to the Rock first thing because I am going to Twist.

Well that certainly makes things easy. Thank you.

4"+ at the base now.
shadyjay
03-16-2007, 09:35 PM
I will hopefully be at North Sat & Sun, providing the winds don't "shut'er down".
boze
03-16-2007, 10:20 PM
OK sorry if this is a faux paux...but happen to be in Ludlow this weekend and - while dumping here too - I would give my right arm to be on 1st chair at S'bush in the AM with early tracks a bit later on Middle Earth & Paradise Woods. But I know my good bud HIT will be cutting tracks there so I will vicariously be there as I in fact carve through Jackson Gore's Supernova & Blackhole glades over here. Hey, it's freshies for all!! Just my heart is in San Francisco...err, Warren, VT.
Mike_451
03-17-2007, 12:44 AM
But... but... Win? The rock opens at 9:00. Twist...? :wink:



And the thoughts of making fresh bumps on Middle Earth, after a groom and 2'...? :D


I am looking forward to those fresh bumps, as I will be hitting them up first thing Monday :P
Lostone
03-17-2007, 08:40 PM
Pssst... I think it got here. :wink:
Mike_451
03-18-2007, 01:50 AM
Really? :shock:
Lostone
03-18-2007, 06:09 AM
:D :D HERE WE GO AGAIN!!! :D :D
noski
03-18-2007, 06:10 AM
214" down, 70" to go..... and still falling.
castlerock
03-18-2007, 06:15 AM
From today's discussion looking ahead to next weekend


...INTERESTING PATTERN SETTING UP NEXT WEEKEND...WHICH WL NEED
TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY IN THE UPCOMING DAYS. THE SETUP SHOWS SFC FRNT
PUSHING ACRS OUR CWA FRIDAY AND BECMG STATIONARY ALONG THE MID
ATLANTIC STATES FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SEVERAL WEAK WAVES OF LOW PRES
DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRNT. THIS COMBINED WITH NUMEROUS PIECES OF
ENERGY IN BOTH THE NORTHERN/SOUTHERN STREAMS COULD PRODUCE A VERY
ACTIVE PATTERN ACRS OUR CWA BY NEXT WEEKEND.
Mike_451
03-18-2007, 11:24 AM
214" down, 70" to go..... and still falling.


All we need is two back to back blizzards next week :lol:
noski
03-18-2007, 11:27 AM
214" down, 70" to go..... and still falling.


All we need is two back to back blizzards next week 8)
Geeze, I didn't use enough fingers this morning.... 294 - 214 reported this morning = 80 to go. The good news is SB now reports 221 to date so the math works better! (294-221=73 to go!)
Plowboy
03-18-2007, 11:50 AM
This truck had no snow on it fri. afternoon. Near the base of ME.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i273/MX51/XSNOW.jpg