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88-93 was a terrible stretch in NNJ. The 93 storm seemed like the start of some much better winters.

What, no clown? Happy opening weekend.

a little uplsope following Nicole and a blue bomb late next week...sign me up. Cold looks like it keeps reloading for the next two weeks too.

They are going to do it regardless I think. They might get giant 72 hour windows and good temps every night; plus, the world cup wants this race and trusts them.

Yeah, that's what I meant...this weekend might be good for drunken slip and slide down the slope, but game on next week.

With wrap around fake stuff too...Winter is starting in the northern greens.

I see nothing. .

Didn't Tahoe do the crazy 5-7 foot totals to start last year too? ...and we're just praying for wet bulbs in the mid 20s.

what's the temp profile top to bottom? Did you get the big inversion?

Apparently, we were both wrong and it was a system fail. I Still wouldn’t have gone for it with the rain. .

If any New England mountain had half that and didn’t open, there would be riots. .

Wouldn't a little SE ridging be ok , especially up here in late Dec/Jan? No suppression issues. Last year was frigid and dry in Jan.

It's a no brainer. They are not opening this weekend with the rain, even if they could put down the base in time. Turn the guns on Sunday night and open by mid week if you want. I think the window post Sunday is good enough that anyone who wants the death ribbon can open by next weekend; then game on for the season.... que the pessimism.

At this point, I guess you have to. Nothing on North Ridge so probably holding off til Sunday there and just hoping the temps last long enough to put down something that doesn't get washed away this weekend on Superstar.

There was lots of talk about that in the NNE thread. He made some remarks about a specific group of people. I'd leave it at that.

Man, great watching those cold shots reload in Canada every couple days toward the end of the 12z run. That's some decent cold up north.

Don't hate the fake stuff

Mid December 2015 throwback pic?

From a NNE Mountain perspective though, the timing was key. Flip the 15th for 10-15 days and you can get snowmaking cranking with good windows and barring what we have right now, that puts you into the time period where above normal doesn't kill you as long as it's not a torch. Flip on the 25th-5th, and you are way behind to start the season. Warm start to November and flip mid month is heaven. Enjoy the mild outside, then flip hard.

It's looking like a great call when there was big pushback of the 15-25th being too early.

honestly, couldn't time this any better. plus 20 when the averages are in the 50s, then flip the switch November 15th for a solid ten day minus period to blow the mountains open, then you're almost into a period where you don't need frigid below normal to get it done in NNE. We should be good til the December 23rd rainstorm. From a ski perspective, we lost 2 -3 weeks of 400 foot vertical. The novelty of Oct-Early Nov skiing is cool, but how many runs down rime and reason or cascade at Mt. Snow can you do. Give me a solid December and the ability to watch my kids last soccer game today in shorts and I'll sign up every year.

Point a for the win...it's political...you can agreed that there is undisputable evidence that over the period of records we have access to (150 years??), the temp graph is up and to the right and also agree that not every so called "extreme" weather event is CC rearing it's ugly face. More importantly, GEFS says snow guns on for the season starting next weekend...Game on.

can it just be warm without climate change?

I don’t think it’s a stretch considering the first two weeks are plus 10-20. .

ha..We're at war today, pf. I think blaming an hour time difference is an excuse; that's the part of the statement I disagree with. Eat better, make time to exercise and people will be healthier. It's probably harder during the short days in the winter, but if people just say screw it, then that's the results they'll get. Long summer days are awesome too. I guess it's just part of the change of seasons to me. And even though 12z op went warmer, I think the cold the 10th through the 15th is a bit stronger on the ensemble than the previous run.