MarkO

Considering it takes concrete 28 days to cure, probably not this winter. Speaking of which, I expected to see Killington and Sunday River firing up the guns (which I assume they have), but not WV. I've always wondered why they didn't pound snow early on High Country. Maybe with the new snow making system and new 6 pack chair, and new surface lift to the top it was part of their plan. Way to go WV!

I noticed sleet on the WV webcam, but snowing at the top of Wildcat.

Not sure about Wildcat, but I'd wager Killington will, maybe even Sunday River.

I believe they've made snow as early as late September, but earliest opening is October 1st. I skied there once on October 4th in 1997, I think That was my earliest skiing ever (I guess if you don't include skiing indoors). I had skied Tucks earlier that summer on July 4th when MWN got 96" in May alone. We planned skiing it Memorial Day weekend, but avalanche warnings were either high or extreme, so we postponed. That was in the infancy of the internet, but we figured there's be enough snow to ski the bowl, but on our way north the toll operator laughed at us when she saw the skis on the roof saying there's no snow in NH in July. When we got to Pinkham Notch, the higher elevations we clouded over, so we still weren't sure, but there were other diehards strapping skis to their frame packs, so we felt at least a little less embarrassed. I believe some made a couple turns into August that summer. Here's a list of earliest openings. I sure hope they can pull off an October opening this year, or I'm going to be spending money on a flight to Denver. https://www.killington.com/plan-your-trip/getting-here/operating-schedule/historical-open-close

It's a little colder than you might expect. Unlike an ice rink, they keep the entire ski area at about 25F. No wind, but it's humid. The snow has got a weird loose consistency, but as I mentioned, you need the right wax, and the wax they use is 100% the WRONG wax! I'm not sure if they do it that way to keep speeds down, but it was very annoying to have to push to get to the bottom. It's a terrible experience, and I feel for people trying to learn for the first time.

Got in September, but with an asterisk. Terrible drive down and back on Friday. Record daily rainfall, and I took the vette which is terrible in rain. Worst mistake was renting skis. They were junk and used the wrong wax. Just a terrible experience overall.

Any thoughts on fetch and Bay of Fundy?

Stick a fork in her. Boy it got quiet here. Has been a TOR otg past 1/2 hour and not even a mention about it.

Fixed it for ya.

It's all going to come down to Lee's forward speed.

Seeing some weather stations between 6-8" in the Leominster area, and this one of 14+ (doubtful): https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KMALEOMI56

I come here for the meltdowns, and you can do a better job than that.

Agreed with others here. A slow moving cane will lose it's inner core once it passes the gulf stream. If it takes the left hook, it will become extratropical and have a larger, but less intense wind field. We'd need a Long Island Express type cane for big winds, and that's not happening.

Lots of large trees down in Andover. Wife had to take alternate route home from Billerica due to tree down.

Buddy reported hail in Andover

Enjoy it in Methuen. I don't think I've ever witnessed so much lightning. Seemed like a flash every 3 seconds. A couple near misses, but I think not many were cloud-ground.

1.97" in the bucket today for house in Lowell, that puts me over 20" since June 1st.

Not sure if this post belongs in the 2022-2023 or this new one. I just got back from Valle Nevado (Andes Mtns, Chile). It's a long ass day of travel (about 18 hours total), but got in some great skiing. Even though they hadn't gotten much snow this year, they still had most of the trails open. They were also experiencing some much warmer than normal temperatures, particularly during the day. Each morning we stuck with the groomers. Temps were in the mid 20's, so we'd ski until about 10, go inside for an hour or so, so that by the time we went back out, everything had softening up. Afternoon temps were in upper 50's to mid 60's, but it felt hotter than that. It's so dry that the snow tends to sublimate more than melt, so it never got sticky sloppy. Met a lot of American's there. I'd say about 20% of the crowd were American's. The others tended to be local or from other South American countries and don't quite understand ski ethics which could be annoying at times. Overall a great time, and unique in a sense that there are no trees whatsoever. The road from Santiago to Valle Nevado has about 100 turns, many hairpin and closes in one direction on weekends, so plan accordingly. Also, English is not spoken by much, particularly in the ski areas. And one final thing, if you do go off piste, you can end up in another ski area (El Colorado and La Parva) and you'll have to bribe a liftie to get a chair lift back.

88.7/76.3 in Lowell. Pretty swamp ass, but compared to the 126F actual temp we experienced in death valley last week, it's pretty pedestrian. Should be an interesting afternoon regardless.

Resurrecting this thread b/c the 2022-2023 season isn't done yet. We had a blast on a road trip that started in Vegas, through Death Valley (forecast high was 124F and van thermo read 126F (while driving), got a little scary when I smelled radiator coolant leaving Death Valley. Spent 2 days skiing in Mammoth (conditions were surprisingly good considering temps were in the 70's, but you got to get there early as it gets sloppy and they run from 7:30 until noon). Finished the trip driving through Inyo and Yosemite, and stayed a night in Marina Del Rey. Valley Nevado next week.

That matches up pretty well with the 100 year event.

Winooski is still rising according to the gauge measurements at Essex Junction and Montpelier. The flood level has got to be close to the 100 year flood.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1748961312202207 Thankfully there wasn't anyone in the car.

I'm sorry to hear about that. Break out the wet vac, you've got a long night ahead of you. Hopefully you don't lose power.

I just checked the Mad River forecast and it is forecast to be a major flood, but just barely whereas it was much higher during Irene. Good luck to all. https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?gage=moov1&wfo=btv