greenmtnwx

Except the power is out here in Wardsboro day 3. GMP had not done a great job on this one.

He’s off to Montana State U next fall for real winter lol

That’s my son lol. 18 yo after a powder day lol

About 23”

Yes it does. Up off Todd Hill and Benson Fuller.

Yeah but you know VT!!

I’m right up the road from Woodford in the Stratton area at about 1,800 feet. Hoping for a good dump. Will what are your thoughts for this area?

Pull for the more wrapped up hugger track, may as well help ski country.

I’d be surprised if Will didn’t score a 6+”’paste bomb out of this one. I’m hoping for a decent dump at the cabin at Stratton 1,800 feet.

For now. Don’t trust the euro suite.

Absolutely. This is just about weather, not real life.

Damn that’s ugly, and that’s the worshipped EPS. Have to let you spike the ball a little though after the knocks that you took. Kudos for the pattern recognition. Hats off to Jerry too for saying hold on a second Q has some validity and makes some fair points. With any risk management assessment in life you’ve got to weigh the options of what could break either way.

Pacific always more important that Atlantic. And I’ll take the +PNA over the western trough this time of year every year. At least it allows for chances of clippers, cold for snowmaking and perhaps a coastal. Once cold is established then a little SE ridge can be ok but not now. The NAO block really hurt in a couple ways. One, it was becoming clear as Q had said recently that the strength of the SE ridge left the door open for a linking with the North Atlantic block. He nailed that. Two, it really cutoff our cold source to the north so any cold air is stagnant and Maritime. We are fluctuating between puke maritime cold air and south east ridge warmth back-and-forth. December looks to end well above normal in temperature, below in snow and could be very wet with a few rainstorms the next 3 weeks. Only the highest of elevations in northern New England could get frozen precip. I do hold out hope though that an improved Pacific later in the month could lead to some better chances after the new year. But December outside of high elevations is punted. Christmas ski season very disappointing this year.

Sugarbush has a great following and really is a true resort in the Mad river valley. It’s a little off the beaten path but I think that’s its niche it’s pretty quiet big mountain. Not the wildest amenities but classic Vermont style and tons of skiable acreage there. Pretty good back country scene as well. As far as families go I think it caters to the ones looking for quieter quaint Vermont feel a little off the beaten path but still upscale.

People complain about everything. I still have fond memories of growing up skiing in the 80s and 90s. My dad would pack sodas and ham sandwiches and midday we’d walk a half mile back to the truck to eat. Best damn ham sandwiches I ever had. BTW PF my Son starts at Montana State next August. He’s studying in their business resort management program and trying to pair it up with some of their other mountain courses etc. and also interning at big sky. The people at big sky say they need interns and workers badly and it’s not such a bad career path now with the work that’s out there. If you don’t mind working in a resort winter and summer and maybe not getting rich but having decent work in an enjoyable career maybe it’s a good move for him. He’s a New England guy lol but I’m just not sure he’ll come back

Again I just started my opinion in a post that had nothing to do with him and he called me a “puke”? That’s ok? That’s why I fired back.

Calling me a ‘puke’ for stating my opinion is ok though?

Worry about your own game, plenty to keep you busy there.

Dude what? The EPS has not been good.

Stop following the EPS it’s terrible! Even the NWS has basically thrown in out in their recent discussion in favor of the American/Canadian blend. The EPS has been like throwing a dart.

I know what you guys are saying but I think you need to pump the brakes a little on the it never snows in December train. It snowed plenty of times in November and especially the first half of December in the interior and the mountains at a minimum. Right now we aren’t even getting that and the ski season is off to a terrible start and not looking so great for the next 2 to 3 weeks. I know climo is trending in our favor but it’s not as if we’ve never had good winter weeks this time of year. And with the forecasted block that was coming and the pattern flip most were calling for it was looking like very soon we were going to be in a real, real solid pattern. That may come in a delayed manner but right now it’s not looking very good. At a minimum we are in the Christmas week now probably for anything on the coastal plain. And the mountains are looking to deal with at least a couple of cutters before there’s any real chance.

Everything aside from some questionable probability long-term ensemble runs leans towards punting the next 15 days outside of high elevation NNE. And those ensembles are trending worse and getting kicked down the road. Sensible weather, persistence and operational runs indicate close the shades until maybe last 10 days of month. And that’s too far out to have much trust in whether this pattern will indeed flip.

Agree. And remember the talk wasn’t just about it cooling down or we might be just near normal to climatology etc.. It was more talk of historic block, 2010 walking through the door, monster potential all that.

The average NFL game actually has roughly 11 minutes of ball in play time.