gravitylover

I dunno, the Tug Hill and Thousand Island zones aren't as sparsely populated as they used to be but it's not an economically strong zone. There are some ok little towns and the west facing slopes above the valley floors get dumped on. There are some small successful zones and a fair bit of opportunity if your work doesn't depend on locals to earn money. The best skiing isn't at the biggest areas and has been mostly flying under the radar for 75 years. That upslope happens pretty regularly at Titus which is one of the most underrated powder areas on the east coast. I spend a bit of time up in the North Country in the warm months and the locals will happily tell you that it doesn't really snow much on the flats anymore but pop 100 feet up and it's like the old days. They love it because it makes moving around in the winter that much easier than it used to be but they do have more ice so it's not that big a win. The bulk of the 'Daks has always been a fickle snow zone, just look at the history of problems with the ski conditions in and around Lake Placid and Saranac but you rarely hear about McCauley or Snow Ridge having a total dud of a season and Oak, Royal and Woods Valley always seem to mostly satisfy their skier base.

So if we get rid of all the cows and assorted other blowhards we should be able to cool the earth sufficient to get that snowfall average back up

You mention the "Goldilocks period", it was called that as far back as 50 years ago in a scientific journal I used to read in elementary school. There was a lot of discussion about how that zone might evolve as thresholds were reached and, for the most part, it was right. Over the ensuing decades I've watched the progression and been impressed with the understanding that those scientists had back in the mid 70s, long before anyone else was blowing that horn.

Lush grasses, fruits and beans moved north into their territory as the climate changed. This made them more gaseous than before...

You should stop on the way and ski at the newly reopened Holiday Mt. New owner and rebuilt or refurbished everything.

I had a solid 2-3mm coating on everything, it even managed to freeze on the car windows enough to need scraping. Two mornings in a row with just enough to make it look wintry and to keep the surface muddy. Yay.

The tolls on a 150 mile bridge would be insane!

It's been flurrying for hours, at least since 2am, and there's a nice coating on everything. It looks nice.

That flurry line last night was interesting

A half inch jackpot is something to cheer about now? Shit...

Yeah but the effects have been similar enough to make this winter suck nearly as much.

I didn't bother measuring but it looked like a soggy half inch. Nothing on radar here either.

It looks like a late March/early April kind of snow accumulation, wet, spotty and melting rapidly. Yuck. April in January kinda sux.

It's been flurrying here since about 9pm and it's still snowing now. It was at or above 32 until a few hours ago so everything is coated but nothing significant. edit: I forgot to add that it's been stuck at 30° for a few hours so that insignificant coating is pretty crunchy.

Yup 700 here too but the roads were slushy in Brewster at ~400' around 7:30. I84 was wet from Waterbury to the west side of Danbury when it got grainy.

34/34/ESE2/RN+ I've had some pellets mixed in but only a few times.

705 - Borderline. I'll be in Cheshire CT for most of the day though so I'll have to watch it through the security cams.

I'm a few miles south of 84 and I'm expecting a half inch of white rain! I figure if I keep my expectations low I can't be too disappointed

I think that NW CT jackpot is a little too enthusiastic.

Snow or nothing! Everything is so soggy...

Hardcore back-loaded winter? Maybe, but I'm not feeling it right now. It seems to me that you'd need some real cold somewhere to be able to generate enough to do us any good down here and there isn't much to draw from and build on.

I've been saying pretty much the same thing about the PNW for decades. Constant rainforest type wetness is miserable but we get more rainfall annually than they do particularly here in the reservoir zone 45 miles from the Sound. For the last 7 months it's been equally as soggy plus we've had the torrential rains that they rarely get adding another ~25" of total precip making it doubly unpleasant. We also use an inordinate amount of road salt which ruins our cars...

I haven't looked it up but I have a feeling that the 70+ inches of rain I've had since June is wetter than the average annual anywhere in Ireland.

It's been 6 straight months of shit weather.

I dunno about crushed but it was the only storm that gave me more than 6" last year, I think I got 9". blah