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1 hour ago, griteater said:

Cool Burrel, got any ski pics?  Flying over central Colorado in winter is pretty sweet....just a vast area of deep white, and snow choked mtns.

Yea... it was breathtaking, pictures don't do it justice.

Our rental car.... snow chains were a must.

So the last 3 days we stayed in Crested Butte to go skiing. I thought I had seen a lot of snow at our cabin, (6ft).  That was until we arrived in Crested Butte.... They had recieved over 100" in the last 5 days. The most snow they've gotten since 1980! It was INSANE!!!! This is what buried looks like.

My trip to our cabin in Colorado was a success.... Had to snow shoe in and out. They had gotten about 6 foot of snow in the last week. The snow was so deep that it had a blue'ish hue when you dug down deep enough! I was in heaven out there!

3 minutes ago, superjames1992 said:

Beware of the sneaky warm nose in the 750-800 mb range.  You won't find these on the conventional maps, and will have to look at soundings.  I've been bitten by that one too many times.  Of course, that's a chore for closer in. 

Shouldn't be a problem with the shortwave being so weak and surface low tracking so far to the south. Now, if this thing starts to crank up the coast then it might come in to play for NC people.

That look is for sure better than what the models have been showing. We can score without ridging out west if the ridge over greenland sets up that far to the west. Looks similar to 2011 when we scored.

The Euro seems to be the only model trying to build a west-based negative NAO though, but maybe it'll be right?

2 minutes ago, Met1985 said:

I'm in the blue!

I'm sure the mountains will get there share of snow before the season is over, we just need you guys to drop a few crumbs down to us.

1 minute ago, AsheCounty48 said:

Nah, it's more of the fact that people are basically just complaining about the pattern with no constructive insight. 

The thing is, when the pattern looks good there are as many if not more useless post from people who are excited about the pattern, but no one seems to be bothered by those. lol

Stupid Southeast ridge.... congrats to the rest of the United States I guess.

Not sure why we can't discuss why the upcoming pattern doesn't look good in the long range thread? That thread is only reserved for positive talk about winter weather I guess...

Why zr over sleet, just curious?

I like freezing rain better b/c it sticks to trees and thus looks more wintry/beautiful.  Plus you get the excitement of sagging limbs and popping/crashing tree's. 

Other than making the ground white, sleet just doesn't do it for me...

1. It doesn't accumulate very fast

2. No tree stickage

3. Can't make snow cream out of it

4. I usually have my hopes up for snow when I actually get accumulating sleet so its sort of a bummer when it happens.

I prefer snow, but beggars can't be choosers. 

I would rank my favorite precip types in this order:

1. Snow

2. Freezing Rain

3. Sleet

4. Rain

Here are some recent shots of me and my son.  Is he not the cutest kid you've ever seen?

My wife and I just had our first baby 2 months ago. Hopefully he’ll get to experience his first snowstorm this winter!

Here's a picture of me with a big Lake Hartwell Flathead; as well as few photo's of my wife and I.