powderfreak

I was on a Lufthansa regional flight once from London to Munich… There had been a body-building competition and there were like a dozen absolutely massive human beings on the flight (all eating their Tupperware's of chicken and rice). They actually had to walk up and down the plane and redistribute the body builders throughout the plane before we could leave the gate. My buddy was like, dude, if we are so close to a limit that this airline official is walking the rows with a calculator and getting 300+ pound dudes to swap seats with petite women to even out the plane’s weight… like if that dude sits in 3A, this plane won’t get off the ground but if he’s in 36D we take flight… WTF, lol.

What about Blue Hill and PVD? It seems to lend credence to one ob when there are others supporting it to some extent, no?

Turned beautiful crisp blue with low dews and great visibility up here. From like a raging bonfire to Chamber of Commerce in an hour or two.

Heavy rain now but oddly no lightning or thunder that I can see/hear.

Yeah he’s the dude up here for on camera Mets.

Didn’t all the CAMs show more activity in Maine than has happened? It’s ok if it “busts”, no one saw the smoke coming. This has been a pretty hyped day, to the point that people who don’t follow weather have been talking about it up here. We were supposed to be like 90F today and instead low-80s. That has to matter. Our time in VT has always been like 9p-1a though… but like Tyler in the post, I thought Maine would’ve been lit up already.

It was interesting to see the sky go blue suddenly, temp skyrocketed, but now back in the smoke and temp down again.

End of times yellow glow around here from the smoke.

Nothing ever like that winter in recorded history up here. It was an experience for sure to try and operate a ski area through that. We even started up our summer activities that holiday period, like high ropes course, climbing walls, zip lines and stuff, to give all the hotel guests at least some activities.

I’d have to look it up… but nothing is sticking out in a memorable way. Looking at the snow depth there was a decent gain in the first half of December that plateaued for a while before a Xmas thaw hit. Snow depth looks pretty normal in Dec 2014.

Christmas Day 2015 baby. Only time in 70 years without a trace of snow at the CO-OP stake. Not even ice on the cliffs. Had a couple nights cold enough to blow a white ribbon, ha.

Feels like we do that anyway these days, Nino or not.

That October 2011 event makes you remember when "snow maps" were still a new thing, and Met offices didn't know how to use them exactly, especially in the shoulder seasons. "Dumb guy snow output" ended up being too low. HWO THERE IS A CHANCE OF A MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ON SATURDAY. IF CONFIDENCE INCREASES...THEN A WINTER STORM WATCH. WILL BE ISSUED LATER TODAY From AFD THE GFS DUMB GUY SNOW OUTPUT IS 1-4 INCHES NORTH...10-15 IN HIGHER TRRN OF VT/MA/NY AND 6-8 ON VLY FLOORS. YES THESE ARE WINTER EQ AND THURSDAYS EVENT IT WAS ADVERTISING 4-8 INCHES AND MOST AREAS SAW 1-3. ITS NAM COUNTER PART IS MUCH FURTHER SOUTH...WITH 1-2 IN CATSKILLS AND 8 IN LITCHFIELD

That’s a solid line sagging south.

Yeah, as long as it’s warm enough inside not to freeze pipes… cooler weather is definitely an easier time to lose power. Especially after an October snowstorm because it won’t be deep cold afterwards. Just cold enough to put perishables outside in the snow.

Ha, I do remember you being stoked somehow the entire time.

To be fair, DIT lost power for like a week in the October 2011 snowstorm and not once do I remember him complaining about it, ha.

Figured @vortex95 would appreciate this SLC met using a photo of snowy mountains for the all-time hottest temperature since 1874… could’ve gone with flames and death, instead a tranquil April day photo of the Wasatch, lol.

I’d take it.

Nice day for business suits. Up to 75F already from a low of 48F.

Feels like that wouldn’t even satisfy folks, as soon as the GFS shows a dry 7 days it’d be like a week of rain never happened.

Sounds like you need to go above 7,500ft…. Get as high as possible.

Only a half inch over this way. Seemed to get a bunch of 7-10 splits until finally catching a core. Sharp gradient… only a couple miles south showing 1-1.5”… only a couple miles north under <0.25” like at the ASOS.

Took 24 hours lol.

Dangerously. Unprecedented.