powderfreak

Yeah definitely been spoiled. We forget even normal this time of year can be rough. Like when you get a solid winter taste in mid-November with a widespread snower and everyone wants winter…. then realize that climo is still for highs of 45F with mins just below freezing in early December. Thats what days around 50F are like this time of year after a period of 75F.

Craziest thing is it’s not even that bad it looks like. Once you get outside of ORH/495 it was likely an above normal day. -3 BOS 0 ORH +4 BDL

Up north, the MVL normal is 56/31, today was 61/46. A healthy +10 day.

Yeah the land of $15 breakfast sandwiches and stuff like that.

Cocaine bear. Dogs bite people walking/running daily too but you don’t run from them or carry a gun for it.

Getting some bloom in the warm spots, and a little dusting overnight.

Honestly it may have nothing to do with COVID now, just a lingering behavior. Like Asian cultures really started wearing masks in past outbreaks but continued to do so even after they ended. I think you see Immunocompromised folks continuing with masks when they found out it does seem to keep you from getting sick (with anything) as many folks went two years without even a sniffle thanks to masks and sanitation (though we need our bodies to get sick, so it’s too much of a good thing if you aren’t testing the immune system). I’ve also had a coworker wear one because they were sick with something not COVID and wanted to be polite and not spread it. I’m not sure I’d do the same (maybe I’m too selfish) but can’t hate the gesture.

I’m not sure why my mind went here but this sums up why people are so divided on every little thing. Should be able to just say it’s laughable and a comedy show to get a point across… but we all love to make sure people we don’t agree with are labeled something further, like nutcases and lunatics. And we see it everywhere now, even Presidents. Although everyone has a bit of crazy in them, just shines through in different ways.

Does it look troughy? Yes. Does that mean all doom and gloom? No. There is zero evidence to say it “isn’t trough-y” going forward. Upper level heights look lower on average. There can also be a trough without long stretches of terrible weather. Day 6-10 Day12-16

Steady light snow most of the day up here at the mountain. Mid-30s.

Accumulations up here at work, a half inch to an inch coating. Looks like 3-4” fell above 2500ft.

Snowing to valley floor this morning, no accum down here though.

Just light rain mixed with graupel in the valley with temps upper 30s. Feels pretty shitty outside to be honest, ha. Definitely weather where if below the snow line it's miserable.

I’m surprised you don’t spray paint your lawn deep green this time of year.

It is the chicken pox for Adults, ha. “A reactivation of the chickenpox virus in the body, causing a painful rash. Anyone who's had chickenpox may develop shingles. It isn't known what reactivates the virus.”

Isn’t shingles always in you if you had chicken pox as a kid?

It was all-time. The hill tapped out the season with 8 straight days of sunshine, including 4 straight record highs days. Everyone on social media talking about the time of their lives.

Light snow falling at the office. Obviously not sticking at 36F but hilarious to see after the week of summer.

39/36 -RN Dusting of snow up high.

Over half an inch of steady light rain with one or two very convective downpours. You get a third of an inch in minutes, but then wait hours to get to 0.5"+. Wet and soggy ground continues. As soon as the valley zones were drying out, it rains a moderate amount that leads to ponding.

What’s this liquid falling from the sky?

Wild. Full summer up here. 66F picnic tables and 80F valley under full sun.

It’s so hot. Pulling the snow stakes for the season.

That's all she wrote. Third Sunday in April means it's time to shut 'em down. No one around here can remember a final week quite like this though. Starting Easter Sunday it has just been full on torch with wall-to-wall sunshine. Not a cloud in the sky right now either and temps on same pace they have been the last 5 days. About 70F at 11am in the valley and upper 50s at the summit. Should add another 10F to these again. 4 straight record high temps on Mansfield I think today will be if it can clear 63F at summit (already 58F). I'm sunburnt, tired, and living almost entirely on grilled meat and beer. Almost time to get off the ride.

This is absolutely insane. I cannot believe he survived this in Tuckerman’s Ravine. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrEqc6dLNWM/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=