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That’s 2010-11, just as a map example, ha. And that winter was more along the lines of 330” on the ground based snowboard at 3000ft. That reading was the COOP’s, measured in an elevated precipitation can up on the ridge. It’s no longer in service but was extremely prone to drastic under-catch due to high winds. But yeah last year by mid-May was probably in the 260-275” range but hard to say final numbers with COVID halting measurements in the first half of March.

On the flip side there are maps like this one that always stands out to me as the exact opposite, it tried so hard to isolate the real snowy zone that it diluted the vast majority of land as all one color that fell into a 52-inch range of 73-125”. This type of map is like the flip side of the ones that lack detail in the higher snowfall zones. It seems very difficult to capture all of the variations in a visually appealing way and be accurate.

That said, I do think that’s one of the better ones I’ve seen. It highlights the “snowy climate” zones even if the numbers might be broad. 120”+ gets the message across. Those things will never nail in the higher ranges up to 300” at the summits, but I liked that map more than others... many just stop at 100”, ha.

This is scarring to DIT... every single May and/or June going forward that has a period of even 7 days without rain will throw him into a panic that it may not rain again for 4 months.

Without looking at anything, you thinking south coast and Pike northward?

Ha all I could think of when I saw that was the “back to the river” calls from someone when E.Mass would be getting the focus. Back to the river dammit!

Agree, shaping up for a stunner for you guys under that cirrus with western edge clear...great recognition Gene. Could see it all day over in NH from Mansfield.

Yeah it’s getting there day by day. It was really nice this morning, now hazy/smoky yellowish sky.

Holy sh*t.

Yeah we got the tropical storm in August with 2+ inches that day...that certainly helped that month’s rain total. I’m only at 0.35” for September to date. I don’t think I can ever remember any month under 1”, or even 1.5” since I’ve lived here.

Crazy how fast it happens. August was the wettest month of the summer. Guess 3 weeks of dry is all it takes for some wells.

For DIT... firing burning in the root system of trees near Killington for 3 days now. https://vtdigger.org/2020/09/21/killington-forest-fire-burns-underground-for-three-days-and-counting/

Pretty crazy Satellite right now... there's a lot to unpack in this with the tropical storm, the smoke getting drawn in, the valley fog in central NY and PA, etc.

Eh, the growing season has ended in a lot of counties in New England the past 5 days per the NWS, with frost in another tier. BDL with 36F then 34F then 33F is pretty impressive for the third week of September. IJD with back to back sub-32F hard freezes. CON and MPV with 3 straight record lows. This was a pretty solid cold shot for a good chunk of New England.

You guess? lol. Its like seeing a ghost... the ghost of lawns past.

28F, some light fog too. Might even be a hint of rime ice on the trees or it’s just my eyes playing tricks.

I’m sure they can be adjusted but honestly, I’m pretty sure those bindings would be on the indemnified list...meaning no shop will adjust them. Every binding manufacture puts out a list of binding models each year that are indemnified and insurance companies of shops/ski areas won’t touch those for liability issues. Shops typically take it very seriously. You can certainly still make the choice to ski them, but no one will work on them (ie adjust them for you). It may be time for new equipment. Look at fall ski swaps (though who knows how those happen in COVID times) for used equipment, or I bet there are still a decent amount of places sitting on used demo equipment from last year that they couldn’t unload at the end of last winter because of COVID closures during that normal sale time in the late spring. For example at Stowe you often can get used demo skis for $150-$250 with bindings... when that gear new is like $700+ set ups. Here’s a quick run down on indemnified bindings: Each season the ski industry releases a list of “indemnified bindings” by manufacturers. This means there are actually bindings each year that, according to the manufacturers, cannot be skied anymore due to safety issues. Bindings simply wear out.

lol, looks like he’s 200ft surrounded by 400-500ft hills. I’m sure he’ll be fine. Probably gets some nice natural A/C in the summer nights.

People have been coming all summer without following the guidance, not sure why it would change this winter to be honest. Weekends have been jamming around here.

Get every American to pay an additional half a penny annually to the federal govt for ECMWF data for all.

Looks like Ryan Maue is the new chief scientist at NOAA per a White House appointment... that guys moving up (yes it’s the Washington Post, it’s political, but it’s the only place I can find it): https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/09/21/noaa-chief-scientist-maue/%3foutputType=amp Maybe he can bring his graphics with him to NOAA, ha.

That’s surprising to me... I’d think the wave lengths are more stable in the warm season. I’m not sure if I know what I mean, ha, but just seems like summer patterns like WAR are more stable week to week than cold season when it seems like you seem to be alternating trough/ridging much more frequently.

Great time for it, might be a little past Peak depending on how far north you go but I like that slightly past peak look when there isn’t a green tree in sight besides the spruces.

So crazy how much the ground vegetation just got smoked the past few days. From full green to like freezer burn. Still green underneath in spots but can easily see the parts hit with the hard frost. Immediately done for the year for all the ground cover.