CT Rain

Just now, CoastalWx said:

GEFS look like just east of the Cape. 

Yeah looks quite good. 

When the GEFS are that much more amped than the op run I'd lean in the ensemble direction. 

Just now, CoastalWx said:

GFS will be a scraper. Rather progressive.

But damn it's close to a bomb. 

2 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Yea, least of my concerns RE that is the signal pulling another disappearing act.....that said, OP has been ampy.

Rains to Maine. Congrats Berkshires.

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

18z EPS looked like it was about to launch. 

May be a bit too launched haha

GEFS look better for next week's threat compared to 12z. 

5 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

 

 

Mean is 6 inches across CT. Does not look great.

I don't understand?

3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

GEFS a scrape this weekend.

Also a pretty big trend south with less QPF from 00z to 06z to 12z. Not great. 

12 hours ago, powderfreak said:

Almost everyone has dreamed of those types of public transportation.  It would be the sweetest thing... a loading terminal and then just a ride above the ground over a series of miles... what an attraction on its own, ha.  The nightmare on these types of things during off hours is an evacuation needed or significant delays due to an issue that might require several people to fix.  Need good on-call protocols that have a high number of staff/rescue personnel to evac a gondola in general, much less at 10pm or something like that Telluride to Mtn Village gondola.  I can only dream of a lift like that around here.  It would be a game changer, however impossible it is.  Maybe in 50 years someone tries it.  Things change quickly sometimes over time.

When I was in Mountain Village last year someone told me that the entire gondola is funded by a 1 or 1.5% tax on all property transactions in town. During covid when the market exploded they now are running a surplus of millions and millions of dollars. They even have their own car service in Mountain Village... just call a number and they'll pick you up and bring you to a lift of gondola free of charge. 

As much money they have around Stowe it's absolutely next level in Telluride and it's all very compact which works well for a gondola as mass transit.

On another note I was in Medellin, Colombia this summer on vacation and they have an incredibly cool mass transit system that includes an awesome subway system that links up to a fairly complex gondola system to take you from the subway to the neighborhoods on hilltops. I actually spent an entire afternoon bar hopping via gondola and subway connection because I'm a dork. 

7 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

From an operational standpoint that’s awesome. It seems simple but running a gondola until 2am takes a well-oiled operation. That’s some awesome public transportation.

The gondola is run by the town of Mountain Village and not the resort. Basically mass transit for people who buy 10M dollar homes haha

Just now, JKEisMan said:

Gorgeous. I’m there every other spring/summer for a TSRC (telluride science research center) workshop covering molecular science.  Always stay in Mountain Village taking the gondola down to Telluride. Lots of great hiking and biking. Haven’t made it out there for skiing yet but your photos make me want to go :-) 

Yeah it's pretty incredible. They don't get nearly as much snow as other places in CO but the town and resort are spectacular. Basically no lift lines the entire weekend and you're able to take the gondola until 2 a.m. from/to Mountain Village after a night out. 

I did some of the chutes off Gold Hill which were a bit more than I bargained for haha 

7 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Yep looks better 

For sure. Big jump in snow probs too. 

Just got back from Telluride. What an amazing town/resort. 

Meh.

I fly out tomorrow morning for Telluride so whatever. 

North and pretty weak sauce. Meh.

GFS is a scalping for most of CT.  Yikes.

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

Yeah that is ka ka.

Lame solution. 

Ray jack, Kevin ping? 

NAM is quite cold... but quite slow. 

4 minutes ago, Thunderblizzard said:

18z Euro remains pretty firm... a hair colder compared to 12z.

Yup that's my read as well

GFS looks good at 18z.

Euro looks pretty NAM-like.

FOr whatever reason rates are pretty lame right now even with decent echoes overhead. 

3" here in West Hartford. 

2 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

All kidding aside, GFS has closed the gap by a good margin. Euro still probably superior, but not like it was 5 years ago.

Yeah it's too bad that it's become more unreliable over the last couple years. 

I don't really see it better than the GFS anymore. 

3 minutes ago, Snowcrazed71 said:

That sounds fair. Wouldn't we be on the cusp of a winter storm warning with four to eight inches? I would think winter weather advisory would dictate three to five, even three to six.

I think the threshold is 6" in 12 hours so we're pretty close to that.