Just uploaded a new youtube video after some of the 12z guidance. You may find it a bit interesting - or not lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb_0phGpeCs
Pretty good trends overnight IMO.
Seems like potential for a decent event Sunday/Monday.
Don't think the upper end is too high here but could be a nice moderate kinda event?
Yeah it'll be a blast. Seems like Aspen is in a bit better shape than some of the other resorts in CO. Hoping for a surprise with one of the systems moving off the Pacific this week.
Killington was surprisingly good Thursday/Friday.
Some ice and definitely fast but they recovered nicely from Monday's ice. Lift lines were fine too.
Heading to Aspen in a week... ugh. What a disaster out in the Rockies this year.
I can't speak for other markets but at least in Hartford-New Haven I think the average TV forecast is typically more conservative than the NWS and also more frequently correct.
That's true.. however their snow forecasts are almost always far more bullish than the people doing it for "ratings, page views, clicks, or advertising revenue." Not sure how to square that circle.
This system looks like crap at 500mb but we still manage nice lift thanks to warm advection along that baroclinic zone. Probably turns out being a more narrow band of good stuff than what's currently modeled.
That video was wild.
I'm hopeful after Friday's torch we can start building up again Christmas Week. I'm heading to Killington for New Years so fingers crossed!