I got a couple cans of Emperor Julius a couple weeks ago but honestly I still think the original Julius is still my fave of the series. Maybe just because it brings me back to waiting in line for growler pours in Monson.
2/5/14 was a solid overrunning storm with 8-14" for many. That one had a ridge bridge over the Bering region, whereas this one the -EPO ridge spikes up sharply and drives cold deep into the great basin.. I take the implications possibly being a comparatively greater eventual WAA push and a primary track further west if it did indeed play out as depicted. But still a lot of moving parts obv, glad just to have something to keep an eye on.
awesome stuff. I was kind of thinking about getting it down like a tree limb... basically cutting it into sections to get the leverage off the bolts before you detach it from the rotor. Wasn't sure they actually do it though. Usually they use two cranes to hold each end of the blade but that's probably not an option with it broken in half.
Yeah I was just going through it mentally... giant crane req'd or maybe (?) a big sky crane and ex-navy seal type heli pilot. Probably lifting the whole rotor down for autopsy and inspection of the other two blades. Removal of the broken section, meanwhile fabricating the 91' blade and shipping from who knows where. Then reinstall and relift. Serious, serious PITA. Slight chance they could swap out the blade in place but man that is a delicate undertaking. There's several hundred bolts that hold the blade to the turbine and you have to keep it steady.
Wind turbine blade snapped in half at the Beast. Just absolutely awful news that they really didn't need. Schaefer family could use some support., IG video tough to watch.
It was more wintry than not today even in spite of warmish temps with a few clouds, a breeze and dry air. Snow did not soften at all. But dews creeping up in the last few hours will change things.
Poor Berks and S Greens too far west for the biggie, too far S yesterday. For all the griping that goes on, nobody is further BN and it's probably not close. Maybe this potential torched BL event will start to turn the tide.
Hope folks got to enjoy that one. Great storm for the C and N Greens. Skinned up Bear early and caught OL nearly untouched and later Devils Fiddle in primo shape. Woods game on.
stick to these. Pingers pike S and valley. Snow CNE, N Berks, Monads, Jeffafa-land. Maybe I'm being irrationally confident here, but on a relative scale this looks like an easy one IMO.
Poor Tahoe is in kind of rough shape after the huge Dec. The base at Alpine had 2" for January. 6" at 8k'. And a lot of warm California sunshine. Probably decent bumps at least.
I haven't had any snow under the western band. Looking at the UMass radar maybe a little further south of here in Palmer it might be snowing under there. Also maybe at ORE.
Totally done here but I think snow rates did increase near the end, possibly with the CAA aided lift as was speculated. Tough to measure but probably 5.5" which isn't terrible.