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19 minutes ago, geo1 said:

It’s not going to be any better for you. It reminds me of Windy which is far better for wave information but also their radar looks similarly. Are there any other options without a paid subscription?

I threw this together a second ago... Folks are welcome to use until they fix the main page.  It's not really intended for this purpose, but I'm happy to take suggestions if folks are interested.  Has BOX and ENX base reflectivity and velocity.  You can also view old data by clicking the clock icon in the top left corner.

https://emmy7.casa.umass.edu/umaxx/nexrad.html

*best viewed on Chrome

Just now, Hoth said:

WTF is up with the NWS radar page?

I was just trying to use it and I noticed that the tiles were painfully slow to load.  At some point the browser just gave up and I have a checkerboard like thing going on.  That's gonna need some attention.

FWIW, I'm seeing some friends post pics of Ragged today, and it looks absolutely spectacular.  That may be the place to be right now.  There or Magic. 

21 minutes ago, PowderBeard said:

Got it, thanks.

 

Did you get to Catamount? Kind of curious about those new trails. I remember Off Stage being a pretty fun little bump run to finish off your legs.

 

Reminded me of these. I was probably 12 in these pics, was after a 2-3' dump in the early 2000s. Some amazing memories with @MBRI

Off Stage

 

In the process of sliding 100' down Catapult and ending at the old fence that was at the top of Catamount Chair. 

LOL nice

Catamount is known to be a little stricter about sign enforcement, although TBD I guess with the new general manager.   And with not much officially open, we decided to pass.   We'll definitely head on over there later winter.  The  new trails are straight down the fall line,  maybe the steepest cut trails in MA.  Just needs snow.

10 minutes ago, PowderBeard said:

Is this the back past the zip lines? Did that once before. Was unaware of the walk back down E and East Hawley Rds. 

The big zip lines are a little further ahead in that picture, but yes.  It's actually the Roundabout trail.   The woods on the right are all pretty darn good, but as you mention you have to walk/ski down the road to where you can cut back into the resort.  Later in the winter when there are some old snowbanks from plowing you can pretty often find a ski track on top to keep sliding rather than hoof it.

One primary reason for the radar page change was that it used flash for single radar animation, which is no longer supported by modern browsers effective a few days ago.  I presume the new page is more typical javascript.  

Moreover, the new page is designed to look virtually identical on mobile, which is considered best practices.  And it's fair to assume most users are familiar with how to use the underlying map controls these days.

I have a similar radar page for the CASA network, albeit google maps based, with a composite page as default for situational awareness and the ability to drill down to single radars.  It's pretty tricky to integrate all sorts of product menus, animation controls, zoom, opacity, etc., etc without getting clunky and overwhelming.  I feel most sites for models or radars are definitely too much.  A side panel with a million options is ok for power users but not so much for the masses.  I think Levi has done a really good job with that balance on his page and it would be cool if he could be brought in to help with V2 of the new page.  Or just bring radars into TT and rename it weather.data.gov

Berkshire East was very busy, so we decided to forego the lift and skin up the Wilderness side , which was quiet and beautiful.  Perfect temps, no wind and light snow. But afterward we rode the lift a few times and found that the handful of groomers were chalky PP and really super good, somewhat to our surprise.

Some things never change

Insanity.  Does Okemo allow big mountain snowmobiles?  I mean I don't know what else you could do with all that over there.

46 minutes ago, GCWarrior said:

No snow days for my district this year.  Covid can go &*$%^$ itself.  I have the day off tomorrow.  Will there be any thing left for me at berkshire east?  Woods? I'm also on 110 waisted skis. 

I didn't see anyone venture into the woods today, but I was gone by 1230.  Maybe some late arriving powder hounds might have been lured in, but it was a bridge too far for me personally.... plus we'd had plenty of untracked already.  So it'll be powdery in there, but I'd be pretty careful.  On trail I think you'd get powder on Hemlock, but you may have to hike it out.  That whole side was closed and I didn't see any tracks in that direction. 

My guess is they'll definitely groom Big Chief and lower Comp, maybe War Dance, and *possibly* even Flying Cloud??  And there will be some nice cord early on.   But if you want pow head to Catamount or run the gauntlet up north.

4 hours ago, MaineJayhawk said:

I went down to Portland's waterfront for sunrise

That's awesome.  Is that at J Oyster? Helluva haddock chowder

59 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

16” after compaction.  I did not measure every six hours so I’m just gonna go with that officially.   Pretty dense stuff too.  Certainly not cement but not fluffy either.

Beast did quite well.  Was already skiing in great by noon.  Had enough meat in it to cover stuff up.

10 minutes ago, PowderBeard said:

Oh that is fantastic to hear. Was bummed to see those reports from Greylock area. Might have to give it a go ASAP.

Catamount powder day tomorrow.  We were skinning by 7 and I haven't had a chance to check how they even did down there.   But it'll probably be good I presume.  Heck, even the beast will be good again with the human groomin.  Reports of 30+ in the S Greens are tempting, if you don't mind running the gauntlet... we'll likely stay local.

1 hour ago, PowderBeard said:

Yea multiple reports from the Berks. My "fats" are 115 and the lowest I can surf on is about 8-10" of heavy wet on bare ground, not super steep, and with some minor bottoming. I wouldn't even attempt 15" of blower on bare ground. Good way to end your season early or destroy them. 

Wasn't really blower.  15-20+ at the Beast and every trail more or less fine.   We skied UMass, Grizzly, Jug, Liftline with nothing underneath with only very light damage.  I'm on 111 underfoot.  Granted, we weren't throwing weight into big turns... skinny down the fall line, keep em floating.  By noon it was skiing in well across the hill and we could be set up going forward. 

3 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Damn, small but well formed dendrites.  Cold powder storm incoming.  Driveway already coated. 

Same here.  Small but fluffy.  Not baking powder.

Catamount just announced opening Friday.  Berkshire summit pass FTW

Feb reported 3"/hr type stuff in Lancaster PA, with 6.8" before a flip to +IP

14 minutes ago, USCAPEWEATHERAF said:

I need an actual human observation from ACK.  

You've got the graupler observing humans

1 minute ago, powderfreak said:

Very Jelly of my hometown just SW of Albany... 18z GFS with a sick panel for that band from BGM-ALB-RT 2 in MA.

Hippy gets crushed.

 

Beast-ly

Fat skis

Poor kids might not even get a snow day out of it, they'll have to cheer for damaging ice storms now...  talk about externalities

I'm a little skeptical about the ability of models to accurately depict subsidence holes, especially small ones.  This will be a good test.  My feeling is that this will be by and large a people pleaser in SNE... Perhaps not as evenly distributed as say, the Superbowl 2015 storm, but without the huge sucking sounds we sometimes get, like say, last storm.

March '13, I had almost 8" at 740' living on the hilltop in the valley, and at 300' was a slushy coating.

Interesting calling for more on Old Silver Beach than in GC.  But they probably figure dragons won't call in totals anyway.

27 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Gotta use it to figure out what VT ski area gets the most snow.  Think you gotta ride with Mt Snow but I was thinking the banding on NAM might have been north of that even.

If you're looking to take a road trip, Magic is planning to open on Thurs. 

Whereas the east flow could be problematic for some in this area (hi!) due to terrain downsloping, I'll be pretty surprised if mid level subsidence is a major factor.