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Went to heavy snow in Amherst, now moderate... Measurable accums already if someone were so inclined.  

Over 7" even after the rain.  Few pingers mixing in now in the better echoes.

11 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Sounds like big damage just happened ip in Franklin County . Reports of gusts over 60. Congrats MPM

Mid levels were moving quickly as it passed over Belchertown.  Breezy at the surface, but no damage.  Descending the east slope it looked pretty good though.  That orange blip on the velocity data is not noise I don't think, it persisted along the front for a few scans in W Deerfield.  

BOX was showing base velocities 75+ MPH near Fisher's Island (base vel image below) .  Some amount of SRV evident, unclear the degree to which it might have been rotating, but impressive regardless.

14 hours ago, MarkO said:

 

Conditions were mid-winter above 2500', and good but just sticky below that. "Officially" only one run open, but there was about on average 18" of natural snow on the rest of the mountain, so unofficially, the entire mountain was being skied. People were ducking ropes right at the chairlift. Lifties turned a blind eye. The natural trails skied FAR better than the open ones. Of course there were your fair share of waterbars, rocks and sticks to avoid. I got a couple scrapes on the new planks with the Solomon Shift bindings which felt just like typical alpine. It was funny teaching my son how to properly duck a rope. I was actually getting compliments and chuckles from the other jumpers. Just an awesome day overall particularly once we realized where the goods were. Hoping there's more powder days to come.

Awesome!  You're a brave man ducking ropes on new boards in October.  

On 10/24/2018 at 10:54 PM, MarkO said:

Wildcat opens Sat top to bottom. 

Pretty awesome pics came out of there yesterday with 4" new and 2100' open.  That was the place to be.

On 10/26/2018 at 7:29 PM, CT Rain said:

Congrats Dave! 

https://www.wwlp.com/weather/weather-news/tornado-touchdown-confirmed-in-hardwick/1554987823

The new UMass X band got a decent look at the Hardwick tornado.  We have some partial beam blockage from the Pelham hills to the east, which decreases the signal quality a little bit, but all the same the rotation signature was pretty clear.

On 10/19/2018 at 9:14 PM, zeepowderhunter said:

It definitely a great mountain when the snow is flying. Also never have to worry about wind holds like many other mountains. My suggestion is to get there on a mid week powder day. Smaller crowds which preserves the powder!  That is if your into that type of thing.  No frills laid back vibe. 

They have other kind of holds at Magic

14 minutes ago, w1pf said:

pea-sized hail, with a few dime-sized

Yeah, quite a bit in S Amherst too.  None here at UMass.  Cool looking sky and a nice updraft evident.

54 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Ascutney has some solid vertical prominence and I always thought driving by it on 91 that it was one of the more impressive SVT mountains.  Anything with 2000 or more vertical feet of prominence is pretty solid.

Agree.  Seeing white up top from 91 is an annual way I mark the seasons and it never fails to put a big dumb grin on my face.

I am fairly sure that if you squint at this image you'll see Camels Hump and Mansfield on the horizon here.  On a clearer day you can definitely see them well.  There's also a decent view of some of the Whites from the observation tower at the top.  

Hiked up Ascutney on the Weathersfield trail today.  53 with thin OVC at the trailhead and cooler at the top for sure, though no real breeze.  About a 6 mi loop and fairly strenuous with a 2100' rise and some notable terrain.  

2 hours ago, PowderBeard said:

Here comes a shot of fall. Amazing cool breeze just picked up. 

Nice one.  Just reinstalled a Doppler radar on Orchard Hill after 5 years without one.  Should come online this fall.

18 hours ago, PowderBeard said:

Yup. So much clearing the past few years the whole mountain has become a massive glade. Hopefully this year the November-December invert doesn't push back opening too much.

Nice.  Feel like I've seen your pics before... in person

On 8/19/2018 at 10:31 AM, PowderBeard said:

So ready...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nothing wrong with a wide ski for everyday (I do like going mid 90s when it is super hard pack). I run homemade skis that are 110 underfoot for my every day skis .  IMO its all about the rocker and camber in bumps and not so much size.

Nice one.  Magic?

1 minute ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I have to drive to Logan tonight so I scuttled the plan.   Still need to get there

I have only been 2 or 3 times in the last 12 mos but it's been pretty organized and the lines move.  

We headed out maybe 5 minutes before the line of thunderstorms arrived and I assume there must have been some havoc as folks scattered.  It came down in sheets for a few minutes there.

4 hours ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Non weather related, but we have some knowledgeable experts on here.

Say I was to make a pilgrimage to Charlton, MA to visit a local craft brewery there...on a Saturday afternoon (much like today).

Would that be totally insane?    Prob an hour line to get 2 pours then another hour in the can line?

Fwiw, arrived at 135, had Very Green cans by 2 and a pint of Doubleganger by 220.  Saw at least 50 nice dogs in line and even a cat!

Severe Thunderstorm and Flash Flood Warnings both in effect here at UMass.  Very cool looking sky, if nothing else.

On 7/9/2018 at 10:51 AM, dendrite said:

Nothing screams a beautiful summer day like millions of gypsy moth caterpillars tearing up foliage and crapping all over your head and lawn furniture.

Ours have taken flight!  It's slightly less disgusting.

line came through with a fair amount of lightning including some close strikes, briefly heavy rain, and light winds.

30 minutes ago, w1pf said:

sunny, 95.2/76.4, lots of rumbling..

You could tell by the look of it that it was struggling to maintain an updraft, but at any rate we were able to score a heavy downpour out of it.  Should be fun when the sun comes back out here shortly.

48 minutes ago, PowderBeard said:

great shots

this was the 2nd TOR storm in Btown

1 minute ago, sbos_wx said:

SNE chasing is an issue imho. You can't see it coming like the plains, and you can't get out of the way.

this

I have a small handful of go to spots with a good view, not many trees, and an escape route.  But if the storm isn't ideally situated you're SOL and that's all there is to it.

12 minutes ago, bobbutts said:

"unconfirmed" Funnel report from Granby

cannot confirm but there was a lot of rotation in the meso and a substantial lowering

TOR #2 now