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If you mean baseball scoring and monster tornadoes, that was 2011. 2010 had the June 6th mod risk day, that mostly busted, though not entirely.

At least here, 15/16 was a lot worse. And last year was no (snowy) picnic either. We're .75" shy of that, granted that 60% it fell in 24hrs. But most don't consider big storms a penalty on the overall 'feel' and coverage days have been better than most winters ironically.

Only like 2-3 new at Magic but after some human groomin to bust up a crusty layer with soft snow underneath, the sun started poking out and it got really good. Some of the steepest lines on the hill are open and skiing great, the top of Magician, Black Line, Goniff. Powder turns on the edges sheltered from the -dz, packed powder elsewhere. 20k vert for $29 throwback thursday, can't beat that.

Has been a pretty good AMS, one of the better ones IMO. Trillium on the waterfront nearly ran out of beer on Sunday and Monday. Bartender said it had been insane and asked what all the lanyards were for.

I figured that would be the case but couldn't swing it today. Awesome

I would think Saturday could be pleasant, esp SNE/CNE.

more than a half inch so far, moderate snow now. Upstream radar looks like it will continue for a little while.

Depends on what you want, obv. Lattitude in West Springfield is good. Punjabi Tadka downtown if you like Indian. Typical Sicilian is decent (read, not great) Italian. Personally I'd drive a bit further north and go to Coco in Easthampton.

These things are frickin huge and its hard to schedule your day with so much going on at once in so many fields and in so many rooms. All the same I'm hoping it should be a pretty good one. But program aside, the exhibitor hall is always worth walking around and talking to industry folks. Great way to make connections.

Anyone going to the 100th anny AMS conference in Boston week after next?

Berkshire East was exceptionally pleasant, April-esque, sweet cord softening as we go, sunny and beautiful. Lovely day to be outside in the snow.

Same at Berkshire east. Winter cord and PP. Nothing scratchy. Many natural trails officially open and well covered. Quality skiing.

34/24 and OVC all day. Not too drippy.

The Beast can be as open as they want to be. Heck of a way to start the season. Meaty powder, and now here comes the light stuff.

got reports that Ragged was really nice today and almost springlike. Also that SR was very busy and got bumped up quick on trail... Which some mind more than others.

One year ago today... Almost unfathomable for Novie

That's a fantastic job by them getting that much top to bottom open already. Beautiful day for skiing too.

To take nothing away from Castlerock but I also will usually keep to Mt. Ellen on a powder day. I do feel that Sugarbush shortchanges operations there however, and I became quite frustrated at them last year. Never runs the Inverness Chair... Makes very little effort to get anything open if there is any kind of wind delay, even as it subsides... Seems to let the North Ridge chair go down and stay down for extended periods, even though mid mountain is virtually unskiable if you have to do the runout every time. I hope things improve over there because the terrain is outstanding and there are pockets of untouched super deep snow to be found days after most other things are tracked out. It's a gem.

Yep I was there the 23rd making powder turns on Goniff.... And that was before the 30" that fell a few days later. Best start to the season ever, an all timer in the books in met fall. The first day of met winter wasn't shabby either

What a beastly little storm.

thunderstorm complex held together better than expected this morning and dropped a fair amount of precip across the metroplex, particularly east of Dallas (Garland/Mesquite) where they're pushing 2-3". Parts of Ft Worth did ok too, and along the I35E corridor.

huge 4.25" hail in Comanche county, reflectivity levels nearly off the charts, and a TBSS. Big time instability today.

storm complex held together and strengthened as it pushed through the east side of Dallas producing fairly strong/marginally severe gusts and lots of small hail.

Mesoscale Discussion 0516 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1121 AM CDT Fri May 25 2018 Areas affected...North Texas Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely Valid 251621Z - 251845Z Probability of Watch Issuance...5 percent SUMMARY...A few strong wind gusts are possible as storms move south across the area today, but severe weather is not expected. DISCUSSION...A complex of storms with southward-surging outflow is currently crossing the Red River into TX. These storms are not severe as of 16Z, but have produced 30-40 mph wind gusts. Some increase in intensity is possible this afternoon. The 12Z FWD sounding shows around 3000 J/kg MUCAPE when modified for current surface conditions. Although shear profiles are weak, storms are expected to forward-propagate and maintain and/or increase slightly. An isolated severe wind gust cannot be ruled out, but severe coverage is not expected to warrant a watch at this time. In addition to wind, marginal hail is possible as well given cool temperatures aloft and substantial instability. ..Jewell/Hart.. 05/25/2018

DFW sounding showed some pretty good lapse rates this morning and 3km nam really ramps up the surface instability later on. Windfields are a bit of a mess, though strong aloft. The storm complex in OK is through Ardmore at present and hasn't weakened too much just yet... If it can keep pushing past the Red River I think there's a decent shot SPC ups the metroplex to slight risk later on. Forcing is pretty weak without that OFB...