Modfan Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 34 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said: Nov 1986 had two events....there was also a snow to IP/ZR event for the interior on Thanksgiving Day 1985. There was the big Nov 1980 snow event as well. The 1980s were very good for November snows but they were pretty terrible for other months overall. Thanksgiving 89 had snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWolf Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 1 minute ago, Modfan said: Thanksgiving 89 had snow Yup, and good amount of it that day....was out riding my sled that morning...then turkey in the afternoon. That was a nice event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 2 hours ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: Nino’s cause a great deal of anxiety from the wire to wire needy crowd. Anyone in New England expecting wire-to-wire should get a job at Paradise on Rainier, where the average year sees over 50 feet of snow and only one season (14-15) came in with less than 400". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 13 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said: Do you know the date of the snow event in 1980? 18th. 12" at the Farmington co-op, only 2" at Ft. Kent even though it snowed all day. Sat in the woods west of Allagash Village for almost 2 hours that morning, then walked out and found that 3 deer had walked so close to my parked pickup that, had I waited there I could've bayonetted one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJOatleast7 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 10 minutes ago, tamarack said: Anyone in New England expecting wire-to-wire should get a job at Paradise on Rainier, where the average year sees over 50 feet of snow and only one season (14-15) came in with less than 400". or the spa at Sukayu Onsen in Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, MJOatleast7 said: or the spa at Sukayu Onsen in Japan Japanese Alps are in the running for snowiest place on Earth. One long LES as Siberian cold crosses the Sea of Japan then gets wrung out orographically. (Plus synoptic storms full of west Pac water.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJOatleast7 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 From the Aomori Snow Corridor (when it opens in April): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, tamarack said: Japanese Alps are in the running for snowiest place on Earth. One long LES as Siberian cold crosses the Sea of Japan then gets wrung out orographically. (Plus synoptic storms full of west Pac water.) The Japanese ski resorts are the holy grail of powder skiing. They get lots of fake fluffy snow...over your shoulders stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBinStoughton Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 29 minutes ago, tamarack said: Anyone in New England expecting wire-to-wire should get a job at Paradise on Rainier, where the average year sees over 50 feet of snow and only one season (14-15) came in with less than 400". Road trip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 45 minutes ago, MJOatleast7 said: or the spa at Sukayu Onsen in Japan Happy endings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 1 hour ago, MJOatleast7 said: From the Aomori Snow Corridor (when it opens in April): Is that Kevin's driveway in his dreams? 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: The Japanese ski resorts are the holy grail of powder skiing. They get lots of fake fluffy snow...over your shoulders stuff. There's a lot of "fake" weather around the world it seems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 14 minutes ago, MetHerb said: Is that Kevin's driveway in his dreams? There's a lot of "fake" weather around the world it seems... Nah. It would melt way too fast in those year round high dews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 1 hour ago, MJOatleast7 said: From the Aomori Snow Corridor (when it opens in April): IIRC, Rainier/Paradise's tallest pack was something like 376". Assuming that bus is 11-12' high, the wall in the pic must be in the 500" range. (Of course, some of that may be stuff thrown up as the road was cleared, but still...) And I'm surprised that it opens as early as April. When my brother and family, then stationed in Germany, tried to access one of Norway's fjord towns (Flam or Geiranger) from inland one June about 30 years ago, they were unsuccessful because the roads at 3000-4000' elevation had not yet been cleared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJOatleast7 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 9 minutes ago, tamarack said: IIRC, Rainier/Paradise's tallest pack was something like 376". Assuming that bus is 11-12' high, the wall in the pic must be in the 500" range. (Of course, some of that may be stuff thrown up as the road was cleared, but still...) And I'm surprised that it opens as early as April. When my brother and family, then stationed in Germany, tried to access one of Norway's fjord towns (Flam or Geiranger) from inland one June about 30 years ago, they were unsuccessful because the roads at 3000-4000' elevation had not yet been cleared. I don't know with what equipment you could even clear a 13-meter high snowpack. I think they used to use rotary plows in the Sierras (before tunnels and other road coverings that is) or Going-to-the-Sun road in Glacier NP. Are there machines that tall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice1972 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Just now, MJOatleast7 said: I don't know with what equipment you could even clear a 13-meter high snowpack. I think they used to use rotary plows in the Sierras (before tunnels and other road coverings that is) or Going-to-the-Sun road in Glacier NP. Are there machines that tall? They still use them but rarely......they're like the last thing they pull out when the pack is really deep.....this was last year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 On 11/9/2018 at 2:59 PM, ice1972 said: They still use them but rarely......they're like the last thing they pull out when the pack is really deep.....this was last year Yeah, rotaries are the last resort, the flangers and spreaders do the lion share of work up there. That's the rebuilt rotary as you may already know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Light snow has started falling here at 3,600ft. Beautiful flake size. Mid-winter stuff. Fun watching the wall of white approach the mountain from the south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 22 minutes ago, MJOatleast7 said: I don't know with what equipment you could even clear a 13-meter high snowpack. I think they used to use rotary plows in the Sierras (before tunnels and other road coverings that is) or Going-to-the-Sun road in Glacier NP. Are there machines that tall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 4 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Light snow has started falling here at 3,600ft. Beautiful flake size. Mid-winter stuff. Fun watching the wall of white approach the mountain from the south. I’m at camp at 1500’ in elevation about 10 mile NE of Moreisville with a view of Mansfield and looked up just as I read this and noticed it behind the fuzzy snow shield. Edit: Elmore Mt. was just enveloped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianW Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 2 hours ago, MJOatleast7 said: From the Aomori Snow Corridor (when it opens in April): Footage of them clearing it . The snowblower is not very impressive... https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180329/p2a/00m/0na/011000c 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 What happened to Runaway? He’s in mid season form. Jb: weak west can take as long as they want if they deliver 100” in 4 weeks. Not that we should expect it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 46 minutes ago, mreaves said: I’m at camp at 1500’ in elevation about 10 mile NE of Moreisville with a view of Mansfield and looked up just as I read this and noticed it behind the fuzzy snow shield. Edit: Elmore Mt. was just enveloped. It's under 1sm snow now... steady and accumulating instantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmanmitch Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Light snow, 33.0° F. Started as straight snow and is now sticking too. HRRR rips me until 00-01z at which point we flip to IP due to midlevel warmth. This morning's low of 26° F definitely helped to cool the surface skin temperatures a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Snowing steadily at 1,500ft as I leave... Taking the black bear for a walk... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 5 hours ago, ORH_wxman said: Nov 1986 had two events....there was also a snow to IP/ZR event for the interior on Thanksgiving Day 1985. There was the big Nov 1980 snow event as well. The 1980s were very good for November snows but they were pretty terrible for other months overall. Nov 1980 event around my birth day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 4 hours ago, tamarack said: 18th. 12" at the Farmington co-op, only 2" at Ft. Kent even though it snowed all day. Sat in the woods west of Allagash Village for almost 2 hours that morning, then walked out and found that 3 deer had walked so close to my parked pickup that, had I waited there I could've bayonetted one. Yea, I was on the 16th, and my mother always talks about dodging snowbanks brining me home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJOatleast7 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 2 hours ago, BrianW said: Footage of them clearing it . The snowblower is not very impressive... https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180329/p2a/00m/0na/011000c but the company song is awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmanmitch Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 We snow. Moderate to at times heavy snow now. 32.5° F. Around 1/2" down. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 1/2" of paste so far at home and coming down steadily. The type of wet snow that falls at 32.5F and is sliding off the car windows as it accumulates. Looks awesome outside with the big aggregates pounding down. Cant wait till more of the forum can get this. Truly puts a little hop in your step to see everything white outside. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 10 minutes ago, powderfreak said: 1/2" of paste so far at home and coming down steadily. The type of wet snow that falls at 32.5F and is sliding off the car windows as it accumulates. Looks awesome outside with the big aggregates pounding down. Cant wait till more of the forum can get this. Truly puts a little hop in your step to see everything white outside. So you’re skipping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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