H2O Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 18 minutes ago, leesburg 04 said: Upper 60s to 70 degrees is going to feel great I need to call and get my a/c checked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfewUniversesBelowNormal Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 I'm always down to chase LES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 2 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said: Excuse me while I Trying to figure out what's going on in the bottom left is driving me nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 7 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said: Trying to figure out what's going on in the bottom left is driving me nuts. its a baby -- a mirror that is on the rear right seat headrest, for mom to see the baby while she is driving. in this case, she's outside yelling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Is the baby screaming in sync w/the mom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 This picture was taken yesterday from Arapahoe Basin in CO. Brought back a flood of memories of my years out there. I highlighted one of my favorite descents. Ridge access starts at the top of Loveland Pass. It's about a 1.5 hour hike from the pass to the circled face called No Name Peak. After skiing the peak you skin the lower ridge to the top of an amazing glade called No Name Trees. After skiing the trees your right back on highway 6 and hitchhike back to your truck on top of Loveland pass. The entire loop is about 4 hours and that includes plenty of sightseeing and goofing around in the backcountry. I did this circuit at least a dozen times when I lived out there. 20 years later and I still think about it frequently. I miss CO... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 That's unreal, Bob. In a different lifetime, I should have learned to ski. Also, unrelated, Quakertown is the new Carbondale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 This is why i don't ski. too many Sonny Bono trees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 10 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said: That's unreal, Bob. In a different lifetime, I should have learned to ski. Also, unrelated, Quakertown is the new Carbondale. The "earn your turns" lifestyle was my favorite. Yes, I loved inbound lift access skiing but the "religious" experience was getting a small group of friends together loaded with proper gear (avalanche transceivers most importantly) and just going for it. We'd plan descents for days. Waiting for the right weather/avalanche conditions and then nervously going for it when things were right. Hiking above 13k' is on a whole new level of cardio. Your heart would pound in your ears for hours and you learn how to speed up and slow down your pace so you didn't need to stop and catch your breath every 10 minutes. Took 3 years to get in really good shape. I no longer needed to stop for anything after a while. The first few years I always thought I was going to have a heart attack or something. lol. The really weird thing is that below 13k isn't too bad. Almost easy in a way. Once you cross 13k the whole atmosphere changes. When dropping into the descent it was always heart in throat. We used to draw straws for who went first. Out of 100s of descents I only witnessed one serious avalanche and nobody was caught in it. It was a sympathetic release thankfully. We were pretty smart for dumb guys. We had the gear and we dug our pits and didn't take too many big chances but it was always on your mind... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 26 minutes ago, Bob Chill said: This picture was taken yesterday from Arapahoe Basin in CO. Brought back a flood of memories of my years out there. I highlighted one of my favorite descents. Ridge access starts at the top of Loveland Pass. It's about a 1.5 hour hike from the pass to the circled face called No Name Peak. After skiing the peak you skin the lower ridge to the top of an amazing glade called No Name Trees. After skiing the trees your right back on highway 6 and hitchhike back to your truck on top of Loveland pass. The entire loop is about 4 hours and that includes plenty of sightseeing and goofing around in the backcountry. I did this circuit at least a dozen times when I lived out there. 20 years later and I still think about it frequently. I miss CO... I love A-basin and Loveland. Laid back atmosphere where it's about the skiing and not everything else. Would love to try that loop sometime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 48 minutes ago, Bob Chill said: This picture was taken yesterday from Arapahoe Basin in CO. Brought back a flood of memories of my years out there. I highlighted one of my favorite descents. Ridge access starts at the top of Loveland Pass. It's about a 1.5 hour hike from the pass to the circled face called No Name Peak. After skiing the peak you skin the lower ridge to the top of an amazing glade called No Name Trees. After skiing the trees your right back on highway 6 and hitchhike back to your truck on top of Loveland pass. The entire loop is about 4 hours and that includes plenty of sightseeing and goofing around in the backcountry. I did this circuit at least a dozen times when I lived out there. 20 years later and I still think about it frequently. I miss CO... So...ya used to ski on a sperm mountain? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said: So...ya used to ski on a sperm mountain? Thats not a sperm. its a guy that crashed into a tree and broke his spine and hit his head. The other blue line is frozen drool in the snow. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 and has no arms or legs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 I just want to start seeing (sn) show up in the text output on the gfs runs. Doesn't matter if it actually does sn I just want to see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Its like one of those bad jokes. What do you call a rich guy with no arms or legs on a ski slope? Mogul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scraff Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 52 minutes ago, psuhoffman said: I love A-basin and Loveland. Laid back atmosphere where it's about the skiing and not everything else. Would love to try that loop sometime! And here I am on Cyber Monday buying discounted lift tickets for F’ing Whitetail, Liberty, and Roundtop. Well I’ll at least pray for some epic conditions in January and February. It’s the best I can do until one day Colorado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scud Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 38 minutes ago, leesburg 04 said: I just want to start seeing (sn) show up in the text output on the gfs runs. Doesn't matter if it actually does sn I just want to see it There will be several cold shots. There is a fantasy storm, at least synoptically 220 hrs. 12z GFS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Bob Chill said: The "earn your turns" lifestyle was my favorite. Yes, I loved inbound lift access skiing but the "religious" experience was getting a small group of friends together loaded with proper gear (avalanche transceivers most importantly) and just going for it. We'd plan descents for days. Waiting for the right weather/avalanche conditions and then nervously going for it when things were right. Hiking above 13k' is on a whole new level of cardio. Your heart would pound in your ears for hours and you learn how to speed up and slow down your pace so you didn't need to stop and catch your breath every 10 minutes. Took 3 years to get in really good shape. I no longer needed to stop for anything after a while. The first few years I always thought I was going to have a heart attack or something. lol. The really weird thing is that below 13k isn't too bad. Almost easy in a way. Once you cross 13k the whole atmosphere changes. When dropping into the descent it was always heart in throat. We used to draw straws for who went first. Out of 100s of descents I only witnessed one serious avalanche and nobody was caught in it. It was a sympathetic release thankfully. We were pretty smart for dumb guys. We had the gear and we dug our pits and didn't take too many big chances but it was always on your mind... Son is living that life now. I get to live it thru his texts lol. EDIT- I can verify the 'above 13K' thing. I've done 2 '14'ners' in the summer with him, a HUGE difference once you cross that. Can only imagine adding trudging through snow. We tried to make it up the back side of Arapahoe once in May 2015 or 2016? with still 30-40 inches of snow on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Will be spending the weekend of Dec 14-16 in the mountains of WV. Our rental is right around 3000' asl. Hoping the long-range models are wrong about a thaw at that time, or a lot of planned activities might be in jeopardy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 On 11/10/2018 at 9:11 AM, leesburg 04 said: All the good vibes...we hardly knew ya...until tomorrow then we may know you again...until Monday when you leave again until Tuesday when you come back until Wednesday when your ass books again...until until until until I miss until Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Found this funny but sadly presently irrelevant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowGolfBro Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 I think we just got sucked into trying to track too early in the season. I’m guilty of it. The preseason snow was fun. But we are still about 3-4 weeks from the start of prime climo. Sure we can score in the next couple weeks if everything lines up but an early December warmup isn’t really a big deal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 IMO the weeklies are a useless product and a good example of when "too many models" is a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Close the shades and spike the egg nog. We got 81 forecasted for here on Thursday. I’m spiking my coke with rum and a lime. Welcome to Texas . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 57 minutes ago, MillvilleWx said: We got 81 forecasted for here on Thursday. I’m spiking my coke with rum and a lime. Welcome to Texas . I know what you mean. I'm down in Buda, about 20 mi south of AUS along I 35. I might have to dive into our pool here to stay cool lmao. Water temp is about ~43 degrees. Right about comfortable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 I have discovered I have two things I need to do in my bucket list. One is to hit up the Tug Hill Plateau. Those folks get snow every day for weeks at a time. Thats a snow lovers paradise. The other thing, is, I have discovered that I LOVE hurricanes. I fell in love with Hurricane Michael's ROAR. I crave a high end Cat 5, IN THE EYEWALL. Try this puppy at about 11:47 in the vid. I absolutely adore that ROAR. I crave it. I want to be in it LIVE! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 10 hours ago, North Balti Zen said: That's unreal, Bob. In a different lifetime, I should have learned to ski. Also, unrelated, Quakertown is the new Carbondale. I'm planning to get a pass and ski at least once a week if I can. Hopefully it gets cold enough by mid-December since that when I'd like to get going. I first learned to ski back in high school, went once a week in 11th and 12th grade, but haven't gone that many times since then. Liberty and Roundtop are pretty good for this area, but I'd like to eventually ski on a real mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 1 minute ago, Fozz said: I'm planning to get a pass and ski at least once a week if I can. Hopefully it gets cold enough by mid-December since that when I'd like to start. I first learned to ski back in high school, went once a week in 11th and 12th grade, but haven't gone that many times since then. Liberty and Roundtop are pretty good for this area, but I'd like to eventually ski on a real mountain. Check out Jay Peak! Real mountain, Real snow. https://jaypeakresort.com/skiing-riding/snow-report-maps/snow-report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 6 minutes ago, Jebman said: Check out Jay Peak! Real mountain, Real snow. https://jaypeakresort.com/skiing-riding/snow-report-maps/snow-report I'd love to go up to Vermont.. I'm going to try planning a trip later this winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Wow... Wizards win over the Rockets 135-131 in OT tonight... impressive win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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