Spooky Season (October Disco Thread)

[WxWatcher007]

44 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Yes. That’s why I mentioned December. Energy weenies seem keen on it. 

Let’s just make sure it’s not a two week cold period with no production. I can’t get on board with pattern talk anymore. I need results. 

[Torch Tiger]

1 hour ago, kdxken said:

 

modify that for 2025

[kdxken]

20 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Hopefully this is 1104hr

 

[Torch Tiger]

16 minutes ago, kdxken said:

 

-16 ATL 

[WinterWolf]

53 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Let’s just make sure it’s not a two week cold period with no production. I can’t get on board with pattern talk anymore. I need results. 

Well Don, unfortunately the pattern comes first, then the results…so I guess you’ll have to not partake in the conversation, until the result actually start happening lol..right? 

[WinterWolf]

41 minutes ago, kdxken said:

 

Ya, Believe it when ya see it at 12 days out. 

[dryslot]

Another cold night on tap, Down to 34°F already and should be in the 20's by morning.

[WinterWolf]

1 hour ago, kdxken said:

Thanks to you and Dryslot with the sled talk I actually considered buying a little MXZ Neo to beat around my woods.  Then I remembered it doesn't snow! Likely would have sat in my garage until the mice ate the soy wiring and I listed it for free on craigslist.

Lol. Ahh you should grab one.  It’ll snow again, it always does. 

[dryslot]

1 minute ago, WinterWolf said:

Lol. Ahh you should grab one.  It’ll snow again, it always does. 

Going to make a county trip this year.

[Torch Tiger]

'gon be a fun winter

[WinterWolf]

3 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Going to make a county trip this year.

That’s Awesome pal. 

[WinterWolf]

8 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Going to make a county trip this year.

You won’t be disappointed. 

[dryslot]

Just now, WinterWolf said:

You don’t be disappointed. 

Oh for sure, Been up there many times over the years, Just not recently, Been riding in the higher terrain the past 15 yrs. 

[WxWatcher007]

15 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Well Don, unfortunately the pattern comes first, then the results…so I guess you’ll have to not partake in the conversation, until the result actually start happening lol..right? 

Yes. I'm sitting this winter out. Seriously. I'm zipping it and falling back to obs, pictures, and Arctic blast talk. While I appreciate pattern discussion no matter the season, we've had a lot of epic winter patterns that have resulted in middling to objectively awful results this decade. I canceled last winter the first week in January after that epic modeling collapse, and even with 3.8" to date I still thought 27-31" was doable in deference to the pattern. I finished with 19.8". I just can't do it anymore. Winter has fallen to my least favorite season, and it has some work to do to get out of the dog house.

Hopefully, my location change this winter will help.   

[WinterWolf]

6 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Yes. I'm sitting this winter out. Seriously. I'm zipping it and falling back to obs, pictures, and Arctic blast talk. While I appreciate pattern discussion no matter the season, we've had a lot of epic winter patterns that have resulted in middling to objectively awful results this decade. I canceled last winter the first week in January after that epic modeling collapse, and even with 3.8" to date I still thought 27-31" was doable in deference to the pattern. I finished with 19.8". I just can't do it anymore. Winter has fallen to my least favorite season, and it has some work to do to get out of the dog house.

Hopefully, my location change this winter will help.   

The epic modeling collapse came in at the very end of January, for February last year.  
 

And where you at now…no more east Hartford? 

[WxWatcher007]

11 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

The epic modeling collapse came in at the very end of January, for February last year.  
 

And where you at now…no more east Hartford? 

We had a few epic modeling collapses. The Joker January thread tells the story in gruesome detail. I hopped off the runaway train of futility early. 

I'm still in East Hartford full time, but my wife recently got a job in Saranac Lake. Will be splitting time PIT 1 and PIT 2 style (WXW1=East Hartford/WXW2=Saranac Lake), but hoping to spend most of my winter up there. Unless of course the atmosphere wants to throw a CT jackpot KU or two my way out of jealousy.  

[mreaves]

38 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Going to make a county trip this year.

I hope to as well. There is actually a snowmobile association ride scheduled for February in New Brunswick. I hope do a County/NB combo. 

[powderfreak]

46 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Yes. I'm sitting this winter out. Seriously. I'm zipping it and falling back to obs, pictures, and Arctic blast talk. While I appreciate pattern discussion no matter the season, we've had a lot of epic winter patterns that have resulted in middling to objectively awful results this decade. I canceled last winter the first week in January after that epic modeling collapse, and even with 3.8" to date I still thought 27-31" was doable in deference to the pattern. I finished with 19.8". I just can't do it anymore. Winter has fallen to my least favorite season, and it has some work to do to get out of the dog house.

Hopefully, my location change this winter will help.   

How much time will you spend in SLK area?

Your perspective will change with time in that area.  It takes some getting used to… it’s not like you move to the snowiest spot on earth, but it has a wintry vibe that can be significantly different in the means from the lower latitudes.

The SLK and Lake Placid elevations are cold.  They are high elevation valleys at 1,600-1,800ft+ and it is a significant difference from any CT location.

[WxWatcher007]

59 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

How much time will you spend in SLK area?

Your perspective will change with time in that area.  It takes some getting used to… it’s not like you move to the snowiest spot on earth, but it has a wintry vibe that can be significantly different in the means from the lower latitudes.

The SLK and Lake Placid elevations are cold.  They are high elevation valleys at 1,600-1,800ft+ and it is a significant difference from any CT location.

Hopefully as much time as I can. Things quiet down for me in the winter so I'm hoping we can get settled quickly--though EH and CT will remain my full time location during the year overall as I have my job here. 

I look at the BTV site every week. I'm pretty sure eventually I'll get annoyed at the lack of big synoptic events, but I was surprised by the frequency of below zero days up there. I just hope I don't bring a +10 DJF and historic snow futility. I'm legit nervous about something stupid like that. Even so, with this being the first year I haven't had a tropical chase, unless it's a holiday I'm hoping to be all in on some kind of epic winter chase. 

[H2Otown_WX]

5 hours ago, kdxken said:

 

There's the kiss of death. December 2001/2011 incoming.

[dendrite]

Min 34.2°…back up to 39° with the clouds. 

Looks like the front has trended wetter. Let’s get everyone an inch.

[kdxken]

2 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Min 34.2°…back up to 39° with the clouds. 

Looks like the front has trended wetter. Let’s get everyone an inch.

Misery mist here.

[CoastalWx]

Have had like .15” of misery mist.

[Flying MXZ]

7 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Hopefully as much time as I can. Things quiet down for me in the winter so I'm hoping we can get settled quickly--though EH and CT will remain my full time location during the year overall as I have my job here. 

I look at the BTV site every week. I'm pretty sure eventually I'll get annoyed at the lack of big synoptic events, but I was surprised by the frequency of below zero days up there. I just hope I don't bring a +10 DJF and historic snow futility. I'm legit nervous about something stupid like that. Even so, with this being the first year I haven't had a tropical chase, unless it's a holiday I'm hoping to be all in on some kind of epic winter chase. 

The snows staying power will certainly be something new for you.  And there will be snow in the air a lot.  Lake Effect chase to Tug Hill isn't really that far from there.

[amarshall]

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[GCWarrior]

9 hours ago, powderfreak said:

How much time will you spend in SLK area?

Your perspective will change with time in that area.  It takes some getting used to… it’s not like you move to the snowiest spot on earth, but it has a wintry vibe that can be significantly different in the means from the lower latitudes.

The SLK and Lake Placid elevations are cold.  They are high elevation valleys at 1,600-1,800ft+ and it is a significant difference from any CT location.

I did a 8 day wilderness camping trip in the flatter western part of the ADK park, north Herkimer County.  I can say at lower elevation we experienced most nights at -20F with two below -30F.  It was a very wintery vibe indeed. 

[Snowcrazed71]

Looks like a nice big plume of moisture is developing off the coast of North Carolina. There are two bands that look like they are going to connect as they make their way North. That's probably going to be our heavy rain later this afternoon to this evening.

[cleetussnow]

10 hours ago, powderfreak said:

How much time will you spend in SLK area?

Your perspective will change with time in that area.  It takes some getting used to… it’s not like you move to the snowiest spot on earth, but it has a wintry vibe that can be significantly different in the means from the lower latitudes.

The SLK and Lake Placid elevations are cold.  They are high elevation valleys at 1,600-1,800ft+ and it is a significant difference from any CT location.

Snow sticks around

[CoastalWx]

28 minutes ago, Snowcrazed71 said:

Looks like a nice big plume of moisture is developing off the coast of North Carolina. There are two bands that look like they are going to connect as they make their way North. That's probably going to be our heavy rain later this afternoon to this evening.

Could be a crazy 2-3hr period of heavy rain and wind at peak.

[dryslot]

Cold morning out here today, Low was 28.4°F, Sitting at 38.3°F with some misery mist ahead of the rain and wind.