February Banter 2026

[WxUSAF]

@Ralph Wiggum @Heisy I’m in Philly today and PennDOT has brined for tomorrow lol

[Ralph Wiggum]

29 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

@Ralph Wiggum @Heisy I’m in Philly today and PennDOT has brined for tomorrow lol

Enjoy.your visit!

They brine in July, its normal we are used to it. I think the auto mechanics have their hand in it somehow. 

 

[dailylurker]

I know everyone here loves snow and if you're like me, you wonder what super snowy places are like in person. I've been mentioning the Tug Hill a lot lately and probably annoying to some lol. While we wait on a cool down i figure I'll share some pics from my 2026 Tug Hill vacation/chase. 

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to hike at night on a snowmobile trail, on 6' of snow, on the Tug during a full moon? I took this picture at 1am. I was standing on at least 5 feet of packed snow. Earlier that day we received 30" of fresh. The groomers keep the trails perfect. 

[Terpeast]

14 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

I know everyone here loves snow and if you're like me, you wonder what super snowy places are like in person. I've been mentioning the Tug Hill a lot lately and probably annoying to some lol. While we wait on a cool down i figure I'll share some pics from my 2026 Tug Hill vacation/chase. 

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to hike at night on a snowmobile trail, on 6' of snow, on the Tug during a full moon? I took this picture at 1am. I was standing on at least 5 feet of packed snow. Earlier that day we received 30" of fresh. The groomers keep the trails perfect. 

Hopefully someday I take my kids there and rent a snowmobile for a snowcation.

[Terpeast]

For now, I don’t see anything in the LR to get excited about.

If winter is over, looking back on the last 4 seasons, only 22-23 was a true dead ratter. In each of the last 3 consecutive seasons, I have had at least 8” of snow depth. Last two winters maintained around 3 weeks of snow cover, which is not half bad considering the persistent -enso/-pdo base state.

Let’s see what the next el nino has in store for us. I suspect it will be a milder winter with no prolonged snow cover, but perhaps we could get more of an active STJ and all we need is a well timed wave with some cold air. Not much to ask considering NC got theirs two winters in a row. 

[Jebman]

Shasta County in northern California will see snow accumulations from 4 to 8 FEET. Mammoth will only get glanced by this, they will see totally manageable accumulations from 2 to maybe 4 feet. I wish Shasta had cameras. It would be amusing to watch 8 feet of snow pile up.

Shasta turns out to have a live cam https://www.skipark.com/winter/mountain-cams

Question is does it have lights at night you can see the dendrites fall by? Because if so I just might end up liking Shasta better then Mammoth. Couple feet of snow on a western resort is so pedestrian.

[Maestrobjwa]

1 hour ago, Terpeast said:

For now, I don’t see anything in the LR to get excited about.

If winter is over, looking back on the last 4 seasons, only 22-23 was a true dead ratter. In each of the last 3 consecutive seasons, I have had at least 8” of snow depth. Last two winters maintained around 3 weeks of snow cover, which is not half bad considering the persistent -enso/-pdo base state.

Let’s see what the next el nino has in store for us. I suspect it will be a milder winter with no prolonged snow cover, but perhaps we could get more of an active STJ and all we need is a well timed wave with some cold air. Not much to ask considering NC got theirs two winters in a row. 

What did NC get last winter?

[Fozz]

 

2 hours ago, Terpeast said:

For now, I don’t see anything in the LR to get excited about.

If winter is over, looking back on the last 4 seasons, only 22-23 was a true dead ratter. In each of the last 3 consecutive seasons, I have had at least 8” of snow depth. Last two winters maintained around 3 weeks of snow cover, which is not half bad considering the persistent -enso/-pdo base state.

Let’s see what the next el nino has in store for us. I suspect it will be a milder winter with no prolonged snow cover, but perhaps we could get more of an active STJ and all we need is a well timed wave with some cold air. Not much to ask considering NC got theirs two winters in a row. 

Yeah the last two winters weren’t great but they weren’t terrible either. They had a solid stretch of deep winter even if it didn’t last as long as we’d like. 2020 and 2023 were awful, similar to 2002 and 2012.