Relief in sight - long range forecast

[skiadikt]

gotta give them props for moving forward in the face of yet another blast furnace. this weekend ol & dipper. next on the agenda middle o & lower downdraft.

[Chardonnay Queen]

I need a storm!!!!!

[Dr. NO]

K needs some more COLD air and some help from above. Today's sun shine and warm up looked to remove much of the snow. Lower Bunny is turning brown. Bunny itself is thin and some rocks are popping up on the surface. Bottom of highline was very thin and may not hold up for the next Bum race. I'm sure many other high traffic areas are getting beat upon. SNOW !

[skiadikt]

K needs some more COLD air and some help from above. Today's sun shine and warm up looked to remove much of the snow. Lower Bunny is turning brown. Bunny itself is thin and some rocks are popping up on the surface. Bottom of highline was very thin and may not hold up for the next Bum race. I'm sure many other high traffic areas are getting beat upon. SNOW !

very discouraging to hear. hard to believe so much damage from one weekend.

[Snowboardgod]

Agreed, quite discouraging out there today. Snow was fun but going quickly. r*in and warm temps this week not going to help. I'll be surprised if skyeship stays open. Lots of dirt patches and rocks popping up all over the place. Snowmaking is not going to help we really need a major storm, now.

[ME2VTSkier]

Probably time to stop expanding, and start putting some depth on existing terrain. Especially the high traffic spots they need to keep open to the end...

[boston_e]

Doesn't killington average 250" of snow a year? Right now we are at 33" ... WTH? We are either going to get pounded in Feb and March, or we are setting up to have an 80" total snowfall year. Ugh.

[skiadikt]

Doesn't killington average 250" of snow a year? Right now we are at 33" ... WTH? We are either going to get pounded in Feb and March, or we are setting up to have an 80" total snowfall year. Ugh.

20 yr average is 238" though it's been 188" over the last 4. a week with a couple 40+ degree days & r*in ain't gonna help but i'm still hoping for one of those 120" march.

[hillbangin]

Wish I were in France - Chamonix looks like the bullseye for the next 10...

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[irab82]

Wish I was at Mt. Bachelor. 347" so far this year.
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[skimom]

Still holding out hope for an epic March

[hillbangin]

3 month NOAA shows a little above average temps and average precip.

An 'average' feb march april would be pretty good.

[Dr. NO]

NOAA can't seem to get the guess straight. Previously they said freezing r*in and sleet beginning tonight changing to all r*in in the morning. NOW they say starting as snow with about an inch of accumulation THEN changing over to freezing r*in and r*in later in the day. About the only thing they didn't change in the forecast was WIND which by mid day will be brutal. Looks like Thursday will be another r*in / ice event with r*in most of Wednesday afternoon and then freezing up through the weekend. Get out the ice skates.

Anyone else notice on NOAA site the measurements? In the report everything is Imperial units, MPH and Fahrenheit. Look at the location map and the units are Metric like 705 meters for a peak and another at 975 meters.

[skiadikt]

NOAA can't seem to get the guess straight. Previously they said freezing r*in and sleet beginning tonight changing to all r*in in the morning. NOW they say starting as snow with about an inch of accumulation THEN changing over to freezing r*in and r*in later in the day. About the only thing they didn't change in the forecast was WIND which by mid day will be brutal. Looks like Thursday will be another r*in / ice event with r*in most of Wednesday afternoon and then freezing up through the weekend. Get out the ice skates.

Anyone else notice on NOAA site the measurements? In the report everything is Imperial units, MPH and Fahrenheit. Look at the location map and the units are Metric like 705 meters for a peak and another at 975 meters.

actually looks like shortski should be be able to get in his 12k vertical before it gets ugly.

[Mistergiff]

NWS Burlington is still perplexed by next week's weather but at least they still acknowledge the potential is out there for something good . . .

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...STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY ON WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE BEGINNING
OF NEXT WEEK FOR THE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY TIME-FRAME AS LONG
RANGE SOLUTIONS OF THE ECMWF AND GFS SEEM TO CHANGE RUN TO RUN BY
A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT. THE GENERAL IDEA REMAINS CONSISTENT IN
REGARDS TO A DEEP UPPER TROUGH TAKING RESIDENCE OVER THE EASTERN
CONUS, BUT EXACTLY IF/HOW/WHEN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN STREAM ENERGY
INTERACT IS HIGHLY IN QUESTION. ONE THINGS FOR SURE, THERE IS A
LOT OF ENERGY OUT THERE, AND SOME SORT OF SYSTEM IS BOUND TO
DEVELOP. EXACTLY WHERE IS ANYONE`S GUESS AT THIS POINT. STAY
TUNED...

Everything trends towards average eventually. Come on snow!