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skiersleft wrote: Will give credit to my sources. Fair enough. Are you on board with the rules put forth by Stormchaser?

If so, why don't you serve as the impartial magistrate that will judge WG's performance this winter? You're tough but fair, I think.

48 hours is getting to the fairly accurate window these days for the computer models, so in general, broad forecasts 48 hours out aren't impressive. They would need to be more specific than, or point out a significant variance from the existing forecasts.

Weather description is so variable in terms of start times, duration, precipitation types and amounts, temperatures, etc, that establishing simple rules for evaluation of forecasts is going to be problematic. Judging the accuracy, same issues. Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I'm going to pass on that. People on this board determine their own opinion of your forecasts anyway, they don't need me to keep some kind of tally.

You want a tally? Here's the real tally. Keep track of how many powder days (defined as more than 8 inches of fresh reported by the mountain in one day) you get in this year, vs how many I get in this year. If your forecasts are so good, you'll certainly be able to arrange time off for powder days sufficently in advance of the storm. We both have to weigh the drive and time off vs the storm.

Stormchaser wrote:Too much authority for one man to handle...

Nonsense. This man looks like he can handle any authority!

K says compressors started arriving today.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater

johnny the jibber wrote:K says compressors started arriving today.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater

Awesome, I can already taste it.

tt431 wrote:

johnny the jibber wrote:K says compressors started arriving today.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater

Awesome, I can already taste it.

what does it taste like? bananas?

johnny the jibber wrote:

tt431 wrote:

johnny the jibber wrote:K says compressors started arriving today.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater

Awesome, I can already taste it.

what does it taste like? bananas?

Diesel.

tt431 wrote:

johnny the jibber wrote:

tt431 wrote:

johnny the jibber wrote:K says compressors started arriving today.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater

Awesome, I can already taste it.

what does it taste like? bananas?

Diesel.

How do you know what diesel tastes like?

tt431 wrote:

johnny the jibber wrote:

tt431 wrote:

johnny the jibber wrote:K says compressors started arriving today.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater

Awesome, I can already taste it.

what does it taste like? bananas?

Diesel.

the sour variety?

johnny the jibber wrote:

tt431 wrote:

johnny the jibber wrote:

tt431 wrote:

johnny the jibber wrote:K says compressors started arriving today.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater

Awesome, I can already taste it.

what does it taste like? bananas?

Diesel.

the sour variety?

No not that one.

junior wrote:

tt431 wrote:

johnny the jibber wrote:

tt431 wrote:

johnny the jibber wrote:K says compressors started arriving today.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater

Awesome, I can already taste it.

what does it taste like? bananas?

Diesel.

How do you know what diesel tastes like?

I don't know what the diesel you're probably referring to tastes like.

Not much interested in "blowing out the mice", test patches, early AM snowmaking, any of that crap. What matters is they run a pressure test on the pipes, find out what kind of shape the system is in, and whether there are significant leaks. Pretty sure Killington has done that, and when they turn on the guns, it won't be some stupid tease; they'll be on long enough to lay down a base so they can open.

rogman wrote:Not much interested in "blowing out the mice", test patches, early AM snowmaking, any of that crap. What matters is they run a pressure test on the pipes, find out what kind of shape the system is in, and whether there are significant leaks. Pretty sure Killington has done that, and when they turn on the guns, it won't be some stupid tease; they'll be on long enough to lay down a base so they can open.

They're ready to open on November 10. Only a month from today.

junior wrote:How do you know what diesel tastes like?

I don't know what diesel tastes like but I do know what regular 87 octane tastes like. About 30 or so years ago while trying to start a siphon. Not good.

It tastes like most of the water coming out of K wells nowadays. What happened to all those heating oil tanks that floated away?

I'd like to see a defined duration for the storm. Last year it seemed like there were several times where multiple storms over a week were added together for a single storm total to reach the prediction.