There are so few things that can be categorized as normal since March 2020, but returning to forecasts and tracking cold air/snow makes it feel a little bit more like a normal fall.
We’re excited to bring some enhancements to the dashboard this season.
First and foremost, welcome to your corporate dashboard! Any Boyne Resorts property that is a client of Nor’easter Weather Consulting will be included in this dashboard. You’ll be able to view blogs, videos, and individual dashboards all from the same login. Blog frequency will be 3-5x a week, and have several consistent focal points (The Week Ahead, Long-Term Views), along with posts that are applicable to incoming weather patterns and storms.
Our COVID enhancement revolves around the fact that capacity is going to be a concern for Winter 2020/2021. Weather plays a large role in the movement of people in the resort, so we are going to highlight days that may be of concern. Once your ski area opens to the public, you’ll see a line underneath your “Forecast Notes” section that says “Adverse Weather Days”. An adverse weather day is any weather phenomena that could shut down a lift, or cause folks to spend more time indoors. Right now, those phenomena are high winds, icing, rain, and extreme cold. If there are others you’d like me to monitor, please let me know. I’ll list the date, what condition can be expected, and to what extent up to 7 days out. As the timeframe gets closer, details will become more fine-tuned. Adverse weather days will also be covered in blogs. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.
Our technical enhancement this season is the addition of graphical wet-bulb trend lines to your dashboard. These will be both in the near-team and long-term. Expected to be deployed into dashboards the week of 10/5 for clients already receiving forecasts, you’ll be able to see the 24 hour trend of wet-bulb for each forecast level underneath the “Current Conditions” section of the dashboard. We’ll see 12 hours prior and the forecast 12-hours ahead. The forecast wet-bulb will adjust as the program does its auto-accuracy check every three hours. The long-term trend line will appear below your extended forecast. This will give you a long-term look into snowmaking possibilities for 7 days with the 28F wet-bulb line highlighted. Keep in mind that the flow of the graph will look a little more linear than actual temperature patterns, as we’re using highs/lows to create this. In addition, for Sunday River & Sugarloaf this is the first year we’ll be utilizing archived data, comparing the 7 day forecast to those same 7 days in the last two seasons. Finally, at the end of each month, you’ll have a month-in-review wet-bulb graph for this season, compared to the last two seasons. Feedback is greatly appreciated as we want to make sure this product works best for you.
I look forward to working with you this season, and I’m always available by phone and email to further discuss any forecast or blog topic.
Cheers to a snowy, cold, and successful winter to come.