Good (chilly) morning – temperatures took the expected nose-dive last night, and some bases even inverted allowing for some cool air to spill into all areas of the mountain. Expect a quick warmup with sunshine all day today, especially at the base. We’ll keep the cooler air for a segment of tonight, though summits should …
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Long Term Views: October 30 – Dry Spell (of Cold)
Unfortunately after our cold lifts on Wednesday, there’s not much, if anything to work with in terms of cold moving forward into the following 7-10 days. There’s a large ridge building out west without much resistance, and it stays in place for at least 7 days, which is what we saw last week in the …
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Zeta Transformed
It’s not often that we see a tropical system turn cold, until you try to bring in a triple energy phase during the transitional season. While we’ve seen plenty of October snows, we haven’t seen many that coincide with tropical moisture. Tropical storms typically bring warm air and block any cold air intrusion, but we …
Long Terms Views: October 23, Cold Fronts With Limited Cold
While the cold blasts are taking their time coming in, and not hanging around incredibly long, they are at least…coming in. The first enters the picture this weekend, and there is some lingering cold throughout the northern tips of ME/VT/NH throughout the week. However with rain expected during the week, it’s not the most guns-blazing …
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The Week Ahead: Waiting On The Change
We’re not seeing much exciting cold (if any, really) to come in this week, as expected. We have tropical systems continuing to blossom in the Atlantic basin and with that, we won’t have much cold around, let alone settling into the area. Our good news remains the amount of rain coming back into the area, …
Long Term Views: October 16, Waiting On The Tropics
In general, October snowmaking windows are short, but ours have been less than that or generally non-existent. Looking at the pattern ahead, the volatility we spoke about in the October 2 blog continues, and the tropics don’t seem to want to cool down. We’re in the midst of potentially the first summit snows for most …
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High Elevation Snow Possible This Weekend
In a typical October fashion, we’re moving through all the seasons in a short period of time. Summer like conditions returned last weekend along with severe thunderstorms, bits of spring and fall came through afterwards with wind, rain, and raw days, and now we might be entering into a brief zone of winter. Low pressure …
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A Look Ahead: Oct 12-18
The week ahead feels quite like October. Cool breezes, more cloud cover, and several chances of rain, which we really need. The remnants of Delta converge with a low pressure system on Tuesday to bring the chance of around an inch of rain to New England. While not drought busting, it’s certainly helpful for the …
Winter 2020/2021
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 back to your corporate dashboard! Any Vail …
Can The Negative EPO Do Anything?
It’s been a season of waiting for some consistent troughing the east, and – we’re still waiting. This was expected to be an “off” year – of the likes of 2011/2012, 2015/2016. When asked about how I felt about the upcoming winter last fall – I said to many clients that we were due for …