Jimmy apparently knows my girlfriend is from El Salvador...

...plenty of snow will be had in January in CO, just not in the Plains (which includes Denver, btw. Denver is flatter than Kansas City, it just happens to have the dumb luck of sitting next to a 14,000 foot mountain range. Bastards. Not that I'm bitter or anything). It's going to get to 60 in Denver sometime between now and Jan 6th, it's all but a certainty.

In the mountains, however, there's no worries. Wolf Creek is approaching 200 inches of snow for the season and is ahead of everyone in Utah. I think they've got the most snow so far outside of the Pac NW. My brother and I are definitely leaning to a late March ski trip to WC, despite the discount tickets to Copper...

RogerZ, must be tough, being stuck in the middle of all that western joy and this mid-atlantic frustration. I am sitting here watching fetal snow, just read therusty's post, he's right no one wants this.... the board has been too quiet for this time of year...... a rant doesn't even make me feel better so U NO WUT? it's time for positive thoughts, maybe we can dredge up some stories of peace and joy from the season past.


hey JimK

I remember that day

last year, susie colleen u and me, snowed all day, each run better than the last, nice big flakes then snow like stardust, never a whiteout just nice steady snow all day, like the best present ever that no one had to pay for, just show up and enjoy??

Skiing & boarding are more than a physical activitiy, man they are also a state of mind, anyways.... nothing but happy thoughts today, i no there's some snow on the way, anyone want to share a happy thought from yesterday?

Jimmy- the local ski hill is open! We're skiing on nine of 12 runs. I think the idea that Snow Creek has 12 runs is a bit of a euphemism- they're probably counting "upper", "middle", "lower", "left", and "right" as all separate runs. But they made it through the warm spell and the weather, while still above normal, is going to be much more conducive for snowmaking for the next several days.

Okay, I've only had five cups of coffee and three pieces of coffee cake so far today (as well as whip cream, caramel fudsge, and peppermint shots)... I'm worried if I don't find more sugar and caffeine RIGHT NOW I might come off this buzz, which could hurt a lot.

The ski season is barely begun, don't give up hope yet!!!

I just saw flakes! I just saw flakes!!

... oh, nevermind, that was the fog moving in once more.

Better days are just ahead......

Now now, I thought we were keeping this positive.

My wife informed me yesterday that about 3 years ago, we were having a really warm december and it stayed that way through Chistmas. Then, later that season, we had a really huge dump of snow. Therefore, we will have a really huge dump this year.

So I asked her when. She confidently replied "I don't know when. But it will snow this season."

This kind of encouragement is what gets me through the day.

The latest thinking from the NWS charleston is that a 4 to 10 inch snowstorm is on the way.....heard that before?...the last time they had a 4 to 10 predict it snowed 7 or 8 in the valley....Oh, the storm will be Starting early tue morn...too late for a white "Holiday"...just trying not to offend anyone!.....Been in the low 80's to upper 70's here in north Tampa..took my boat up the weeki wachee spring fed river(Crystal clear) & went swimming with the Manatee's......Man I am Frusterated with this weather

While the CV area may get it, I am not expecting anything to to snow or if it snows, accumulate below 2000'. I'm so frustrated that I see the ground is still warm and unfrozen that we don't have a snowballs chance in Hawaii of snow happening here at this elevation anytime soon.

The Weather Channel is showing a nice storm for WV early next week- that must be the one you're mentioning- with trailing snow showers for a day or two afterward. Looks very nice, hopefully this pattern shift will stay in place for a while, no?

Nothing here in Kansas but sunny skies and 50 degrees. Like I said, the cold is nice once in a while (and boy does it get cold out here) but the 50 degree weather really helps with the heating bills and makes for nice hiking/running weather!

Roger, you sure sound like you are becoming a Floridian 65 year old retiree with that talk!

No, just a guy with a mortgage that's too big.

Wow... awful quiet today.

I checked out Wisp's cams and it's an abysmal rainy and foggy day there. Hardly ANYONE is only the slopes. I can't imagine how bad Wisp is hurting financially by not having packed slopes over the Christmas weekend/week.

Agreed. I was looking at Timberline and its the same. No rain was visible but it was foggy. At least they're calling for a little snow tonight.

This must be killing all of the operators.

I got two free tickets to snowshoe, and was seriously considering going today when the forecast yesterday called for snow after 9am, high temps of 26, lows in the teens. I figured they'd have guns going, the natural snowfall that was being called for, and it'd be a winter wonderland. However, I think the storm that could have been wasn't leaving this area with medocre above freezing weather and precip.

Check out the web cam... Snowing as of this post

It's about time!!!!

The Forrest Service camera shows it being 34* and 99% humidity. Either they haven't updated or things are dropping fairly fast there. Even the Wisp cameras show a hint of white on the green areas...

Weather Underground claims to have an observer at Point Knob (3750 ft / 1143 m). It seems to be the most accurate as far as temperatures are concerned:

http://www.wunderground.com/US/WV/Davis.html

Right now: 28.7 and overcast. 94% humidity. I hope with the brief shot of cold air (tonight-thurs), T-line will be able to get more terrain open and put some more snow on what they have right now.

It snowed briefly at about 3:00, just enough to turn the grass at Black Bear white. It is now 4:50 and it is 30.7 degrees with the lightest snow possible. Doesn't look as if we will get much but the temps should be down at least through the night.

It appears to be snowing on Wisp's webcams with the top of the mountain in whiteout conditions (or the cams just that glossed over) with the bottom of the mountain showing the grass a bit white, but far from anything other than trace.

The only part that is not accurate is the "Overcast" part. I Don't Know where the cloud & Precip info comes from but is isn't from Pointy Knob. I think it comes from Hot springs because Elkins has been showing constant snow for a couple of hours now(If its snowing in Elkins its snowing harder up there!) & the Obs still say Overcast.... this is just a personal weather station not an actual weather observer like Dave Lesher up at Canaan Hgts.

While I agree that forecasts more than 72 hours out are pretty sketchy for any season and any weather, but I did plug in my zipcode to all the weather sites. The longrange forcasts seem to show 50's for the daytime highs and low 30s for the nighttime lows for Wardensville. Looks like no snow in the foreseeable future to test my new tires in. *sigh*

Looks like an inch, maybe just a bit more, overnight at Tline (loking out my window this morning).

The guns seemed to be on as well. This is a good sign.

3" at snowshoe & the oficial tally for 3700' Canaan is 1.9..I'm Happy for all the people spending good money up there, Including my Renters Cking in today....The Nws predicted 4 to 10 for this event 36 hours before the event......38 degrees this morn here at Weeki Wachee,fl(hour north of Tampa)....More snow for new years?...Stay tuned....Did any body see any guns on at the top of TL?...I'm Giving them to mid Jan to BUMP THAT BASE UP!!

I just cked the OBS for Canaan(3280') & they claim a 3" total ending as all OBS do at 7am. Maybe the 1st inch melted & another inch is in the woods!Looks like its still snowing(930am)up there.....50 degees & rising fast here in FL..time to put the boat in

Measured about 2" here in Davis

Guns were on all day at Tline, blowing on all the high traffic areas, the halfpipe/terrain park, and as much of Sally as I could see, both top and bottom. Patrol opened The Drop at 1pm today, and it had good cover top to bottom (but not side to side) with only one area where a few pebbles were showing through. Much needed too, as WL was getting a bit crowded.