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supposed to be a solid ass storm rollin in check it out:http://tahoeweatherdiscussion.com/
Stoked!!!
Stoked!!!
+Tahoe_Shredder+
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Ya... hoping that sugar bowl gets a decent amount of snow and not rain so i dont have to endure skiing at mt rose
easiestEC
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straight from the weather geek;
All of this is being powered by an “atmospheric river†of moisture several hundred miles long from California out over the Pacific.
We could see rainfall rates of half an inch per hour near the Sierra Crest tonight and tomorrow for a total of more than six inches of new rainfall. Snow levels are expected to climb to nearly 10,000 feet on Sunday before dropping to 6,000 feet as the cold front moves through late Sunday. But by then most of the precipitation will have moved east and we will probably see just a few inches of snow at the mountain passes.
Flood warnings are in effect for Sunday along the area’s stream, creeks and rivers, including for the Truckee River between Squaw Valley and Truckee.
Winds will be ferocious at times, with gusts of 140 mph possible at the Sierra Crest.
Monday and Tuesday should be pleasant before another warm storm, not as big as this one, hits us mid-week.
All of this is being powered by an “atmospheric river†of moisture several hundred miles long from California out over the Pacific.
We could see rainfall rates of half an inch per hour near the Sierra Crest tonight and tomorrow for a total of more than six inches of new rainfall. Snow levels are expected to climb to nearly 10,000 feet on Sunday before dropping to 6,000 feet as the cold front moves through late Sunday. But by then most of the precipitation will have moved east and we will probably see just a few inches of snow at the mountain passes.
Flood warnings are in effect for Sunday along the area’s stream, creeks and rivers, including for the Truckee River between Squaw Valley and Truckee.
Winds will be ferocious at times, with gusts of 140 mph possible at the Sierra Crest.
Monday and Tuesday should be pleasant before another warm storm, not as big as this one, hits us mid-week.
I.B
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The bonk just needs to come out really. Just a waste, you can't really do anything and the landing (before the higher pad) was like 6 feet long and yeah haha. You're the skier on the park crew who has been there forever right?
Question, how much snow does a general night of snowmaking produce? 4-5 inches? I've always kinda wondered that. Will we see bigger jumps in ante up, 30-40 ft, or will we see the 15 footers like towards the end of last season?
Question, how much snow does a general night of snowmaking produce? 4-5 inches? I've always kinda wondered that. Will we see bigger jumps in ante up, 30-40 ft, or will we see the 15 footers like towards the end of last season?
Yeah more snow is supposed to be pushed into the landing of the barrel tonight along with a few other switch ups. I have worked there a few years now.
How much snow you can make really depends. The colder it is the more efficient it is. When it is warmer you have to pump out lots of air and not much water. This means not too much snow. This is also effected by humidity. When is really cold you dry you can make a lot of snow in a night. Jumps will probly be in the 30-40ft range.
The problem with Ante-Up is that is under the lift. That means they can only blow when the chair is closed and its not windy. They usually end up blowing most of it into the woods trying not to cover the chair. They also get a late start on turning on the guns because the lifts close right as one snowmaking shift is ending. This means the next shift has to turn them on. By the time they get up there its pretty late. Its the same problem with shutting the gun offs. The grave yard guys have to shut them off before their shift is over because the day crew arrives too late. The lift is closed for 16 hours but you only get about 8 hours of snowmaking. Basically its slow as fuck to blow snow on Ante-Up which alos has huge logs and rocks that the TRPA wont let us remove. Also, most natural snow just blows away.
How much snow you can make really depends. The colder it is the more efficient it is. When it is warmer you have to pump out lots of air and not much water. This means not too much snow. This is also effected by humidity. When is really cold you dry you can make a lot of snow in a night. Jumps will probly be in the 30-40ft range.
The problem with Ante-Up is that is under the lift. That means they can only blow when the chair is closed and its not windy. They usually end up blowing most of it into the woods trying not to cover the chair. They also get a late start on turning on the guns because the lifts close right as one snowmaking shift is ending. This means the next shift has to turn them on. By the time they get up there its pretty late. Its the same problem with shutting the gun offs. The grave yard guys have to shut them off before their shift is over because the day crew arrives too late. The lift is closed for 16 hours but you only get about 8 hours of snowmaking. Basically its slow as fuck to blow snow on Ante-Up which alos has huge logs and rocks that the TRPA wont let us remove. Also, most natural snow just blows away.
I.B
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TRPA sucks big dick. My dad's company just got fined like $15,000 for hitting a tree by the montblu with his tractor. It's shitty.
Why don't they just move the guns, blow the snow somewhere else, then push it over to ante up? Or, just say fuck it and start blowing for high roller.
With SPT at heavenly now, what has that really done? I mean, i havn't really noticed any changes other then the "High Roller" Logo was changed up a bit and some new features have been added. But does it effect how the features are maintained/what is made when?
Why don't they just move the guns, blow the snow somewhere else, then push it over to ante up? Or, just say fuck it and start blowing for high roller.
With SPT at heavenly now, what has that really done? I mean, i havn't really noticed any changes other then the "High Roller" Logo was changed up a bit and some new features have been added. But does it effect how the features are maintained/what is made when?
HalfandHalf
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i do!but yea seems like hardly anyone on here does
easiestEC
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the snow is coming!!!!
taken from OpenSnow.com; the new home of Bryan Allegretto, who if you didn't know, wrote in TahoeWeatherDiscussion.com
We should see the snow begin to fall Thursday night and then really pick up during the day on Friday. The snowfall should be constant through the weekend with heavier waves Friday, later Saturday and Sunday as the main low pushes through. The models are in pretty good agreement with 2.5-3.5 feet of snow possible at lake level through Sunday, 3-5 feet above 7000 ft., and 4-6 feet possible West of the lake along the crest. The GFS has about a foot more possible for the West side of the lake and the crest.
Here is the GFS snowfall forecast in inches through Sunday. Notice the brown and white is 4-5 feet with the pink of over 5 feet nosing down the Sierra.
taken from OpenSnow.com; the new home of Bryan Allegretto, who if you didn't know, wrote in TahoeWeatherDiscussion.com
We should see the snow begin to fall Thursday night and then really pick up during the day on Friday. The snowfall should be constant through the weekend with heavier waves Friday, later Saturday and Sunday as the main low pushes through. The models are in pretty good agreement with 2.5-3.5 feet of snow possible at lake level through Sunday, 3-5 feet above 7000 ft., and 4-6 feet possible West of the lake along the crest. The GFS has about a foot more possible for the West side of the lake and the crest.
Here is the GFS snowfall forecast in inches through Sunday. Notice the brown and white is 4-5 feet with the pink of over 5 feet nosing down the Sierra.
