Seriously, WTF is with this Weather?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 minute ago, JFskiDan said:

Grass doesnt grow when the temps are under 50 degrees.  looks like mowing season will be over sortly.  

Big Yikes…

[Benm]

16 minutes ago, JFskiDan said:

Grass doesnt grow when the temps are under 50 degrees.  looks like mowing season will be over sortly.  

me looking at the week after next like

 

Edited November 11, 2022 by Benm

[JFskiDan]

1 minute ago, Benm said:

me looking at the week after next like

 

it has been trending a little colder.  And yeah, thats the week i think they will be looking at pretty hard, but i sure would like to see daytime temps towards 40 rather than 47.  

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

What forecast are all y’all looking at?  I typically find that the temperature at Blue is about halfway between the Allentown temperature and Mount Pocono.  

[AirheadD8]

Not to be a Debbie Downer but I think they delay snowmaking till the new lift is very close to being done or completed . The last thing the construction crew needs is to be scraping off equipment or sliding around on snowmaking overspray. 
 

Leads me to a question for the people with snowmaking knowledge. Is it better for the base to be on frozen ground rather then warm ground that can melt the snow from below the surface? Does warm ground create an ice layer or does it drain away? 

[Benm]

9 minutes ago, AirheadD8 said:

Not to be a Debbie Downer but I think they delay snowmaking till the new lift is very close to being done or completed . The last thing the construction crew needs is to be scraping off equipment or sliding around on snowmaking overspray. 
 

Leads me to a question for the people with snowmaking knowledge. Is it better for the base to be on frozen ground rather then warm ground that can melt the snow from below the surface? Does warm ground create an ice layer or does it drain away? 

Part 1 - fuck it, blow elsewhere. homestretch, paradise, etc. is fair game. (tho i agree they prob shouldn't blow where work on the new lift might be impacted).
Part 2 - maybe it's detrimental but hell with it.

if the temps are low enough and blue is all about blowing snow, there should be guns going if temps are right.

Edited November 11, 2022 by Benm

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 hour ago, AirheadD8 said:

Not to be a Debbie Downer but I think they delay snowmaking till the new lift is very close to being done or completed . The last thing the construction crew needs is to be scraping off equipment or sliding around on snowmaking overspray. 
 

Leads me to a question for the people with snowmaking knowledge. Is it better for the base to be on frozen ground rather then warm ground that can melt the snow from below the surface? Does warm ground create an ice layer or does it drain away? 

They’ll blow snow when they can like always.   Blue doesn’t have the luxury of not blowing when the temperatures don’t permit. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

56 minutes ago, Benm said:

Part 1 - fuck it, blow elsewhere. homestretch, paradise, etc. is fair game. (tho i agree they prob shouldn't blow where work on the new lift might be impacted).
Part 2 - maybe it's detrimental but hell with it.

if the temps are low enough and blue is all about blowing snow, there should be guns going if temps are right.

I agree and blue agrees Airhead is just stirring the pot 

[AirheadD8]

12 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I agree and blue agrees Airhead is just stirring the pot 

Who me😇? 

So open Coming soon first! Downwind from the new lift sight . 

[JFskiDan]

I would think they would hold off on snowmaking on the learning hill until at least the haul rope is up. Vista, paradise, homestretch, lots of other places to put down snow when they can. I keep watching K’s cams, and they are giving it hell, but still finding that snow melts when it rains or gets warm. 
3 hrs of snowmaking, and 40’s and sunny during the day is pissing in the wind. 

[saltyant]

5 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

This rain is gonna be good for the snowmaking ponds. 

4 hours ago, toast21602 said:

You're right. @saltyant would be happy about this.

Stop.

[toast21602]

1 hour ago, saltyant said:

Stop.

Hammertime. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 hour ago, saltyant said:

Stop.

Collaborate and listen 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Looks like some good overnight snowmaking temperatures next weekend.  Root Friday while unlikely is possible.  If they open the first weekend in December like last year, that would be an earlier than average opening day. 

[Larchmont]

They've definitely got the ability to fire Paradise. Unfortunately there's less firepower on Paradise than on Main Street, and Paradise is wider. Not that they can't get there, but it might take a bit more time than we're used to. I'd like to see a new opening day route happen just for the novelty if nothing else.

 

[saltyant]

1 minute ago, Larchmont said:

I'd like to see a new opening day route

What about an opening day @RootDKJ?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

3 minutes ago, saltyant said:

What about an opening day @RootDKJ?

Root hasn’t post since February 4th.  He’s busy being a Dad

[Larchmont]

1 hour ago, saltyant said:

What about an opening day @RootDKJ?

I'm fine with the Root we already have.

[AirheadD8]

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I see teens in the long term forecast…

 

just woke up a minute ago and freezing had go turn the heat on. 
 

 

[JFskiDan]

59 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I see teens in the long term forecast…

 

just woke up a minute ago and freezing had go turn the heat on. 
 

 

i dont see teens, but this trended colder.  Maybe fire up Thursday night.  

I lied.  Weather.com does have one night in the teens, but then it warms up just enough to fuck snowmaking, but thats 10 days away so accuracy isnt spectacular for sure.  

[RidgeRacer]

1 hour ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I see teens in the long term forecast…

 

just woke up a minute ago and freezing had go turn the heat on. 
 

 

Same. It's been a solid 7.5 months with no heat but it's time to flip the thermostat up

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

3 hours ago, RidgeRacer said:

Same. It's been a solid 7.5 months with no heat but it's time to flip the thermostat up

Space heater counts as heat 

[enjoralas]

Just now, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Space heater counts as heat 

Only kinda. It's an asterisk like Maris' 61. The goal is to prolong flipping on the whole house heating system that sucks money from your wallet like Salty's off-season posts suck the soul out of anyone who reads them. So with that in mind, making it to 11/14 with only supplemental space heaters is worth celebrating, even if it's not recognized by the official No-Heat November sanctioning bodies.

[JFskiDan]

1 hour ago, enjoralas said:

Only kinda. It's an asterisk like Maris' 61. The goal is to prolong flipping on the whole house heating system that sucks money from your wallet like Salty's off-season posts suck the soul out of anyone who reads them. So with that in mind, making it to 11/14 with only supplemental space heaters is worth celebrating, even if it's not recognized by the official No-Heat November sanctioning bodies.

i agree whole heartedly on most of your post.  

One can celebrate making it to 11/14 with only supplemental heat, but you cant have the crown.  

Is a mini split supplemental?  Are 2 mini splits still supplemental?