Gonna get POUNDED west of Denver!

[jdabasin]

It's coming.
20-30 inches in the foothills.
Loveland/Abasin should get similar. Gonna get some tree snappage in Denver Thursday night! Bring it on.

[The Reverend Floater]

Another thread that I thought promised some good NSFW material.

[Telenater]

Maybe I will take the big(er) skis to CO this weekend.....

[LCC]

The Wasatch is West of Denver!

(for referance, please see any of Xover's posts in the past few days! )

[Foggy_Goggles]

Originally posted by jdabasin
It's coming.
20-30 inches in the foothills.
Loveland/Abasin should get similar. Gonna get some tree snappage in Denver Thursday night! Bring it on.

Where the fukk do you get your weather? Last time SC90210 predicted massive snowfall the results were pretty weak. Now I like powder skiing as much as the next guy but come on, 20-30"? Don't ruin it for Nater. Hey Nate, interested in some BC?

Here are the 2 forecasts I like to use.

SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000
FEET-
INCLUDING BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO
RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...
INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK
MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK
841 AM MDT WED APR 21 2004

.TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 2
INCHES.
.TONIGHT...CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP
TO 3 INCHES. LOWS 10 TO 18. WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 30 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 60 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY...WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4
INCHES. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15
MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE TEENS.
NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
.FRIDAY...WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE 20S. NORTHEAST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW
SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE TEENS.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. HIGHS 35 TO
45. LOWS 15 TO 25.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
SNOW SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE 40S. LOWS IN THE 20S.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE 40S. LOWS IN
THE 20S.
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 45 TO 55.

Northern Mountains
Tuesday night: Partly to mostly cloudy, light snow showers, 2-4”. Winds NW-W/15-25. Lows 15-25.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, snow showers, 2-5”. Winds WSW/10-20. Highs 30-40. Lows 15-25.
Thursday: Cloudy, snow, 4-8” possible.

[Telenater]

Originally posted by Foggy_Goggles
Don't ruin it for Nater. Hey Nate, interested in some BC?

Maybe, Saturday will be Loveland, Sunday's plans are still up in the air. We'll have to check with my activities coordinator (paging Pinner).

[summit]

i'll be in washington DC this weekend... therefor its gonna dump bigtime

[The Reverend Floater]

Originally posted by Telenater
Maybe, Saturday will be Loveland, Sunday's plans are still up in the air. We'll have to check with my activities coordinator (paging Pinner).

Nice...always nice to see two great mags gettin' together for some hikin'! Schralp it, brahs!

[Pinner]

The only activity I'm coordinating for Telenater is airport service! The rest is all minute-by-minute.

Berthoud could be very good on Sunday. Though if I'm the hangover muppet I expect I'll be that day, I might not be much fun to have along.

As a contingency plan, as long as Phoggy can have you back to the city by about 6 or 7, you should be in good shape for that Sun evening flight.

[Ubersheist]

Originally posted by Telenater
Maybe, Saturday will be Loveland...<snipped>

Nater - get a hold of me. I may be able to repay you for your hospitalilty from a few weeks back.

[board]

I will be at Loveland/Loveland pass saturday, would like to hook up for some turns with you Nater if possible.

[Ubersheist]

Originally posted by The Reverend Floater
Another thread that I thought promised some good NSFW material.

Yeah, really... Actually, I thought jdabasin was going to tell us that he'd be spending time at the Garfield County Correctional Institution or something.

[jdabasin]

Originally posted by Foggy_Goggles
Where the fukk do you get your weather? Last time SC90210 predicted massive snowfall the results were pretty weak. Now I like powder skiing as much as the next guy but come on, 20-30"?

I'm a meteorlogist so I've been watching the models and info stream in the past few days. This is the forecast I like to use:
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

250 AM MDT WED APR 21 2004



.SHORT TERM...QUITE A BIT OF MID LVL MOISTURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE

AREA TODAY IN WLY FLOW ALOFT WITH FAIRLY DECENT LAPSE RATES.

GRIDDED DATA SHOWS INCREASING MID LVL QG ASCENT BY AFTN THROUGH

TONIGHT WHICH WILL HELP GENERATE PCPN IN THE MTNS AND EVENTUALLY

OVER THE NERN PLAINS. SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE MTNS SHOULD STAY ON THE

LIGHT SIDE AS OROGRAPHIC COMPONENT IS FAIRLY WEAK ALTHOUGH IF

SOME CONVECTION DEVELOPS THIS AFTN A FEW SPOTS MAY SEE SOME ENHANCED

AMOUNTS. OVER THE NERN PLAINS MAY SEE SOME SCT SHOWERS DEVELOP BY

AFTN WITH AN ISOLD TSTM POSSIBLE. TEMPS TODAY OVER THE NERN PLAINS

BASED ON READINGS IN THE 850-700 MB LAYER SHOULD BE IN THE 55-60

RANGE. FOR TONIGHT STILL WILL HAVE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MID LVL

MOISTURE OVR AREA AND FAVORABLE MID LVL QG ASCENT SO STILL SHOULD

SEE SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MTNS. OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS

DEEPER LOW LVL MOISTURE IS FCST TO EVENTUALLY ADVECT INTO AREA FM

THE SE AS LOW LVL FLOW INCREASES FM THE ESE. LATEST MESO-ETA SHOWS

QUITE A BIT OF PCPN OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE FRONT RANGE

URBAN CORRIDOR AS SOME TYPE OF LOW LVL CONVERGENCE AXIS DVLPS OVER

THE NERN PLAINS.



.LONG TERM DISCUSSION...MODELS ARE COMING AROUND TO A SHOWING A

SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT FOR THE FORECAST AREA THAT RUNS

THURSDAY...THURSDAY NIGHT...AND FRIDAY. THE ETA IS STILL A BIT

NORTH OF THE AVN CONCERNING THE UPPER CLOSED LOW...HOWEVER IT IS

LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKE THE AVN SOLUTION. ON THURSDAY...THE

DIV-Q GRIDS SHOW DECENT SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING OVER THE FORECAST

AREA WITH THE UPPER LOW APPROACHING. THIS ASCENT IS PROGGED TO

CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. PRESSURE AND WIND FIELDS SHOW A

PRETTY STRONG SURFACE CYCLONE DEVELOPING BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THEN

CONTINUING IN A FAVORABLE LOCATION FOR SIGNIFICANT UPSLOPE FLOW AND

PRECIPITATION EVENT FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO WELL INTO FRIDAY. GOOD

ANTICYCLONIC UPSLOPE WITH A SURGE OF COOLER AIR COMES IN THURSDAY

AFTERNOON. CROSS SECTIONS FROM BOTH MODELS SHOW SIGNIFICANT DEEP

UPSLOPE AND MOISTURE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY

EVENING. THURSDAY AFTERNOON DOES SHOW SOME POTENTIAL INSTABILITY

AND FAIRLY STEEP LAPSE RATES ALONG WITH LIMITED CAPE OVER THE PLAINS

THROUGH ABOUT 21Z. ONE BIG QUESTION IS WHEN THE PRECIPITATION

CHANGES OVER TO SNOW OVER OUR VARIOUS ELEVATIONS. WET BULB ZERO

HEIGHTS OFF OF THE FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW SNOW STARTING OVER THE

PLAINS ABOVE 5000 FEET FROM THURSDAY MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY

EVENING. THE FOOTHILLS APPEAR COLD ENOUGH TO BE SNOWING ALL DAY

THURSDAY...HOWEVER THE EASTERLY UPSLOPE DOESN'T GET INTO THESE AREAS

UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING. ON THE OTHER HAND...THE QPF GRIDS SHOW SNOW

OVER MOST OF THE PLAINS ALL DAY THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. BY

06Z FRIDAY NIGHT...THE ETA MODEL RUN SNOW ACCUMULATION GRID SHOWS 20

PLUS INCHES OF SNOW FOR MUCH OVER THE DENVER METRO AREA AND THE

PALMER RIDGE. THE SAME PRODUCT AND TIME FRAME FROM THE AVN SHOWS

SIMILAR VALUES...BUT GOES UP TO 30 INCHES FOR THE PALMER RIDGE. I

WILL LEAN MORE ON THE SOUNDINGS AND INTRODUCE SNOW LATER

THURSDAY/THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE PLAINS. AS FAR AS HIGHLIGHTS GO

...IT'S BIT EARLY YET CONSIDERING IT WOULD BE FOR THE FOURTH AND

FIFTH PERIODS. HOWEVER A WATCH FOR AT LEAST THE FOOTHILLS FOR

THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WILL LIKELY BE A GOOD CALL FOR THE DAY

SHIFT TO CONSIDER. THE MOUNTAINS RECEIVE GOOD EASTERLY UPSLOPE BY

FRIDAY MORNING...SO WILL LEAVE HIGHLIGHTS ALONE FOR THERE FOR NOW.

[jdabasin]

Originally posted by Ubersheist
Yeah, really... Actually, I thought jdabasin was going to tell us that he'd be spending time at the Garfield County Correctional Institution or something.

well....I did get drilled one night and spent some time in the Boulder Alcohol Rehabilitation Center one night. and that's west of Denver, if that helps.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Well then, lets hope the ETA MODEL RUN is right. 20" in Metro and more to the west!!!

Can we get Red Barron to look at the models as well?

[jdabasin]

I think we'll get maybe a foot in the tech center where the elevation is higher and more like 6-8 inches in metro Denver. But foothills should be nice!

[iskibc]

Originally posted by jdabasin
But foothills should be nice!

yeah, I can't wait to rip the shit outta Floyd Hill this weekend! It's on in the foothills. Wonder what the avy conditions are up near evergreen?

[el_jefe]

...its dumping on floyd hill right now. no kidding.

[Telenater]

Any and all interested, I'll be at the Loveland (corn)/Powder Harvest (fund raiser for the CAIC) on Sat. Lets chat then about plans for Sunday. I'll want to be with experienced CO snow pack people as I'm a dumb Californian who doesn't know jack about the CO snow pack excep that it's dangerous. Left to my own devices I'd be skiing 5 degree slopes in the trees.

For descriptive purposes, I'll be on tele skis, wearing a full face helmet, and a powder blue jacket. If that description isn't good enough, just look for the black full face with a tahoe summit sticker on it.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Originally posted by Telenater
Any and all interested, I'll be at the Loveland (corn)/Powder Harvest (fund raiser for the CAIC) on Sat. Lets chat then about plans for Sunday. I'll want to be with experienced CO snow pack people as I'm a dumb Californian who doesn't know jack about the CO snow pack excep that it's dangerous. Left to my own devices I'd be skiing 5 degree slopes in the trees.

For descriptive purposes, I'll be on tele skis, wearing a full face helmet, and a powder blue jacket. If that description isn't good enough, just look for the black full face with a tahoe summit sticker on it.

Blah...Blah...Blah...We'll see you out on the town with Pinner Friday night? MD9, Crinkle, Hev and I are going to the baseball game so the bars might be in order. We'll stay in touch through Pins.

[Telenater]

Originally posted by Foggy_Goggles
Blah...Blah...Blah...We'll see you out on the town with Pinner Friday night? MD9, Crinkle, Hev and I are going to the baseball game so the bars might be in order. We'll stay in touch through Pins.

You will indeed. Bars will do nicely.



Oh, yeah, and I just realized that I left my probe in Tahoe (got beacon and shovel though). Anyone have an extra I could borrow if a bc day materializes?

[iskibc]

Originally posted by Telenater




Oh, yeah, and I just realized that I left my probe in Tahoe (got beacon and shovel though). Anyone have an extra I could borrow if a bc day materializes?

no extra probe, but I'm down for a bc day on sunday. PM me.

[meatdrink9]

Bars after the rockies game sounds good. I could use a drink. I may have a probe that could work if needed. The term "probe" is used loosely.

[iskibc]

Originally posted by meatdrink9
Bars after the rockies game sounds good. I could use a drink. I may have a probe that could work if needed. The term "probe" is used loosely.

edit: tent pole?

[el_jefe]

Originally posted by meatdrink9
I may have a probe that could work if needed. The term "probe" is used loosely.

http://www.jiggy.com/cat-images-xl/bv0001e-xl.jpg

heh, heh! heh, heh! you said "probe"!