Snow in the PNW 17-18: Dropping!

[Albeer]

I may live in Nebraska but I know rain on snow does not create "basal facets. " also known as TG snow. Temperature gradient snow is somewhat suggestive of the process

[PNWbrit]

[MagnificentUnicorn]

I may live in Nebraska but I know rain on snow does not create "basal facets. " also known as TG snow. Temperature gradient snow is somewhat suggestive of the process

I don't think anyone said that. Rain on snow will, sometimes, help the transition of facets in to rounds though.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

It's like a giant tropical dick spludging on the PNW

[AK47bp]

12' expected by Thanksgiving day!!!! http://f1.weather.gov/MapClick.php?l...5#.WhQ65lWnFpg


Happy now?

Holy shit!

I wonder if they'll even be able to spin the lifts with that much snow.

[AK47bp]

report from my buddy in Waikoloa mentioned the nights
have been a brisk 62 due to the north winds outta AK

I'll be in Kaanapali next week, will have to pack a flannel.

[TAFKALVS]

I'll be in Kaanapali next week, will have to pack a flannel.

Was just there a couple weeks ago, funny.

[sarahmarjorie]

The 10,000 freezing level is the real kicker here. See ya bye beautiful snow pack.

[AK47bp]

Was just there a couple weeks ago, funny.

Nice. Love that place

[thebrucemac]

dangit

[AK47bp]

Yadda....yadda...base consolidation....yadda-yadda....It's for the best

[BeardMech]

They mean they will be able to see the base of the mountain right? blaah, the rain can go eat a dick

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Yadda....yadda...base consolidation....yadda-yadda....It's for the best

It's kinda the norm here in the PNW to have this kinda weather. Some of the best seasons in memory didn't really pick up until mid to late December.

[BeardMech]

Hey I know I should post this in the gear subforum, but it is relevant to people in the greater Seattle area. I have a pair of relatively new HH ski pants (400-350 dollar pair before end of year sale when I picked them up) that are already having some threading come out producing holes on the inside of the pants. Is there a good place to take them to have them stitched up? I had a pair of 100 dollar burtons that never had this issue even years later. I can't afford new pants, especially when I'm trying to buy a new jacket for rainy weather (goretex?). Also do many of the local ski places actually do real deals on black friday for clothing?

[Not Neil_Armstrong]

It's kinda the norm here in the PNW to have this kinda weather. Some of the best seasons in memory didn't really pick up until mid to late December.

My Memory is dog shit but I think you're on to something. I have very little memory of skiing before xmas in primo conditions.
Snow came a bit early and like Charlie Sheen with a free 8 ball, we all got excited.

[snoqpass]

Hey I know I should post this in the gear subforum, but it is relevant to people in the greater Seattle area. I have a pair of relatively new HH ski pants (400-350 dollar pair before end of year sale when I picked them up) that are already having some threading come out producing holes on the inside of the pants. Is there a good place to take them to have them stitched up? I had a pair of 100 dollar burtons that never had this issue even years later. I can't afford new pants, especially when I'm trying to buy a new jacket for rainy weather (goretex?). Also do many of the local ski places actually do real deals on black friday for clothing?

http://rainypass.com

[MagnificentUnicorn]

My Memory is dog shit but I think you're on to something. I have very little memory of skiing before xmas in primo conditions.
Snow came a bit early and like Charlie Sheen with a free 8 ball, we all got excited.

The last really good season with consistent snowfall and late deep snowpack I remember was '11-'12, and I have pictures standing on bare ground at 7000' during the first week of December. We've had decent and normal seasons since then but that was the last really amazing season. I skied in Stemilt basin east of Mission Ridge on June 25th and was still able to keep skis on until the parking lot.

[Stairmaster]

http://rainypass.com

This or try to get them warrantied through the place you bought them or the manufacture.

[BeardMech]

http://rainypass.com

Thanks so much!

[wickstad]

Fall Puget Sound regional flooding events typically portend lowland snow. Figure a couple weeks max after the flooding.

[pipedream]

It's not fall in the PNW without the salmon swimming across the road

[d542east]

Apparently 7.67" of rain has fallen at Stevens since Monday. Needs another foot of snow to reopen.

[k2skier112]

[Not Neil_Armstrong]

Radio said it's snowing at Snoqualmie. Eh?

[ACH]

Radio said it's snowing at Snoqualmie. Eh?

Accurate