Hunter skiing & weather Jan 5

Hi All,
Today was mostly dominated by clouds and flurries with a few bright spots in between. The ski surface conditions were very nice with powder on hardpack due to another great grooming job (except the bottom of Wayout which was marbles). Visibility was just OK to poor at best. White Cloud was opened with great powder. H-B-K was sweet as was Ike, Racer's and Gunhill. Claire's was very hard, slick & fast and not worth it for me anyway. The Eside trails were also nice as was Milky. There was no further snow making last night from what I saw except on Huega / Dropoff which only opened around noon today. The Flyer had late am problems and was shut at around noon for repairs (bad sensor) via the work cage that was being attached to the cable so F was opened. As of this hour the Flyer is still not running. There were a few more skiers today from bus groups and for the fact that it is "college week": an ID plus $35 got you a lift ticket. Apology to Cru for misspelling his name yesterday.
The big news is the weather as some are forecasting 6 - 10" Thurs / Friday /Sat - see below. It snowing quite heavily right now and sticking.
Ski ya, http://hunterskiscene.blogspot.com/
Jon

From WNYT - Albany:

Tomorrow will wind up a cloudy day with highs in the upper 20s and low 30s. As a low approaches from the west, some light snow will develop from west to east late Thursday into Friday. It looks to be a few inches by the time Friday afternoon comes about. A secondary storm will be developing in that same time frame. It does not look to be a big snow event for most of us, but light snow will persist into Saturday. The Catskills may end up with the highest totals around our area.

Thanks to Darren for the below:
http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/43963/disruptive-snow-for-new-york-c-1.asp


Detailed Local Forecast
Today: Scattered flurries and snow showers. High 28F. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 30%.
Tonight: Some clouds. Low near 15F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow: Cloudy. High 27F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow night: Variable clouds with snow showers or flurries. Low near 20F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 60%.
Friday: Snow likely. Highs in the mid 20s and lows in the low 20s.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy and windy with snow showers. Highs in the mid 20s and lows in the low teens.
Sunday: Windy with times of sun and clouds. Highs in the low 20s and lows in the low teens.