Hunter skiing Mon 12/14

Hi All,

After nasty wet weather yesterday from about noon till 10pm and quad shutdowns, today got off to a late start. Temps stayed in the upper 30's all day, with short periods of sun and no wind. When the sun disappeared, the light was flat. Hunter was pretty much a ghost town today. The snow was very wet, heavy, clumpy and bumpy on most runs. It was also quite hard where there was no sun or skier traffic. Good grooming was not possible with the soft snow. The later one went out today the better the conditions became. Best early runs were in the sun (when it was out): Eside, Lowercross down thru Kennedy. Everything else was a bit rough especially Cliff / Ike which was an exercise in edge control, i.e survival. Didn't ski Racer's as it was very hard, slick & bumpy but open. The west side hadn't even opened by noon and even if it had, I wouldn't have tried it. There is a mixed bag of tricks forecast for Tuesday and then we go into the deep freeze Wed right thru next weekend. For those of you inconvenienced by the quad failures on both Sat & Sun it was attributed to bad safety limit switches on the towers which had frozen. There were no such quad problems today and "B" was the only other lift running (not counting H1). Next weekend's movie: "Christmas Carol". http://hunterskiscene.blogspot.com/

Ski ya,

Jon

Detailed Local Forecast (for Hunter)

• Tonight: Cloudy with periods of freezing drizzle. Low 29F. Winds light and variable.
• Tomorrow: Cloudy with periods of freezing drizzle early. High 37F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 30%.
• Tomorrow night: Flurries and a few snow showers throughout the night. Low 19F. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 30%.
• Wednesday: Plentiful sunshine. High 23F. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph.
• Thursday: Plenty of sun. Highs in the low 20s and lows in the low teens.
• Friday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the low 20s and lows in the low teens.

Albany Area:

This Evening: Cloudy skies.
Generally dry.
Wind: ESE 5 mph
Sunset: 4:22 pm
Temps: Mid 30s by 8pm

Tonight: Cloudy skies.
Widely scattered mixed rain and snow showers, most likely from the Mohawk valley on north in NY and in Vermont.
Patchy drizzle or freezing drizzle possible elsewhere.
Wind: South 5-10 mph
Sunrise: 7:19 am
Low: 33

Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy skies...a few sunny breaks.
A rain shower possible through the early afternoon.
Snow showers developing and increasing in coverage from the late afternoon through the evening, mainly in lake effect areas.
Wind: Southerly shifting to West and increasing 15-20 mph
Sunset: 4:22 pm
High: 44

Tomorrow Night: Windy and much colder.
Scattered snow showers, most concentrated in lake and mountain effect areas.
Wind: WNW 15-25 mph, gusting to 35 mph
Low: 23

Wednesday: A mixture of clouds and sunshine.
Windy and cold.
Snow showers, most concentrated in lake and mountain effect areas.
Wind: NW 15-25 mph, gusting to 35 mph
High: 29

Thursday: A mixture of clouds and sunshine.
Windy.
Cold.
High: Mid 20s