Hunter skiing Jan 4

Hi All,
The weatherman blew it today - great day to ski with early clouds giving way to bright sun and lots of fresh machine made powder with terrific grooming - thanks Bruce & Skip! The early temp of 20 with no wind quickly rose to 35 and snow making had to be suspended. There was heavy snow making early on White Cloud which was all but wiped out by the recent warm spell and it was closed today. There were huge mounds of fresh ungroomed powder on Minya, nicely groomed powder on H-B-K, Huega, Racer's and most of the rest of the face except Eside which was hard and fast. Claire's, Apurna & Wayout all groomed flat and very edgeable. Everything was softening up by noon time. It was a bonus day to ski - light crowds, no lines, no lift problems, no D or F and lots of ego snow. Approx. 92 people signed up for and raced in yesterday's Localmotion event and the food at the Slope's party was plentiful and very good - Crew did an excellent job!
It is shaping up to be a great ski week. http://hunterskiscene.blogspot.com/
Jon


The Albany forecast calling for possible snow is below followed by the usual NWS forecast:
An Alberta Clipper will pass through our area today with light snow showers and flurries. Most of the region will not se any accumulating snows, however an inch or two is possible across parts of the Adirondacks and Green Mountains. Highs today will be in the mid 30's.

The weather patter will be quiet behind the Clipper for the next couple of days before another low pressure center evolves over the Great Lakes on Thursday. This system will tap into moisture from the Atlantic and most of the area will have a general light snow from Thursday night into Friday. More snow is possible Friday night and Saturday as a secondary system emerges along the coast. Highs will be in the upper 20's and lower 30's.

Detailed Local Forecast
Today: Variably cloudy with snow showers. High 29F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 40%.
Tonight: Scattered flurries and snow showers. Low around 20F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 30%.
Tomorrow: Intervals of clouds and sunshine. High 29F. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph.
Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy skies early. Snow flurries developing after midnight. Low 16F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday: Chance of a few snow showers. Highs in the mid 20s and lows in the low 20s.
Friday: Chance of a few snow showers. Highs in the upper 20s and lows in the upper teens.
Saturday: Snow likely. Highs in the mid 20s and lows in the upper teens.