Hunter skiing & weather Jan 6

Hi All,
Wow - what a great day to ski! Best west side skiing for me (and others) this season and the front wasn't too shabby either. Claire's and Wayout were both under the guns all day making for some great dry mounds of powder fun - it was addictive! Great job Bruce! The temp was a cold 10 this am and now 24 with no wind and great sun up until about 11:45 when clouds and flurries intermittently moved in. H-B-K was the best run on the front side with the Cliff a close second. Eside and Minya were quite hard and fast as was Racer's. The entire mid-station area was coated with great dry powder. Ike and Gunhill were OK but not as good as the other lower trails. The Flyer which went down yesterday at noon for 1 3/4 hrs due to a sensor problem on tower 5 (again) was running fine today with minimal crowds.
The weather forecasts seem to agree that we will get quite a bit of snow (6-10") Fri & Sat per below.
This weekend's movies in Hunter: True Grit & Little Fokkers - Call 263-4702 for times.
Get those powder boards ready! Sorry, no report tomorrow.
Ski ya, http://hunterskiscene.blogspot.com/
Jon



See below official NWS site:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Hunter&state=NY&site=ALY&lat=42.2112&lon=-74.2157


Detailed Local Forecast
Today: Cloudy. High 23F. Winds light and variable.
Tonight: Flurries and a few snow showers throughout the night. Low 17F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 40%.
Tomorrow: Snow likely. High around 25F. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 80%. Snow accumulating 4 to 6 inches.
Tomorrow night: Cloudy with snow. Low near 15F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 70%. Significant snow accumulation possible.
Saturday: Snow showers. Highs in the low 20s and lows in the mid teens.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. Highs in the low 20s and lows in the low teens.
Monday: Plenty of sun. Highs in the low 20s and lows in the low teens.
Albany WNYT:

Clouds will increase and thicken overnight tonight and light snow will develop from west to east through the early morning hours. Overnight lows will be near 20.

The morning commute will be a little slow, but not too bad. Light snow will fly on and off through the day, but it will become steadier as the afternoon progresses. Most locations will see one to two inches by dark. Highs will once again be around 30.

Additional snow will fall tomorrow night into Saturday with modest accumulation (right now, we'll say a good 4-6") although heavier amounts are possible into Saturday afternoon in some spots...as of now it looks like the Catskills will wind up with the most snow. We'll continue to track the developing storm and update the forecast.

It will become breezy later Saturday as the snow tapers off. Windier still on Sunday with some blowing snow with highs both day in the upper 20's.