Hunter Feb 26

Hello Hunter fans,

I did not ski today (issues with my boiler) , actually not since Monday, but wanted to up-date you on the weather etc.

We had torrential rain (about 3”) with lightening and thunder Wed/Thurs with temps up to 54. The temps dropped dramatically late yesterday from 50 to 34 with evening snow flurries before it all froze last night.

Today is very bright, sunny, very windy with temps now 24 at the base and 15 at the summit with winds from 18 to 54 mph – wind chills below zero.

There are guns on mid-station, Hellgate and maybe Minya but not on the Belt or anywhere else that I can SEE (that doesn’t mean that they are not blowing on the west side).

The daily snow reports from Hunter all this week have been quite fictional to put it mildly. Apurna is closed for the season.

The groomers had to do some snow farming to cover multiple bare and brown spots left by the rain. There were rivers running down the mountain.

I can only guess that there were very variable surface conditions today. If you look at the webcams (  http://www.huntermtn.com/winter/webcams/?__utma=96942214.808046579.1416251727.1416251727.1416251727.1&__utmb=96942214.1.10.1416251727&__utmc=96942214&__utmx=-&__utmz=96942214.1416251727.1.1.utmcsr=%28direct%29|utmccn=%28direct%29|utmcmd=%28none%29&__utmv=-&__utmk=60371237   ) you will not see any people in line or skiing the mid-station area.

Saturday should be sunny, windy and cool but Sunday the temps will approach 50 again with some rain expected Monday & Wednesday next week.

Weekend movies:  http://www.catskillmtn.org/retail/movie-theater/index.html

Unfortunately with March only a few days away, and given the season we have had, it is almost time to dust off the golf clubs.

Make the best of it,

Jon

 

This Afternoon

A slight chance of snow showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 23. Blustery, with a northwest wind 18 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with a low around 12. Wind chill values as low as zero. Northwest wind 7 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Saturday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. West wind around 11 mph.

Sunday

Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Southwest wind 9 to 11 mph.

Sunday Night

A chance of showers after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.