Saturday, December 22, 2007

The weekend outlook

8:15 a.m.
Temp: base 19, summit 16.

Wind: little wind.
Snow: in the past 48 ours Stowe has received a good 8 inches, but no new snow today. warm temps yesterday have compacted the snow a little and made the surface more dense - very nice for carving. so far, we've had 10 feet of snow and today is just the first day of winter! unreal.
Outlook: there doesn't seem to be a way around it. sunday, forecasters are calling for rain. perhaps up to 3/4 of an inch of it. this is a tremendous bummer, but it won't significantly affect the snowpack. most of it will be absorbed, and it is supposed to switch over to snow on Sunday night.
Monday, there is a 60 percent chance of snow, with a high of 17 degrees. it might be breezy with gusts up to 40 mph.
Christmas day is supposed to be sunny with a high of 22 degrees. yippee!

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