Sunday’s storm delivered the goods for ilsnow land, although in some places WAY more than others.
Indian Lake steady-eddied its way in the struggle to clear 6 inches, while Speculator/Route 8 corridor got crushed with upwards of 18 inches to nearly 2 feet!
With the deep, moist southwesterly flow, a semi-stationary orographically-enhanced band of heavy snow sat over the southern third of Hamilton County for much of Sunday’s storm. Here was a picture of that snow band late Sunday afternoon:
The Meso-NAM and ECMWF did a good job of forecasting upwards of 12 inches or more of snow for southern Hamilton County, but failed to fully grasp the full magnitude of snowfall within the heart of that heavy snow band.
Every once in a blue moon, these things happen. And we get to happily accept the unexpected bounty for Speculator this time around. 🙂
Midweek Outlook
Umm… Ride! 🙂 Conditions should become quite good in most places as the groomers assimilate the new snow into the trail base.
Another storm storm appears likely on the docket for Wednesday with a solid hit for ilsnow land:
Bottom line
Our long snow drought finally appears over! So if you got some mid-week sick time stowed away, drop a dime on it – especially if you want to nail the southern flank of ilsnow land.
For the ilsnow nation,
Darrin
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