tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post3957119004710408987..comments2024-03-27T21:02:08.203-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Three Feet of Snow at Mission Ridge, Cold and SunnyCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-70830201272592018132017-01-05T23:08:20.421-08:002017-01-05T23:08:20.421-08:00So do you think we'll have the same repeat of ...So do you think we'll have the same repeat of "mega powder" on Sunday? Thanks!CashmereHuSKIGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02557130552384424979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-43475201135145463112017-01-05T11:01:48.925-08:002017-01-05T11:01:48.925-08:00Yeah I grew up in Ute Pass area 35 yrs ago and we ...Yeah I grew up in Ute Pass area 35 yrs ago and we called that an "Albuquerque Low" because of the usual proximity of the low pressure center when it sent up the "left hook" of moisture... Curious if they still call it that!danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410265751559651429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-66570745866012817152017-01-04T16:41:32.801-08:002017-01-04T16:41:32.801-08:00I was there too. Had a couple of face shots. Had t...I was there too. Had a couple of face shots. Had to be pretty deep to do that... I've been smiling ever sinceNancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17270449097480341901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-84697209425296640452017-01-04T10:36:16.214-08:002017-01-04T10:36:16.214-08:00The snow depth was real. I was one of the first wh...The snow depth was real. I was one of the first who traversed over from Chair 4, pushing through waist deep, light powder. It was beautiful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16806899963667783817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-85821350401550675212017-01-04T09:08:25.591-08:002017-01-04T09:08:25.591-08:00Thanks for posting on his Cliff - as soon as I hea...Thanks for posting on his Cliff - as soon as I heard about this event I hoped you would! <br /><br />And all, Mission Ridge, unlike Crystal Mountain, does not exaggerate snow totals.mighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852029996376698689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-43476002322173279922017-01-03T17:30:03.503-08:002017-01-03T17:30:03.503-08:00I was skeptical at first--the sensor at the top ob...I was skeptical at first--the sensor at the top obviously did not catch the snow and melt it so that it could be read. But the NRCS snotel gauges around Mission Ridge show an increase of about an inch of water and the sensor at "Trough" which is at 5480' showed the snow depth at 14" on the 1st, and then some missing data, and then the big increase with a peak of 48" at 7am on the 2nd. It has since collapsed a bit and is reporting a depth of 36". <br /><br />I looked at the Upper Wheeler sensor, and thought maybe just two feet of snow, but that is a little way from the ski area and I can imagine more fluff blowing in and settling in the bowl around the ski runs. <br /><br />There is an article on the Wenatchee World, but I don't have access--but it mentions Cliff's blog here in the first bit that you can read for free.Zathrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015108090179602410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-73522099527940111502017-01-03T17:24:33.616-08:002017-01-03T17:24:33.616-08:00Why didn't we get more down here then?? The f...Why didn't we get more down here then?? The faucet always turns off before it gets cold.Anselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835758313287462921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-62571968662000961672017-01-03T17:03:24.460-08:002017-01-03T17:03:24.460-08:00I skied Mission Ridge yesterday from the beginning...I skied Mission Ridge yesterday from the beginning. While I wasn't out there with a measuring device, it was mid-thigh to waist deep. There wasn't as much accumulation at the summit, which I'm assuming was wind related. I don't know exactly where they keep there precip measuring devices, but most runs on chair 3, which is more wind protected were waist deep powder.NaterGatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10987887281695190344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-452606871324963522017-01-03T16:02:04.199-08:002017-01-03T16:02:04.199-08:00I know that ski areas used to embellish their snow...I know that ski areas used to embellish their snowfall totals...we all know they did this and maybe some still do. Now, with telemetry now available to the public online in real time and webcams it is tough to overstate snow and keep customers. <br /><br />We at Mission Ridge do not play games with our snowfall reporting. We generally are not in the game of competing with the other areas for snow totals. We have the best quality snow and snow surfaces in the NW, but almost never the most snow and we are fine with that. Quality over quantity is our mantra. <br /><br />This storm was amazing and I didn't believe the telemetry when I checked it at 3 am and again at 5 am that morning. Then I got a phone call that confirmed it and headed up to work and experienced it. Check our FB page and you'll see that it was and is all that we at Mission reported it to be.<br /><br />The other good news is that most of the snow is still untouched. With the cold temps we are having today and tomorrow, the snow will be just like it was Monday when we reopen on Thursday, so come and get it. There will be great skiing to be had all weekend thanks to this storm of the decade. <br /><br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03278413088041509926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-29881372849901697532017-01-03T14:27:36.209-08:002017-01-03T14:27:36.209-08:00Interesting to see the cold air going around the O...Interesting to see the cold air going around the Olympics in the NE flow and converging off the Washington coast causing a long streaming cloud as it contacts the warmet Pacific water,extending far off shore.It's been visible for more than 24 hours now,in the same location.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03855312259314603071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-63063278878551951842017-01-03T09:29:53.483-08:002017-01-03T09:29:53.483-08:00There was as much snow as stated. Maybe more. I w...There was as much snow as stated. Maybe more. I was there. It was a day for the record books. Some of the old timing locals up there yesterday said that it hadn't snowed that hard overnight since 1991. Ryan Smolinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01231960460284134363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-43103735580600346092017-01-03T07:47:00.898-08:002017-01-03T07:47:00.898-08:00Hurricane Ridge got over 30 inches in the storm. C...Hurricane Ridge got over 30 inches in the storm. Classic "lake effect" type storm. Sunshine over the Strait and dumping cold nonstop powder at the other "Ridge"NxNWSURFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01615373644608141272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-26691699943370664232017-01-03T06:39:27.739-08:002017-01-03T06:39:27.739-08:00I was up there yesterday. It really was at least 3...I was up there yesterday. It really was at least 30" deep. My 6' 6" ski buddy was up to his waist in snow pretty much everywhere. This wasn't random drifts either, I'm talking full runs of waist deep snow. If the ski area was lying, they did a good job of deceiving us.<br /><br />Let me put it this way - the group I was skiing with are all ex-ski bums who have had multiple 100+ day seasons at mountains that get the deepest snow depths in the world (Mt Baker, Alta, Stevens Pass.) This was some of the deepest snow that any of us had skied.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01367353261162950634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-84828404446725146812017-01-02T21:03:06.265-08:002017-01-02T21:03:06.265-08:00I'm cynical about the amount to but I could be...I'm cynical about the amount to but I could believe it. It was a very dry snow so an inch of precip could probably dump 20 inches or more. Oddly with the cold and snow depth it's been a dry winter just east of the cascades with no NWRFC site registering above normal snow water content so this dump at Mission was greatly needed. It's been missing out.Buddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13773392812050013355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-18656430874468766452017-01-02T20:24:53.223-08:002017-01-02T20:24:53.223-08:00Schrauf, if you were looking at the website you wo...Schrauf, if you were looking at the website you would have seen that the 19 inch number was for overnight, not for the 24 hour period. It was 27 inches in 24 hours at base and midway. It's not unusual for the higher elevations to get more snow, regardless of the temperatures. Base and midway are only 500 feet apart in elevation, but the summit is about 1700 feet higher than "midway". It was also below freezing down in Wenatchee at about 650 feet elevation, so by your logic they should have gotten the same amount of snow there since it was also below freezing. My guess is, the upslope component intensifies with elevation, hence the bigger number at the much higher elevation summit, and very little snow down in town.Thecatguy93https://www.blogger.com/profile/06460566697745890845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-61184712200158360472017-01-02T20:14:33.445-08:002017-01-02T20:14:33.445-08:00Ski areas do not always lie about snow totals. I j...Ski areas do not always lie about snow totals. I just couldn't let that comment pass.Michael DeMarcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320634165404283841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-65604997251216144942017-01-02T16:03:41.198-08:002017-01-02T16:03:41.198-08:00Agreed, the ski area is clearly doing what ski are...Agreed, the ski area is clearly doing what ski areas always do, lying about snow totals. Their snow report even says their base and midway stations received 19 inches in the same 24-hour period, and since the temperature was well below freezing at all levels of the mountain, why would there be double at the summit where they reportedly received 39 inches? Regardless, impressive snowfall.Schraufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07740321762576364820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-54387113091503471052017-01-02T15:58:20.056-08:002017-01-02T15:58:20.056-08:00I just was there this morning. Definitely 39 inche...I just was there this morning. Definitely 39 inches of new snow! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451869308393180602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-475854268332682762017-01-02T15:39:39.867-08:002017-01-02T15:39:39.867-08:00Here on the front range in Colorado we call that a...Here on the front range in Colorado we call that an upslope storm (or in fall/spring, as informed by a 40 year resident, a new mexican left hook ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ). As a far away spectator of the happenings in your neck of the woods i'm surprised that this sort of thing doesn't happen more often for the cascade eastern slopes. Any reason as to why that might be? MarkyVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386753982753643387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-32535808770225417502017-01-02T15:31:53.719-08:002017-01-02T15:31:53.719-08:00In 2010 we had a cold blast for about a week befor...In 2010 we had a cold blast for about a week before Thanksgiving. We already had a few inches on the ground but on that Monday night, around 6:00 p.m. it really started coming down. By 3:00 a.m. Tuesday morning we had 24 inches on the ground....in Eatonville. I totally believe they could have gotten that much in 24 hours. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-42545721002579278402017-01-02T14:25:38.387-08:002017-01-02T14:25:38.387-08:00Hard to believe this is correct. If you look at t...Hard to believe this is correct. If you look at the telemetry for Mission Ridge the 24hr snow total jumps from 18 to 34 in 1 hr while the total snow only went up by an inch. I can believe they received 18-20 inches (which is still impressive, but not 34").<br /><br />1-2-2017<br />Northwest Avalanche Center<br />Mission Ridge Ski Area, Washington<br />MM/DD Hour<br />PST Temp<br />F<br />6730' Temp<br />F<br />5160' Temp<br />F<br />4610' RH<br />%<br />6730' RH<br />%<br />5160' Wind<br />Avg<br />6730' Wind<br />Max<br />6730' Wind<br />Dir<br />6730' Hour<br />Prec.<br />5160' Total<br />Prec.<br />5160' 24 Hr<br />Snow<br />5160' Total<br />Snow<br />5160'<br />1/1 1500 7 13 16 88 100 43 55 53 <br />.01 .01 4 25<br />1/1 1600 6 13 15 88 100 47 69 53 .01 .02 6 26<br />1/1 1700 7 13 15 88 100 51 66 54 .02 .04 6 126<br />1/1 1800 6 13 15 88 100 55 85 55 .02 .06 9 30<br />1/1 1900 6 13 15 88 100 44 88 55 .03 .09 10 32<br />1/1 2000 6 13 15 88 100 48 93 54 .02 .11 12 32<br />1/1 2100 5 12 14 87 100 46 105 55 .02 .13 14 34<br />1/1 2200 4 11 14 87 100 27 104 55 .02 .15 15 34<br />1/1 2300 4 11 13 87 100 23 98 52 .01 .16 16 36<br />1/2 0 4 11 13 87 100 22 95 52 .02 .18 18 37<br />1/2 100 3 10 12 86 100 14 92 54 0 .18 34 38<br />1/2 200 3 10 12 86 100 11 89 52 .01 .19 34 39<br />1/2 300 2 9 11 86 100 10 89 51 .01 .2 34 41<br />1/2 400 1 9 11 86 100 19 84 53 0 .2 34 42<br />1/2 500 1 8 11 85 100 46 81 53 .01 .21 0 126Davephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11455026401958879058noreply@blogger.com