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Resident 2B · 02-28-2007, 02:00 PM

With the storm coming on Thursday night and Friday, there will be a significant snowfall in the ski areas north of the lake. We are on the line of where mixing will occur and that line is too difficult to pin point right now. There is over an ince of liquid with this storm and with a mix ration of 12:1 an ince of liquid equals a foot of snow.

I am sure the mountains will have the 12:1 or maybe 15:1 ratio, but I think it might avarage closer to 10:1 or a bit less around the lakes. There just is not enough real cold air around to push the ratio up.

It will start as snow, and it will snow fairly hard Thursday night. Any mixing will be in the Friday morning time frame with colder temps changing any mix back to snow and increasing the snow to liquid ratio at the end of the storm.

Bottom line is winter is still here and it looks like our friend the groundhog was wrong this year.

This is the last day for the Ice Out Contest. Think hard before submitting your guess. Many variables to consider.

What a great time of the year! Enjoy!

R2B

02-28-2007, 02:00 PM	#146
Resident 2B Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Shore, MA Posts: 1,354 Thanks: 988 Thanked 310 Times in 161 Posts	Looking like the Lakes Region is on the line... With the storm coming on Thursday night and Friday, there will be a significant snowfall in the ski areas north of the lake. We are on the line of where mixing will occur and that line is too difficult to pin point right now. There is over an ince of liquid with this storm and with a mix ration of 12:1 an ince of liquid equals a foot of snow. I am sure the mountains will have the 12:1 or maybe 15:1 ratio, but I think it might avarage closer to 10:1 or a bit less around the lakes. There just is not enough real cold air around to push the ratio up. It will start as snow, and it will snow fairly hard Thursday night. Any mixing will be in the Friday morning time frame with colder temps changing any mix back to snow and increasing the snow to liquid ratio at the end of the storm. Bottom line is winter is still here and it looks like our friend the groundhog was wrong this year. This is the last day for the Ice Out Contest. Think hard before submitting your guess. Many variables to consider. What a great time of the year! Enjoy! R2B Last edited by Resident 2B; 02-28-2007 at 03:33 PM.