Excellent, get them things fired up!
Had my first ride last weekend. Testing out the new sled, and it worked great, but running a little fat (not getting all 200 horsies yet)! Snow was awesome, managed to get stuck several times. We did get chased off the mountain by a NWS blizzard warning (it was really starting to dump).
We're supposed to get something like 4 feet of fresh in the mountains here by next weekend, so if you don't get enough there, come out this way. Although these storms are probably heading your way anyway, so you could just wait for them there.
Check out all these pretty colors : http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/
A slight change in the forecast., the winter storm warning has been canceled and replaced with this.
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW WILL LINGER INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THIS EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION: CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT TOTALS OF 6 TO 9
INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IF
HEAVY SNOW BANDS WITH THUNDERSNOW OCCUR. SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE
IN EXCESS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR DURING THE MID AND LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS.
* WIND: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING WITH GUSTS BETWEEN
45 AND 55 MPH EXPECTED.
* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW AND VERY STRONG
WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WHICH INCLUDE
VISIBILITY AT OR NEAR ZERO AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS
COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES WILL MAKE
TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES GIVEN
THAT IT MAY BE VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP UP WITH SNOW REMOVAL. THE
STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO RESULT IN MINOR DAMAGE AND SPORADIC POWER
OUTAGES.