DEN to get slammed with snow again

Wooohooo :) :)

We were just out playing in it a little bit ago. We are stoked for another round of fun!

The reason we down here can get more snow has to do with low pressure systems slamming moisture into the foothills from the east and just wringing the moisture out. We call then 'upslope' storms. Also the resorts can get two feet and us get nothing. Kinda crazy. What is even more crazy is starting on one side of the Eisenhower Tunnel on I-70 (continental divide) where it might be somewhat sunny and break out the other side into a white out!

Now personally I wouldn't mind if my first round trip gets cancelled on Saturday :)
 
Woooohooooo!

I'm stuck here for a few days. I just hope I can make it over to the park across the street so we can snowboard down the hill there.
 
tonyw said:
Although it's kind of weird to me how lower elevations like DEN can get more snow than the higher elevations where the resorts are!
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It doesn't really make much sense but like Nick said, it is hard to get that moisture to get up over and passed the mountains.

Here is a graphic of the blizzard of 2003 which is the same type of event as this storm and the one from last week.
http://severewx.atmos.uiuc.edu/15/online.15.1.2003.html

You can see the low spinning by the 4 corner area and then moves east with the weather all spinning around it. It then pulls a bunch of moisture up from the gulf coast area and drops it right on us in the form of snow. You can see from the images there that the mountains may as well be a wall preventing anything from getting over it.

What really makes the snow build up is when that low stalls over the Oklahoma area and we keep getting those bands of wx bringing all the moisture up.

I think this current Low actually brought about 5-10 inches of snow into the ski areas though. The thing is, that moisture was brought from the pacific area and that was about where it started to dry out I think. It wasn't until it picks up that moisture from the gulf that we got the big snow.

So when are you packing up and moving out here Tony? I know you would love it!
 
kellwolf said:
Sweet. I'm supposed to have an 18 hour overnight there on Sunday. We'll see how that goes...
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Looks like I might be in EGE or ASE from the 31st to the 3rd. Too bad my knees don't let me on the skis any more. Guess I'll have to stick with just enjoying the night life instead. :)

(Subject to change up to the very last minute, of course. Yesterday I was thinking I'd be in Dallas for New Year's Eve. Who knows what the reality will be...)
 
SteveC said:
(Subject to change up to the very last minute, of course. Yesterday I was thinking I'd be in Dallas for New Year's Eve. Who knows what the reality will be...)
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Well... if you do make it down here... give me a ring! I figured I'd better try to get a hold of ya before Frog Flyer does... although... he could probably show you a lot more of the nightlife than I could. ;)

Bob
 
Great, it looks like another week of one guy per gate, digging out planes, falling on my a$$, pissed off passengers, and an endless line of quickturns! I'm probably the most excited person in my room right now.
 
Woob44 said:
Great, it looks like another week of one guy per gate, digging out planes, falling on my a$$, pissed off passengers, and an endless line of quickturns! I'm probably the most excited person in my room right now.
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Yeah, when we pushed out of DEN last week after the storm, NWA had FOUR rampers for all their gates. They had a CRJ and a 757 in the gates and a 320 waiting to come into the one we were getting pushed out of. Ramp control was getting a little ansy, and we had to tell them to lighten up since there were only four guys working on Xmas eve.
 
kellwolf said:
Yeah, when we pushed out of DEN last week after the storm, NWA had FOUR rampers for all their gates. They had a CRJ and a 757 in the gates and a 320 waiting to come into the one we were getting pushed out of. Ramp control was getting a little ansy, and we had to tell them to lighten up since there were only four guys working on Xmas eve.
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We're sort of used to it by now. But because of the storm, anytime we push a plane out, we get another right behind it. It's getting real old. I don't think I've ever been so sore...you can only load so many Aspen bulkouts by yourself.
 
kellwolf said:
Yeah, when we pushed out of DEN last week after the storm, NWA had FOUR rampers for all their gates. They had a CRJ and a 757 in the gates and a 320 waiting to come into the one we were getting pushed out of. Ramp control was getting a little ansy, and we had to tell them to lighten up since there were only four guys working on Xmas eve.
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Was it fun to actually get performance outa the CRJ due to the cold weather Steve?
 
Woob44 said:
We're sort of used to it by now. But because of the storm, anytime we push a plane out, we get another right behind it. It's getting real old. I don't think I've ever been so sore...you can only load so many Aspen bulkouts by yourself.
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Many thanks to you and your peeps out there on the ramp. I know it isn't said enough but we really appreciate guys like yourself out there working hard.

I'll be back there tomorrow for more fun. Maybe you could talk up the ol' chain a little and see if they can't throw out some more incentives to keep hard workers such as yourself around. I know that is huge problem.

Back on topic, the wife and I enjoyed the snow today as get some quick backcountry turns in just west of Boulder. Had to break out the snowshoes even! It was a great birthday! And we just got back from our favorite restaraunt! :)

Now time to get back the the lady friend :) Peace!
 
Ditto what bike21 said. I don't care which airline you work for, ramping can be tough during extreme weather conditions, and anyone that can do the job without complaining, get the work done and get the plane pushed even CLOSE to on-time gets a big "thank you" from me. Been there and done it myself, so I know what you guys go through. I've had a couple of CAs get high and mighty on rampers, and I've had to give the "give the guy a break" speech more than once.

Max, it's a kick in the pants to see the thing do 3000-4000fpm sometimes. Most of the time, it's ISA or lower with a light load, but that altitude alert goes off pretty quickly on a climb to 5000 (or 10000 in DEN). :)
 
kellwolf said:
Ditto what bike21 said. I don't care which airline you work for, ramping can be tough during extreme weather conditions, and anyone that can do the job without complaining, get the work done and get the plane pushed even CLOSE to on-time gets a big "thank you" from me. Been there and done it myself, so I know what you guys go through. I've had a couple of CAs get high and mighty on rampers, and I've had to give the "give the guy a break" speech more than once.

Max, it's a kick in the pants to see the thing do 3000-4000fpm sometimes. Most of the time, it's ISA or lower with a light load, but that altitude alert goes off pretty quickly on a climb to 5000 (or 10000 in DEN). :)
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My favorite goes something like this:

Center "Skywest 8714 can you do FL340?"

"Standby" ......few seconds later

"Negative, this plane sucks."

Center "We know"

I just have to give you guys/gals crap for the climb restricted 200. :D
 
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