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> With skiing in the east an industry in rough shape since it doesn't snow anymore I'm not sure where you are coming up with that. In fact many places in the N
by mbell 8y ago
> With skiing in the east an industry in rough shape since it doesn't snow anymore
I'm not sure where you are coming up with that. In fact many places in the NE have have multiple top 10 all time snowfalls in the last 10 years.
Climate change is expected to increase the precipitation in New England, particularly in the winter and the temperature increase can result in more snow due to the increased ability of the air to hold moisture. In general we'll probably have better skiing for the next few decades at which point snow _may_ start to be replaced with rain, depending on how high the temp goes where you happen to be.
- Spooky23 8y agoThe temperature swings are the killer — I think they lose about 8-10 days per season as compared to the 80s. https://www.northeastern.edu/climatereview/?p=282 https://www.northeastern.edu/climatereview/?p=282
- mbell 8y agoThat seems to be based on this paper: http://www.int-res.com/articles/cr2009/39/c039p001.pdf http://www.int-res.com/articles/cr2009/39/c039p001.pdf That is a really weird paper, basically they are assuming that the 98-99 season is representative of some abstract season in the 2040-2069 time period which is at best a questionable assumption. But even with the questionability they are showing a 8-10day decrease sometime in 2040-2069? I think they also leave out major changes in snowmaking. The mountains I visit have lost a lot of access to snowmaking due to regulations limiting their water use and changes to what bacterium are used for nucleation. The temperature swings are in some cases actually a benefit for season longevity. What you often want is a good dumping early in the season and then some rain / wet snow followed by a freeze to build a good hard base for later in the season.