In college I drove a big old tank of a station wagon. No 4WD, middling ground clearance, but the thing was huge and built with a lot of steel, so it had momentum. If I saw a drift blocking the road, I would just accelerate to ramming speed and blast through it. That car did better with drifts than those 4WD Subarus that were then coming on the market.

If I’m understanding what your pointing out, the GEFS looks much better over the pacific.

Beautiful day up in the mountains, snow isn't amazing but the avvy danger is low. Wish I wasn't sick and could be up in the Sisters doing some backcountry skiing

Next weeks weather looks amazing. Hopefully with enough clear skies in the evening and standing on a hill top I can spot that comet after sunset.

Here's a blast from the past that I just pulled up for the heck of it. Those of us who have been doing this awhile will remember wxcaster.com (Earl Barker's site). It was one of the few free sites back then that gave snowfall maps. We used to have to wait for NOAA to update, look at the total QPF, try to figure out ratios and then estimate snowfall totals, then patiently wait for wxcaster to update and give us a snowfall map. This was before Pivotal, Tropical Tidbits, WxBell, etc. I really never use this site anymore as the other sites are vastly superior now, but just for giggles, here is what the NAM shows on it.