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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Great snowfall in Slovenia (Vogel) here this afternoon- still coming down steadily. Currently taking a time lapse photo so will post it as a gif tomorrow.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@nozawaonsen, Looks like a few of these snowy northern blasts over the next few days - great news for Austria and E Switzerland - careful you don't freeze out there!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Snowing in eastern alps right now, not huge but any flakes are welcome.
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@waynos, yes today's snowfall will slowly fade east.
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Big dumpity dump again today. Expecting more till Tuesday!
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GFS currently has several bands of snow heading towards the eastern Alps in the coming week. One on Monday afternoon into Tuesday early hours, followed by a further band late Tuesday into Wednesday. It looks like things will then clear up before snow returns next weekend. FI looks unsettled with the period around 07 to 12 January looking fairly snowy (though that remains too far out to take seriously).
Lech this morning.
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After the recent heavy snowfall the next week or so in the western Alps looks dry on GFS, though Austria will see around average snowfall for the time of year.
http://wxmaps.org/pix/prec4.html
But cold over most of Europe.
http://wxmaps.org/pix/temp4.html
A lot of ensembles going for something next weekend, but no clarity at present.
FI looks unsettled from 07 to 12 Jan, but too far off to take seriously.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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our corner of the northern French alps seems to have had about half a meter but below 2000m it fell either on a meagre mostly manmade base or grass. Warm grass, at that. It was very welcome (unless you were trying to drive anywhere....) and has helped save the crucial new year week but much more is needed and the cannons are blowing tonight.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Just checked the depth of snow in the garden here in Bourg D'Oisans. 33 cms over the last 36 hours!
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You know it makes sense.
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00z GFS follows same broad pattern. Adds a fourth band of snow next Monday. Eastern Alps still favoured at this stage (see chart above).
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Does that point to more snow in the Dolomites too?
Having escaped Snowmageddon in the Savoie, my attentions now turn to conditions for the S11BB - looks like a bit more snow would be welcome, but don't want a repeat of last year!
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Poster: A snowHead
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@f948lan, that's over a month away. Could be bone dry and dusty could be digging yourself out of the front door. Could be something in between. In the short term quite sunny.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Spreading the love into the eastern Alps only seems fair 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Still a long way off but it seems like there's some confidence building about another Atlantic disturbance moving into the N French Alps next Saturday...
Could it be Snowmaggedon, The Sequel?
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Would be a lovely top-up before I get there on the 10th! 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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So is it safe to say that all the panic of the past month fr those heading to Alps in mid to late December can now be laid to rest. Has the 'dump' /snow storms that have touched most resorts over the last number of days alleviated the worries of most the early to mid January or is there a risk of a southerly 'foehn' ruining things again over the next 7 to 10 days?? has the season been saved?
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Snowforecast is showing lots of rain for les gets on Saturday, hopefully freezing level will drop.
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| Sneachta2013 wrote: |
| So is it safe to say that all the panic of the past month fr those heading to Alps in mid to late December can now be laid to rest. Has the 'dump' /snow storms that have touched most resorts over the last number of days alleviated the worries of most the early to mid January or is there a risk of a southerly 'foehn' ruining things again over the next 7 to 10 days?? has the season been saved? |
Bit mild Thursday but cold again for next weekend with supposedly another 25cm of snow on top of the 30cm forecast in the next 36 hours. This is Saalbach where they aren't taking risks and have had snow cannons firing continuously for the last 2 or 3 days.
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@Sneachta2013, it rather depends on what happens from here. Many resorts will now be close to average for the time of year.
http://www.slf.ch/schneeinfo/schneekarten/hsm/index_EN
The snow in the coming week looks more likely to fall in the eastern Alps (so eastern Switzerland and Austria - see updated chart above). After that FI looks quite stormy as we go through January. The 06z (op and parallel) looks especially stormy for 10-12 Jan and you can see that in the positive NAO forecast
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/pna/nao.sprd2.gif
So that is potentially looking relatively mild at times as storms come through, but with colder weather and snow following through. But all a fair bit out.
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| nozawaonsen wrote: |
@Sneachta2013, it rather depends on what happens from here. Many resorts will now be close to average for the time of year.
http://www.slf.ch/schneeinfo/schneekarten/hsm/index_EN
The snow in the coming week looks more likely to fall in the eastern Alps (so eastern Switzerland and Austria - see updated chart above). After that FI looks quite stormy as we go through January. The 06z (op and parallel) looks especially stormy for 10-12 Jan and you can see that in the positive NAO forecast
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/pna/nao.sprd2.gif
So that is potentially looking relatively mild at times as storms come through, but with colder weather and snow following through. But all a fair bit out. |
Austria still a bit below average for time of year: Saalbach on average 80/40cm (according to skiclub GB) whereas currently reporting 55/15cm but could well be at average by Weds morning. I hope.
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First snowfall of the week started as forecast, nice and cold, snowing hard, roads seem fine though!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Do you have a link that shows the runs in Saalbach? That link shows runs in Obergurgl for example, but not saalbach. Have found something on google earth before for Kitzbuhel...
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You know it makes sense.
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unfortunately double click just zooms. never mind I will take its snow predictions - almost 1m over the next 8 days for Saalbach. Quite a bit higher than forecast elsewhere!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Tooooooo snowy in Dienten. I snow danced too hard 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Worth noting for those who accuse snow forecast of systematically over-estimating snowfall that many places had substantially more than forecast on Saturday.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Good point @pam w, but unlikely to make any difference to our usual moaning.
As guru Noza on the weather thread keeps telling us: it is nigh impossible to predict amount of snow with any accuracy. Would be far better to declare "small", "medium" and "large" as with t-shirts. (But then as we all know: large with t-shirt A becomes medium with t-shirt B . . .  )
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| Fenoit wrote: |
| Tooooooo snowy in Dienten. I snow danced too hard |
There is no such thing, despite any claims to the contrary.
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Looks like some nice steady snowfall for eastern Switzerland and western Austria from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning. This is followed by warmer weather on Thursday and Friday, before cooling again at the weekend.
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Red27...... Will not be happy with another storm in the French alps next weekend for our drive home having spent 23 hours driving from Reims to ste foy.
I haven t shaved since arriving for fear of what I might do with a sharp object after the pain!!!!! Lol
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@stefoy4me, better leave on Wednesday morning to be on the safe side 
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@stefoy4me, some of our guests took 13 hours to get from Sainte Foy to Aime!!!
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Stevo...... I feel their pain. It was a nightmare.
Put something sneakily in the Galati's and woodrows drinks for me!!! Lol
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I just love chamonix meteo at times, made me smile, wind doing too much exercise and needs to get fitter!!
THURSDAY JANUARY 01
Sunny - bitter cold at first in the valley ‑ getting milder in the afternoon ‑ wind gets out of breath
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