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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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But is that David Beckam on the left. Meanwhile we had another glorious day on piste in Tignes (above 2000m) just like the end of March.
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@toadman - I think you showed incredible constraint before you pulled the plug.
Where are you off to now?
***jealous***
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@clarky999, Lorraine Huber and Stefan Häusl had some good shots from the Arlberg today though I suspect hiking was involved...
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@Toadman, I'm not entirely sure why one would regularly travel Eastwards across the pond given the generally very fine skiing you have in the Americas.
(Equally in the other direction). Once or twice for the ambiance and experience, but still...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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It is starting to look like snow at higher altitudes and rain at lower altitudes in the Alps between Xmas and New Year.
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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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This gives some idea of the level in confidence in forecasts as time goes on. OK to about 5 days then total fantasy by day 10.
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@mcspreader, Jesus - That looks like the diversion route for the fourth bridge! 
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You know it makes sense.
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| under a new name wrote: |
@Toadman, I'm not entirely sure why one would regularly travel Eastwards across the pond given the generally very fine skiing you have in the Americas.
(Equally in the other direction). Once or twice for the ambiance and experience, but still... |
Change of scenery. Change of diet. Go soak up the ambiance and wine/beers, food and so forth of the Alps. We always end or start a ski trip to Europe in some place like London, Paris, Munich, etc so it's not 100% about the skiing when we cross the pond. But right now, it's all about the skiing.
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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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@mcspreader, wtf do those diagrams actually show??? apart from mass confusion Is it temp, precip, pressure, wind, humidity?????
Last edited by Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name: on Fri 18-12-15 1:06; edited 1 time in total
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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@kitenski, bit like europe in general , close agreement on a subject followed by total disagreement on the same subject 
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| mcspreader wrote: |
Snowmaggedon 2? Probably not as the freezing level is a tadge high.
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Hope not, I've booked next week knowing that conditions are poor, but if there's a massive dump on leaving day then it'll be a tad frustrating 
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GFS is mild and dry for the Alps all the way through to January this morning.
ECM however brings in interesting changes after Christmas with below average temperatures.
That could be something or nothing at this stage (it's still 10 days out), but will be worth keeping an eye on over the next few days to see if it develops any support.
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@SnoodyMcFlude, Sorry, but I hope your really frustrated 
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| kitenski wrote: |
| @mcspreader, wtf do those diagrams actually show??? apart from mass confusion Is it temp, precip, pressure, wind, humidity????? |
I'm guessing its the ensembles for the jet stream forecast. Not sure why you would post them in this forum though as many on here have trouble understanding the precipitation/850hpa temperature ensemble charts!!
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| kingwhite wrote: |
Evertime I log in ... I'm hoping to see the wonderful wizard of Noz saying ECM is showing something ... or lets see if GFS holds that for a couple of runs ....
... but nothing ... meh!
Come on the 17th December ... you did it last year |
Textbook Noz this morning ... c'mon the ECM ... we're all behind you 
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Arrived in les Saisies last night. Beautiful sunny day. They're busy moving snow around for opening tomorrow and the north facing slopes not looking bad with snow cover to village level at 1650 and still snow on some rooves but south facing slopes bare except artificial snow. Probably similar picture across much of the area.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Actually, south facing not bare but not skiable with lots of grass.
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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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Can anyone comment on the systems that yr.no use and therefore the veracity of their 10 day forecasts, with the proviso that I've followed this thread for long enough to know 10 days is a loooong time in forecasting! Loving the 'pretty pictures' from mcspreader which illustrate this perfectly.
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You know it makes sense.
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@grazzenger, I believe they use ECM. But as you say all the usual caveats about a forecast 10 days out apply. If it is some sort of icon type forecast (cloud, sub, snow, rain) you are referring to then keep in mind that it will almost certainly have been generated using the single operational ECM run. The full ECM run has 50 different members.
http://www.weerplaza.nl/15daagseverwachting/?type=eps_pluim
It's not possible to reflect that spread in a simple forecast.
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As above, I'm almost 100% sure the yr.no forecast is based on the ECM model. As such it will probably be showing a cooler forecast near the day 10 stage than those based on the GFS models because of the last ECM run (as shown a few posts above).
Tenuous hope for post-xmas that one at the moment, but it's better than no hope.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I'm going out on the 2nd to Val di Fassa, I've gone from wishing for snow so it looks great, to hoping it stays cool enough to make artificial snow, and doesn't rain. As long as I can get round the Sella Ronda and ski on something, I'm a happy bunny.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Wow that's incredible. Well done that man.
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I've always quite liked Norway
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@PaulC1984, Turning cold maybe from 27th onwards
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| AthersT wrote: |
| @PaulC1984, Turning cold maybe from 27th onwards |
Please please please be true
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FFS - anyone know what the Emoji for keeping EVERYTHING crossed is??
(- or should that read Emoticon?? - even more debate!)
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12z GFS ensembles look just like a continuation of the present pattern, at least as far s Dolomites are concerned
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