 Poster: A snowHead
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On the latest GFS operational, freezing levels don't get much higher than 1800m for the next couple of weeks. You'd probably see the snowline at around 1400-1500m depending on the intensity of any precipitation.
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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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This video is making me go blind.
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WTF! Where's the cold gone....... Give it back please! 
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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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So much sexier on a board than on skis!
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 the guy in orange at 0.30 desperately trying to get his gloves off and camera out
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Wed 9-02-11 14:12; edited 1 time in total
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| So much sexier on a board than on skis! |
So true....
Wait till they all sit down and get cold bums..
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Bartezki, thanks for posting that instructional video. The specialist gear the young women were wearing makes observing the biomechanics of snowsports very easy indeed.
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lightningdan, it's not the video making you go blind...
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On the question of freezing levels and low levels.
The mean freezing level looks to be around 1500m (plus or minus) from around 14 January. Possibly a couple of degrees cooler further east. This would put the snow line at about 1200m plus depending (as philmes says) on the amount of rain or snow. Possibly a little lower in the Austrian Alps (nearer 1000m+). And cooling more strongly in the Austrian Alps during half term.
The detail will shift and certainly I would have little confidence if any in how things might shape up beyond the end of next week.
The trend for cooling temperatures remains. The trend for wetter weather next week remains.
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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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Well 1 thing is for sure come the 26th march if this weather hasnt dropped any snow it looks like ill be mountain biking in Meribel not skiing. 
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Can someone describe the video, in detail, as my iPhone has deemed me too young to watch!! 
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You know it makes sense.
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RetroBod, how old are you?
There's loads of hot girls skiing and boarding semi naked - gutted you cant see it
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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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come the 26th march
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 that's almost 6 weeks away. We don't know what it's going to do next week; worrying about the other end of the season really is a waste of life.
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Poster: A snowHead
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pam w, aw, he's probs only getting one trip, not like lucky you living out there 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Shimmy Alcott wrote: |
RetroBod, how old are you?
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• Old enough to watch it
• Too old to work the settings on my iPhone
• But not too old for it to be illegal/sad
lol
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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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RetroBod, I'm very impressed with the inclusion of bullet points - techy credits for you
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| Crispyapplepie wrote: |
| Well 1 thing is for sure come the 26th march if this weather hasnt dropped any snow it looks like ill be mountain biking in Meribel not skiing. |
I would cancel now if I was you and go surfing instead....................
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Am I correct in thinking that the new moon is Friday 18th? If so and the old locals are right it could make for an interesting half term changeover day 
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he's probs only getting one trip
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absolutely, but there is still no relationship worth worrying about between weather now and weather in 6 weeks. As I demonstrated by posting photos on the "two centuries without a flake in the French alps" thread there is a lot MORE snow now than there was in January 2007, yet March 2007 was fine.
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Looks a lot like another week to go before the prospect of any significant snowfall - southern French Alps possibly excluded 
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red 27,
interesting that the GFS ensembles ive seen are beginning to look a liitle less promising tonight(please bear in mind there are far more knowledgeble than me on this thread and i,m going by how steep they are !!!!!!) i think NOZA has said before that its a worry when they start to slide back to the next day,now they seem to be getting smaller, but as said i,m a real novice here and i,m sure when the big players come back in they will allay our fears,if not red 27 does the southern french alps include Valdisere,told you my knowledge is very simple
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The last month has been a mare hasnt it
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No, it's mostly been really pleasant! I can take a great deal of sunshine, blue skies and snow. There have been two small snowfalls in the last month, so we could do with some more, but local forecasts are for only minimal snowfall next week, with winds remaining in the SE.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| pam w wrote: |
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The last month has been a mare hasnt it
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No, it's mostly been really pleasant! I can take a great deal of sunshine, blue skies and snow. There have been two small snowfalls in the last month, so we could do with some more, but local forecasts are for only minimal snowfall next week, with winds remaining in the SE. |
pam w,
which local forecasts? please pam
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whoa whoa whoa whoa back up.
Mountain wolves? Turning into people? I'm intrigued, do elaborate 
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You know it makes sense.
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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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which local forecasts?
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the local forecasts on the notice board in the Tourist Office in Les Saisies. I'd imagine they are meteo france based, but I have no idea.
there's no precipitation in the Cham forecast as far as Monday.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| phillip33 wrote: |
| does the southern french alps include Valdisere,told you my knowledge is very simple |
No - Montgenevre, Ser Che, Puy St V, L2A, that lot down there.
A week is a long way away though. There might be some dribs and drabs earlier - around the 14th - but not what one might call a 'Dump'
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Wed 9-02-11 21:22; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The GFS is showing a trend for the precipitation moving across France to track south and fragment. Worth watching, unfortunately.
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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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Yeh all seems a bit PT at mo. Not to panic but seems much warmer next week than initially promised.....doh!
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| tobymory wrote: |
| Am I correct in thinking that the new moon is Friday 18th? If so and the old locals are right it could make for an interesting half term changeover day |
I doubt it, last new moon was 3rd Feb, which meand 18th is more likely to be nearer to a Full Moon.
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Hells Bells, at least some things are fairly easily predicted....
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re snow agree its looking less likely for next week now,all the predictions are now what they are, just predictions,even the trends are changing, bloody weather so unpredictable dont care off to Valdisere ( 19th feb) snow is there and so is the beer happy days
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busiest month, round here. Yes, we could certainly do with some more snow. But the last month has certainly not been a "mare" and there are some SH reports of some good off piste expeditions too (very energetic ones....).
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Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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Some shifts back and forth today, though no major change to the overall pattern. That it hasn't stuck to some of the stronger runs yesterday doesn't mean that it won't switch back on the next run.
It does mean it remains hard to have any real confidence in next week's weather. And the potential for snow in the first half of next week looks slightly less this evening.
Both GME/DWD and BOM show runs which would provide more snow earlier in next week around 14 and 15 February. BOM developing a nice low pressure in the Mediterranean. The point here is that there is still clearly no clear pattern for early next week. And snowy options remain.
12z FI sees some some very cold temperatures and potential for snow at the end of next week. But of course that is off in the distance...
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FAQ
I'm off to Puy St Vincent on Sunday 
(how often does that happen for most one or two trip a season skiers 