 brian
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Nothing doing European snow-wise before Tuesday the 17th. However, after that there is a great deal of uncertainty and things may break down a bit. So now is probably a good time to start snow dancing !
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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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Mouth, best of luck next week. Don't forget to make some time for yourself though.
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Helen Beaumont, Thanks and yes I will. Important thing is to get place ready so can enjoy next 4 trips this season
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Mouth, of course, we've booked our next one for the beginning of March. My immediate priority is sorting out the curtains before February though. Then I think we'll be back out at Easter or there abouts finances permitting.
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Sorry Mouth to say this, but I hope it dumps 10's of cm next week. My season has been very lacking in powder so far (1 day !! Last year I had 3 days of pow before the end of Nov) but as I'm off to Anton the week after it could all come good yet.
BTW I got a snow report from a friend who was in Serre Che today. Now bearing in mind is only likes riding off piste this was his txt "Sh*t on piste, sh*t off piste. sh*t." I'll be there for this weekend so I'll expand on the Monday 
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Diarmuid, I'm afraid you'll probably be just ahead of the snow this time - just behind it earlier this season... Oh dear! Let's hope SAt Anton gives you lots. 
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6 day forcast is now looking very good
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It would appear the french and Italian Alps are going to get a pasting...fingers crossed and feet are doing the snow dance 
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stu20vt, What about Switzerland??
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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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The different models do seem to be falling into line for some snow around 17th and 18th. GFS forecast is (currently) for approx 20cm for Savoie resorts.
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You know it makes sense.
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Yep, we're calling it for Tuesday and Wednesday - looks best for the French Alps at the moment but it's really too early to tell. It needs to keep coming to really improve things... especially with the outbreak of the ominous phrase "variable conditions" (that'd be "pants" then) in the reports from the resorts...  ...we should get another update in time for breakfast!
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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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looks like the amount of snow has been backed off for the Cham area according to snow-forecast
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Poster: A snowHead
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The Met office map shows an occluded front touching the Alps 84 hours from now. More than that, the High seems to be slowly collapsing. Things are looking better
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I USUAlly get anything outside 48 hrs totally wrong BUT I would expect that there are 3 major LP systems coming though Europe in the 3-8 day timeframe. The second one (imho with most 'snow') will be 'Southern Alps' so great for those down there ( for 1st time this season?) ... however Western Alps may not see that much.
Suspect that is totally at odds with what the pros are suggesting but I 'guesstimate' based on marine forecasts !
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eEvans, Serre Chevalier got plenty of snow over New Year weekend if you count that aas being Southern.
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Bungle, well I guess they only threw a 2 with their dice... and we threw a 4... ...it does sound a bit too good at the moment but that's what the numbers are telling us right now. Our feed will update in the morning so let's see...
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Bungle, ...looks like we were playing catch-up this time... ...this morning's feed is not quite so good (still should be enough to freshen up most resorts though more is needed).
New dice please!
Dave
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Succesive runs from the GFS forecast have been getting more pessimistic as far as snowfalls go. The current run shows about 10cm of snow around the Savoie resorts, followed by a few days of warmer weather.
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would anyone like to comment on the accuracy of this website? I hope it's o.k
because I can get my head round what it shows rather than anything else.
I figure if it's the US millitary, it will either be hopeless or spot on
http://131.54.120.150/wxcharts/wxcharts.htm
I'm off to Crans Montana on Wednesday night
As far as I can see from the chart looper it looks great, snow on tues & weds then
blue sky for the 3 days we are there
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wrongsideof30, not going with a bloke called Steve are you ?
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current run shows about 10cm of snow around the Savoie resorts
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Interestingly Meteo Chamonix are predicting 10cm Tues and 20cm Weds, and they are usually accurate, verging on pessimistic.
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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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| Timberwolf wrote: |
| wrongsideof30, not going with a bloke called Steve are you ? |
There are 8 of us going ( I only know 2 of them) the circular e-mail shows a guy
called Steve Berrington on the list... is that him?
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That's the one, spooky............., I work with him !!!!
I'll tell him that I have have ( virtually ) met one of the group !!!
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You know it makes sense.
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wrongsideof30, Problem is the high that starts to build up again at the end of that sequence - I think the temperatures could be rather warm.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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As I jsut put on the other thread it has just started snowing at Lausanne - I hope it spreads 
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brian
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wrongsideof30, those charts are based on the GFS output (mentioned by rob above), plus a bit of human involvement. They're pretty accurate, although the timing might not be spot on out at T+120.
Nick Zotov, I doubt it will get stupidly warm, clear skies and long nights will be cold at least. I would imagine there'll probably be daytime temperature inversions with milder upper air trapping cold air in the valleys. Great for those "above the clouds" views
A bit of freeze/thaw cycling can work wonders for snowpack consolidation as well.
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obelix67, it started snowing at Arc 1950 between 12pm and 1pm and was still going at 2pm. I can't quite believe I am back to desperate webcam watching this year but the tree at the bottom slight left of the picture seems to have a reasonable amount of accumulation in the 2pm pic
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brian, its the temperatures for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday that were worrying me a bit here.
If they are true, I can see the lower slopes getting a bit icy as the surface thaws by day, and freezes by night. Won't assist binding either, when new snow falls?
Oh well. What will be will be (I can remember Doris Day )
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update 23.48 4 cm lying at 825m
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les houches has a couple of cm down and it is still snowing...it's my day off tomorrow!
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| PG wrote: |
| Taken at 23:17 (UK time) - Bourg St Maurice. Looking good! |
Wonderful picture, PG.
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keep it coming!!!  great to see some falling at last
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