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California is having a record winter.
Already the 4th largest snowdepth ever.
And winter is not over yet, by far.
I started a topic on my Dutch home forum. There you can post photos directly from phone or hard drive. Less fuss...
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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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Just one piccie
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Just a pity the forum software here is so extremely user unfriendly. Big hurdle in een sharing nice content.
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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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| Onnem wrote: |
Just one piccie
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| Onnem wrote: |
| Just a pity the forum software here is so extremely user unfriendly. Big hurdle in een sharing nice content. |
It isn't unfriendly if you contribute a little to the upkeep of the site.
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English is not my native language.
I really love this forum for its content, humour and good manners.
But the choice of forum software.... Puzzles me.
Why not phpbb, which is open source and de facto the standard?
My Dutch home forum runs on it, and you can post photos from your mobile.
Instead of uploading to a hosting site, copy the URL, and then pasting with img between brackets. And hoping you don't make a typo...
Why so difficult, when there's an open source (and free) solution that is so much user friendlier???
I just don't understand it.
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| Onnem wrote: |
English is not my native language.
I really love this forum for its content, humour and good manners.
But the choice of forum software.... Puzzles me.
Why not phpbb, which is open source and de facto the standard?
My Dutch home forum runs on it, and you can post photos from your mobile.
Instead of uploading to a hosting site, copy the URL, and then pasting with img between brackets. And hoping you don't make a typo...
Why so difficult, when there's an open source (and free) solution that is so much user friendlier???
I just don't understand it. |
I'm 99.9% sure it is phpbb, just with a retro phpbb v2 theme.
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As @Hurtle says, if you make a small contribution it's easy to post photos. Even I can do it, and am not tech-literate.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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The issue going on now as winter season starts to come to a close is the warmer temps as we near Spring time. The next AR is coming in tonight, and then there's another one on the radar for later in the week. That means lots of rain at lower elevations and flooding. It's cool to look at pics of all that snow, but roofs are collapsing. People are dying. So, please keep that in mind when talking about all that snow in California.
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/life-threatening-california-flooding-fueled-by-pineapple-express
This radar image shows you just how massive this AR coming in is. Hawaii is 3,800km from San Francisco for context. It's actually two storm systems, but there's currently no relief in sight
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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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First example of snow sagging under warm wet weather.
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Part of Emerald Bay (Lake Tahoe) is frozen over, which hasn’t happened since the early’90’s. (It has never frozen over completely).
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You know it makes sense.
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| Scooter in Seattle wrote: |
| Part of Emerald Bay (Lake Tahoe) is frozen over, which hasn’t happened since the early’90’s. (It has never frozen over completely). |
I rented a boat on Lake Tahoe, and we sailed into emerald bay. Absolute breathtaking scenery and one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been. We were swimming off the boat in the warm waters, it’s hard to image the same place party frozen over!
One good point from the record snows, this should provide some relief to the area and the ongoing 20 year drought. Fingers crossed the majority of the snowmelt and run off can be captured in the lakes, reservoirs and rivers.
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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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@Ricklovesthepowder, while it will definitely help the drought, capture is a bit of a concern right now; some reservoirs are even being drained in order to ensure they have sufficient capacity to hold the water that’s coming. As for a swimming in Emerald Bay, where do you swim normally? “Warm“ is not a word typically associated with Lake Tahoe! 
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Onnem, you should probably credit the photographer(s) too, when uploading photos natively like that. I think these are from Rob Gaffney? 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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So I'm planning to Skiing Lake Tahoe area March next year - hoping I haven't missed the boat - so to speak!
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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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@Dippy, fear not, March is great at Tahoe even in a normal snow year.
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And yet another atmospheric river, forecast for next Wednesday and Thursday.
Nice for the stunning pictures, good for the fill grade of the water reservoirs, not so nice for local inhabitants.
[img]https://cdn.wintersport.nl/media/forum/2023/03/19/CaliTuW.webp[/img]
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Dippy wrote: |
| So I'm planning to Skiing Lake Tahoe area March next year - hoping I haven't missed the boat - so to speak! |
When Kirkwood had a >800 inch season in 2005 it followed it up by a 850 inch season in 2006.
To be honest I'm getting nervous about closer to home - those seasons were poor in Scotland and there is a fair degree of similarity to this year, fairly sustained periods of cold, but the cold spells were just too dry. Giving weeks at a time with little change in conditions for better or worse, but not enough snow for lift served skiing. Would rather not have a 2006 repeat here in Scotland next year.
Also be careful for what you wish for, the snow totals are spectacular in Tahoe, but when it gets this crazy so the scale of disruption to operations can limit both your skiing time and extent of open terrain, and ability to get to anything away from where you are staying.
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Some of those houses will be in trouble when the snow starts to melt if the roofs are not cleared. CA can use the snowpack.
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The ice arena they built at Palisades for the Olympics many years ago had no insulation in the roof. Some years later they decided to put insulation in the ceiling, so the heat from indoors no longer melted the snow from the roof. It collapsed, and now is a parking lot.
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Here's another example of the massive snow depths this season, this time in Kirkwood 
Before and after photos....
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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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Brighton in Utah, not CA, now takes the crown.
Accumulated snowfall this winter, 19.5 metres.
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You know it makes sense.
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@Alastair Pink, that's not even ski- in ski-out anymore!
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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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| rungsp wrote: |
| @Alastair Pink, that's not even ski- in ski-out anymore! |
Looks more like ski over to me.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Alta, Utah.
New all-time record, is becoming daily business.
800 inches cumulated snowfall.
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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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Not sure I’ve seen this posted yet, but it claims Mammoth mountain will be open until end of July 2023. Ou le be a nicer alternative than a crowded slushy European glacier.
I was there in mid June 2005 (another big snow year, but not as extreme as this year) and there were still large piles of snow in shady spots in town. Up higher, it was continuous deep snow above 10,000ft and widespread down to 8,000ft through to July.
https://unofficialnetworks.com/2023/03/22/mammoth-mountain-will-remain-open-until-the-end-of-july/
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Mammoth's website corroborates that. And +1 vs. a crowded glacier.
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Today's photo from Snowbird
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| Onnem wrote: |
| Not California, but Alta in Utah. Still next to California. |
For the record, the State of Nevada is in between. Nevada is about 111k square miles. For reference, the UK is about 81k square miles.
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@Scooter in Seattle, details
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What's the use of all this snow?
Honestly, I don't see difference in the photos between 2 metres of snow, and 4 metres like now.
I suppose it's good for the fill grade of hydroelectric dams and to counter the drought problem though.
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