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So after this mornings wriggle run - click on the above
La Tania 23rd - chance of a little bit of snow over the weekend depending on how far east the front gets . Then sunshine and colder temps for Monday through to Thursday when temps will drop and snow should start falling for the the next day or so - mixed bag happy that we will see the sun and snow
I will report on arrival
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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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| phillip33 wrote: |
So after this mornings wriggle run - click on the above
La Tania 23rd - chance of a little bit of snow over the weekend depending on how far east the front gets . Then sunshine and colder temps for Monday through to Thursday when temps will drop and snow should start falling for the the next day or so - mixed bag happy that we will see the sun and snow
I will report on arrival |
Please do snow reports in the 3 vallees thread
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@kitenski,
Yes sir
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Interesting! And good for Easter skiers
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@8611, except maybe the ones due to fly into Innsbruck... 
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Ah there's a bit toplay for yet
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Annoyingly wepowder are backing the north specifically, ie austria, I had hoped for gifts for more areas, let's see. Maybe the north will just get the lion's share.
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Yes it's the second one I'm interested in
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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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The north/east is owed some this winter - if it comes off it’s the first proper dump there in ages
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Fair. But I'm not headed that way! I think conditions improved in the last while. This sounds cold as well so could be excellent.
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You know it makes sense.
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It’s all good, I just lose interest every season by the end of January 
Any fresh snow in March April is a bonus for me, just need to be even quicker to get out of bed….and it’s still so busy on weekends I start questioning my commitment…..last weekend up there bouncing around on lumpy pistes I was thinking I should get back to pulling up weeds in the potager AND switch back to skiing next season as am fed up with boarding! Dark stuff, I’ll be super keen no doubt again by late August.
Single best source of diy forecasting are the ensemble charts. AIFS, ECM, GFS, GEM in order of accuracy, but glance at all 4. Tight lines and reasonable cross model agreement is all you need, days 5-8 always the key timeframe.
Anyway can see Swiss-Austria in the sweet spot next week but all areas should get something. There has been a regular cycle all season of high pressure trying to form a block across Western Europe, leading to a few dry spells, perfectly normal….but this year it splits easily over uk, allowing the jet to run SE towards alps with a northerly air source……leaving a nicely placed Azores high, med low and scandi high. So plenty of widespread good quality snow followed by cold weather via easterly flow under scandi high. Looks like another spell coming up next week into month end….no sign of above avg temps coming.
So yeah enjoy the rest of this very reasonable season. Maybe I’ll rediscover mojo in autumn, either way plenty of others here with good sources and tea leaf reading skills
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| polo wrote: |
Anyway can see Swiss-Austria in the sweet spot next week but all areas should get something. |
Polo returns bearing gifts! Enjoy the gardening sir.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| love this time of year....beautiful weather for early gardening prep, interrupted by brief cold and snow |
I take it you're not in Blighty then @polo? 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Whitegold wrote: |
French Alps look like nonstop sunshine until April.
Good for the tan.
Bad for the slopes. |
Three days later:
| Whitegold wrote: |
| Snowing hard this evening [in La Plagne]. |
You.
Gotta.
Laugh.
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@rob@rar,
I will post a picture this coming Thursday just to confirm “ nonstop sunshine “ I’ve got his back !!!
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@rob@rar, sorry, that was pretty much my point. Don’t think it came across well 
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| snowheid wrote: |
| @rob@rar, sorry, that was pretty much my point. Don’t think it came across well |
Ah, apologies for misreading your post!
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And some interesting charts for early april showing up.....NE flow would keep the snow nice and cold. Often happens in early April as the winter polar vortex is currently collapsing this week / strat warming up....pushing the last arctic cold pools south. Doesn't always affect europe of course....but some of the 2 week charts say there is a chance
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@polo, Welcome back! Was thinking that looks promising for Easter week
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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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| might not be ideal if you have booked an Easter break in Croatia! |
Or if (like us...), after skiing somewhere near Chambery on Thursday, you're driving back to GVA... 
At least our flight's not until Friday morning.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Middle of next week looking VERY warm in the Savoie, in contrast to this week.... from -11˚C this week to +6˚C next Friday
Mind you, that's snowforecast, who two days ago predicted close to a metre of fresh snow on 31st/1st
I may have to just turn off all weather apps and just accept whatever happens 
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Specialman, that would be the GFS putting western alps on the wrong side of the jet as per @polo 's post. Could swing back again...
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| Specialman wrote: |
| I may have to just turn off all weather apps and just accept whatever happens |
Well, if the trip is booked in advance, then... yes, kinda. Jan or Feb I think the weather is often settled enugh that the forecasts can help you pack the relevant gear. By Easter, it usually seems so varied that I'll always pack bot hmy lightest outer shell and all the thermals too. Will it be -12 or +12? Probably both during the week...
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| BobinCH wrote: |
Snow down to Lac Léman on Thursday. Should be a spectacular weekend of powder skiing for end March 
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Very timely heading: I'm to Flims / Laax for the weekend. Pleased to see the temperatures drop right down, should help keep the pistes slush free |
Very timely indeed, I'm also off to Laax mid next week, and then Easter in Arosa-Lenzerheide; not the highest, most north-facing or snow-sure resort out there, but the one I convinced my colleagues we should go to and everything would be fine... some snow and cold-ish weather would help my reputation!
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On more important matters though, I woke up in the middle of the night today and couldn't sleep anymore realising March 23rd has already passed and I still have no clue how things are going in La Tania.
Any idea, anyone??
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There's -35c windchill coming at altitude in the European Alps on Weds / Thurs.
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@Tropical Gaper,
Beautiful day today - sunshine - little crusty early on - then we were up and over into Courchevel - skied down and up into 1650 - snow was very good early on- then into 1850 around 12 and it was slushy ish - back up and into Bouc Blanc for lunch - beer and wine - famous Folyeres back in
Soft but lovely
We are up on the first lift tomorrow before the front hits
Thursday - few runs round the resort - roast chicken in the Chalet - up early Friday with 42 layers more on than today !!!!!
Very happy
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| t44tomo wrote: |
| BobinCH wrote: |
Snow down to Lac Léman on Thursday. Should be a spectacular weekend of powder skiing for end March
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Very timely heading: I'm to Flims / Laax for the weekend. Pleased to see the temperatures drop right down, should help keep the pistes slush free |
The snow has started in Graubunden, so presumably elsewhere too!
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| t44tomo wrote: |
| t44tomo wrote: |
| BobinCH wrote: |
Snow down to Lac Léman on Thursday. Should be a spectacular weekend of powder skiing for end March
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Very timely heading: I'm to Flims / Laax for the weekend. Pleased to see the temperatures drop right down, should help keep the pistes slush free |
The snow has started in Graubunden, so presumably elsewhere too! |
In Adelboden too; the day started mildly, but around noon the wind (the from west) picked up all the way down to the valley and precipitation started, with a snowline around 1200m. Quite some lift closures though (the wind was intense and skiing against it is QUITE an experience hahaha, like a taste of what paragliding-skiing must feel like).
The wind seems to be slowing down (precipitation too for now), hope it doesn't pick up again to ensure lifts can run normally tomorrow
EDIT: now dumping all the way down to the valley (800m), and it's some FAT flakes!
Makes sense considering according to the forecast the max temperature would drop by 11ºC between today and tomorrow
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FAQ
…wow, my eyes have been opened 
, so one last chart post I imagine before it comes better into focus
