 Poster: A snowHead
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rob@rar, the amount of money and effort, you'd hope so! 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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skanky, yes, I suppose. They certainly have bigger computers to play with.
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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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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Was it particularly windy in 2003?
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Was it particularly windy in 2003? |
Dunno, but as that's a 12 month running mean, it could be towards the end of 2002. It is only a drop of 10%, so it could just be down to one or two missed gales.
NB it might not have been very windy at all, but there's a lot of charts to trawl through for 6 months.
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I'm very much a beginner at this weather lark.
Could anyone point me at how some of the main sites to look at - including where the GFS stuff comes from.
Thanks in advance.
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PhillipStanton, try http://www.wetterzentrale.de/topkarten/
Choice of different meteo models in the top lefthand menu (includes GFS, but also UK Met Office, some North American military, etc). Select which model you want to see, eg GFS, then a new set of menus appear in the middle frame - all in German! Happy exploring.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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| easiski wrote: |
| the last section looks a bit sad |
Can you ski on the black stuff?
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II, Yes, and it doesn't look black when you're there. Just ice grey! It's smooth too. No rocks sticking out to trip you up  .
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You know it makes sense.
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II, it's better than summer -before it turned wintry in august there were rivers running down that bit - fairly normal actually for late summer skiing! Yesterday that bit only had about 5cms of slush on the top - didn't even get water into my boots! 
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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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easiski, great pictures... Would you say the snow conditions are about normal/bad/good this year for late October?
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Poster: A snowHead
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easiski, thanks for the piccy!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Markus, Not brilliant for this time of year, but of course it's been very hot and windy for nearly 2 months this year. The Mondial is always very hit and miss. I've skied only August area (like now and last year), all the glacier, down to 2,600 and even once right down to resort (2' of fresh). So you just have to hope for the best, but at any rate it's a bit of extra skiing for most peeps isn't it?
David Murdoch, thought you'd enjoy that outfit! 
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Hello stranger, it's the wrong end of the season for reliable conditions so I suppose you've got to be looking at the high glaciers, that might not help with cheap though
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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firefly, not many places open that early in the season. Some that are include Val d'Isere/Tignes due to open on the 25th, (but last year they had to delay by one week because of insufficient snow, although skiing was available on the glacier in Tignes); Val Thorens is due to open on the 18th. I'm also not sure if any of the tour operators have got going by then, so you may well have to book your trip independently. If you can get a cheap flight it should be easy to find accommodation in those resorts or nearby. Contact their local tourist office or try the official websites for links to accommodation websites.
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Thanks folks.. don;t you just wish you could click your fingers and BAM - a tonne of snow!
Will have to keep my eyes on the snow reports.
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firefly, Probably not cheap, but Zermatt would be a good bet - lovely glacier, lovely town. Sadly, we're not opening until 4th December this year. You always want to ski the week before we open!
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Forgot to say:  it was very windy up top today, but not so much that we couldn't get up and do it. Still warm though, but the wind had shifted to further North. The snow is still holding up, and I thought was really quite nice. Of course we were up an hour later today ...... There are high cirrus clouds and some various others around, so I think a change in the weather is coming - may be before the forecast Weds?
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latest weather forecast is... snow on Wednesday above 1700m but in the Haute-Savoie, sun all week at les Deux Alpes but colder from Tuesday evening.
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It's colder tonight than last night - hoope this is a good sign.
davidof, Are you going to make it up to say hello this time?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Looks like a cold front pushing through on Tuesday night, followed by N'lies and NE'lies with HP spreading across Europe (cold nights). That's just from FAX charts so not sure on agreement, yet.
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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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It froze last night and was very hard and icy today - Little Tiger felt right at home! Turns out she's met one of our pisteurs (who's an aussie) before! Small world. All the locals are saying that it might snow a bit on Wednesday and will be colder. After that it should be nice again..
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You know it makes sense.
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w00t as they say.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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FenlandSkier, they do, don't they? What does it mean, exactly?
<sounds like elderly judge asking what a video recorder is>
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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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FenlandSkier, bah, clear as mud. Begs more questions than it answers, eg how does one 'pwn' somebody?
i like w00t though, particularly spelled with the two zeros. It looks exuberant.
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FenlandSkier, Act your age young man
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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l33t h4xxor me, I will pwn yo ass in the park dude.
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Hmmm. Never had my ass pawned before. Will I get much?
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Frosty the Snowman, depends how much of a market there is for donkeys in Lincolnshire I suppose.
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Frosty the Snowman, what about that 1st night in VT?
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Charlatanefc, ssshh. I thought that was your, mine, and the floor below secret
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FAQ
Early this morning
For David Murdoch
the new snowfence at the top
Looking across to the snowpark
at 16.00 the last section looks a bit sad
