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davidof, sooner those ball bearings are washed away, the better!
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The peasants are saying first big snowfalls in April! I asked them if this was down to the chickens laying eggs, or the colour of the berries or the birds flying south and they said "don't be stupid, you zink we are idiots! zee agriculture ministry 'as an expensive supercompter wif a much betta langue-range model zann meteo chance."



............ I hate to repeat myself, but I am on record as ....." ....hoping the snow ploughs can keep the road to Val Thorens open so that we can get to the EoSB." Very Happy snowHead
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Hello peeps. Just sticking my head briefly above the parapet to say a few things.

1. Happy New Year to all!
2. Unfortunately my feeling about the precipitation this week not being too spectacular (but certainly useful in a few higher places) due to high temps has turned out to look like it'll be true... but...
3. There are VERY positive signs of a big change happening sometime in the not too distant future... The cogs are in motion to move a few bits and pieces of the jigsaw into place that could lead to some serious cold sweeping down into Europe in 10 days to a fortnight... too late for some I know - sorry - maybe it'll happen a little quicker, but even so, second half of Jan onwards should see a return to the kind of weather we hope for. Fingers crossed it carries on developing as it needs to.
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Thanks carled, we need all the (well informed) good cheer we can get. Happy New Year to you too.
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carled, goods news...excellent..

How confident are you on these 'big changes' you mention ?
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Well, the storm on its way through the South East must be heading your way, so here's hoping
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Hopefully it isnt TOO much snow to the extent where lifts start getting closed though, ideal situation = snow all night, sun all day. Will it happen? Most likely not...
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There are VERY positive signs of a big change happening sometime in the not too distant future...

That's about as confident as you'll get any informed weather watcher to be about what will happen in 10 days time Chris Brookes, Very Happy . So I reckon that's v good news!
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Looks like it is coming, but it could be quite horrid for a few days. Lots of wind, rain Shocked , and snow. Some very un-January temperatures being forecast with freezing levels up to 2700m at times Shocked
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it will snow but will it stay or will it melt melt melt!
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3rd feb to 10th of feb, i am praying st anton is ok by then
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I'm no techie expert - just (as Pam puts it) an "informed weather watcher" who spends a fair bit of time trawling various weather sites every now and then to get an idea of what is happening or likely to happen. Our main problem this winter has been the strong jet stream continually dragging mild air over the UK & Europe... we need something (ideally what's called a "Greenland High", which sends the jet Northwards into frigid air, which then comes down the other side into Europe bringing Arctic temps with it) to disrupt the jet and bring us better conditions for us cold lovers.

There are signs... signs only at present... that the polar vortex (low pressure point on the coldest temps in the polar region) is starting to show signs of shifting to the east where it will benefit us by dragging down cold air, which kicks off the cycle to break this wretched run of mild rubbish we've been seeing... However, a similar sign was showing in early December for this to happen in Mid-December and that never happened, so take it with a pinch of salt. It looks positive for mid-Jan, but that's about all we can say at this point.
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Hurrah - I have had a "snow-mail alert" from Snow-forecast - I think this is only the second of the season - usually they come every few days. Samoens 1600 it is say 21cm sun/mon - nice if it happens!
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Snowed on the most Southerly French resorts today - as in close to the coast . Charlotte will probably confirm (??) L2A got some as well.... given it was headed her way ..
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http://www.chamonix.com/meteocham/MetPreE.php

MONDAY JANUARY 01
Snowy
SKY CONDITIONS (cloud - sunshine) : mostly cloudy or overcast - period of sunshine close to 0%.
PRECIPITATION : light to moderate and continuous in the morning - becoming intermittent in the afternoon - rain-snow limit towards 1600 m, dropping towards 1100 m - expected snowfall towards 1800 m : 30-40 cm. Toofy Grin
WIND - aloft : WSW fort -> tempétueux.
TEMPERATURE : dropping.

EXTENDED OUTLOOK UNTIL THURSDAY JANUARY 04 2007
Tuesday : snow showers - dropping temperature. Wednesday : fairly sunny and milder - becoming overcast in the afternoon. Thursday : new disturbance expected to cross over the area.
Forecast reliability : fairly good until Monday - poor thereafter.
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NoDosh,

Sounds encouraging
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At this stage, it looks like most of the entire Alps will see an average, fresh, cumulative snowfall of 30cm from Mon 1 to Fri 5 Jan.

France and Switzerland will see the most (20 - 60cm).

Austria, Germany and Italy will see the least (10 - 30cm).

Chamonix, Verbier, Les Arcs, Davos-Klosters and the Three Valleys could all get a tasty dump next week (30 - 60cm).

Some of the lower stations below 1500m, particularly in the East, like Saalbach (1000m), Kitzbuehel (800m) and Zell amd See (800m), will see rain mixed in with the snow.

Things can still change, though.
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Another Gale passing through here, so again, hope that ends up in the alpes
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last year we had snow at +6 temps so fingers crossed it will all fall as snow and not rain
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fingers X and all out snow dancing for a good dump then with low temps Laughing
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On the way back through France yesterday, there was big storm last night in Laval / Le Mans with about 6 hours of rain, car got a very good wash. So should be on its way across France now. According to the French TV it should get to the alpes on Sunday night or perhaps before.
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Ally, ally aster snow, snow faster (whilst running around the playground) Embarassed
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OK, so we've had the first big dump of the season which'll hopefully set up some sort of base for the rest of the season. snowHead But... do any of our resident weather boffins have any opinion on the indicators for the rest of the month?

The GFS 16 day precipitation forecast seems to swing from run to run between continued moisture for the next fortnight or the establishment of high pressure over the Alps again.

Any person willing to stick their head above the parapet to predict which scenario is (slightly) more likely? Twisted Evil

Cheers

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Above-average temps and a rain-snow level around an unseasonably high 1500m seem to be the order of the day in most stations for the next 2 - 3 weeks.
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Looking on the bright side, the warmer temps will help form a long lasting base? Won't they... Confused Or don't you think it'll get cold enough to allow a decent freeze-thaw cycle?
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Snowed since Monday PM, probably 20-30cms but now very wind blown.
-11 degrees and blizzarding right now outside.
If it calms down a bit it should be great.
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Timmaah wrote:
Hopefully it isnt TOO much snow to the extent where lifts start getting closed though, ideal situation = snow all night, sun all day. Will it happen? Most likely not...


Well.. that certainly didnt happen, snowed throughout the day and night for around 3-4 days... Shame about strong winds but still, skiing in 1m of powder on closed black pistes = awesome.
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