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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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yes............ to far out
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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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kitenski, there is enough smnow for me. Stuff the powder i want blue skies 
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no you don't Frosty you really want fresh snow, plenty of trees in the area to help with the visibility 
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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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kitenski, No honestly I don't. I want temperatures of about -3 during the day, no wind, and glorious blue skies. Last lift up, beer at the top, ski home in wonderful serenity.
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kitenski, I can see the joys.....but its not my eyes that worry me, its the knees and the weight. As said before 125kg butt naked doeas NOT float through the powder 
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I reckon if you wear clothes then it will alot more enjoyable, and probably not as cold.....
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Oh dear god 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Frosty, leave it!
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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 dummped 2ft last april fools day, the one and only day of the season i wanted a blue bird day as it was the day i got married.
So will we hve snow for our wedding aniversary??? I hope so
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kitenski, I hope you're right. Glad about the snow in the PDS but here it's been pathetic, snowing lightly for days but just not doing anything worthwhile, just enough to ruin the vis without putting much on the piste. Same in Chamonix, I think.
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You know it makes sense.
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The following post appeared today on the French skipass.com forum:
"GFS nous a ressortit les mêmes ingrédients que cette semaine qui se termine.
Même si c'est loin, ils nous ont fait un copier/collé, une photocopie, un double, de la situation de cette semaine pour la semaine du 4 avril.
Même position de l'anticyclone, même position de la depression au nord est de l'Angleterre, même descente froide, mêmes précipitations neigeuses, bref, la même situation."
So, are Snowheads weather watchers in agreement with this French conclusion that the picture building up for the week of 4 April has all the same ingredients as the week which has just ended? I know it's far off........
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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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davidof, interesting point you make about el-nino! once i heard there was one starting last summer i knew this season would be a dodgy one. Glad you got some snow out there, could you please send some our way!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Pam w,
The latest GFS I'm watching for La Tania does show a big drop in temps, but it's still too far away, if it's still there this time next week and other forecasts agree I'll be a very happy bunny!!
cheers,
greg
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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GFS runs keep pointing towards some decent snowfall and cold temps, any of the resident experts care to share their views on this? Is it probable???
Regards,
Greg
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brian
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| pam w wrote: |
| So, are Snowheads weather watchers in agreement with this French conclusion that the picture building up for the week of 4 April has all the same ingredients as the week which has just ended? I know it's far off........ |
Sorry, a little late to this thread, I've been concentrating on Scottish weather recently.
I don't know what it showed on Saturday, but there are similarities with last week.
Essentially, all of the big 3 models are showing High pressure over Scandinavia and out in the Atlantic (GFS keeps them separate, ECM and MetO link them up over the UK) with low pressure trapped to the South over the continent by the start of next week. So looks like a reasonable chance of a fair amount of precipitation to come for the alps. Temperature will depend on how the various systems line up, disastrous warmth doesn't look likely but neither does remarkable cold.
12 days till I'm off back to the alps though, so I'll be watching with interest
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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brian
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kitenski, yes but i am worried about the temps from midweek
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| kitenski, yes but i am worried about the temps from midweek |
remember that
a) it will be April
b) that GFS is La Tania at around 1400m
c) I was skiing last Easter in the same area, was around 20 degrees by the end of the day, and could still ski down to La Tania, strip off ski gear and sit on a balcony with shorts and a beer
Will ski whatever we get, but it's looking promising for some powder fun!!
cheers,
greg
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Now I don't pretend to understand these things one bit, however there seems to be a large spike around 5th April on the pic above. Where is this for? Only asking to see if I need to allow more time to drive to Chamonix on the 6th...
Cheers
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IMT, my chart was for La Tania.
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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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kitenski, Oh ok, so not a million miles from Chamonix then...
Ta
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brian
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You know it makes sense.
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ah! Cheers Brian, so your 0.5 degree model is the best to use for La Tania??? Some googling got me the following co-ordinates for La Tania
latitude : 45,42829895, longitude : 6,59140015
La Tania (Latitude 45.41419, longitude 6.637980)
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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brian, Thanks, I think!! As I said, I can't make too much sense out of these, however it does look likely that something is expected to happen around the 5th/6th April - just as I'm driving there.
Here's hoping I have landed a bumper weekend for my last one this season!! 
IMT
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brian
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kitenski, well you're right in the middle, unfortunately. I think 45, 6 (near L2A) might be slightly better as you'd be on the French side of the mountains.
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brian
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IMT, I'm heading out on the 8th, fingers crossed !
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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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brian, where are you going?
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brian
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pam w, resort Y, Switzerland  Ok then, Grimentz.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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im with Frosty the Snowman, its all about the sunshine from here on in.. get up n out early then hit the deck chairs with a beer.. be the last one down.. mind you 125 kgs!! that is some serious pie!
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CANV CANVINGTON, You can't beat a serious pie
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Hold off on the deck chairs.
Isola2000 had some of the best conditions of the season at the weekend. Was up there both days, snow showers on Saturday with a good 15cm overnight making Sunday very snowy!!
Snow and more snow
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no deck chairs at least for the start of next week! Just had an email from j2ski.com, they are forecasting the following for Courchevel:
Fri: 4cm
Sat: 10cm
Sun 7cm
Mon: 26cm
Tues: 19cm
WHOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Powder rules will apply
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kitenski, Its still too far away to say. The deckchair will hpoefully remain.
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Can see you now, Frosty the Snowman, in your deckchair in half a metre of snow. 'twill keep the beer cool. We have a post-wedding party coming to stay next week. Can't really call it a honeymoon when the bride is accompanied by her parents, her in-laws and her 6 year old twins.... half of them are complete beginners who have never seen snow. Never, ever, not a flake (from Zimbabwe). They are very excited at the thought of new snow but I did tell them that the sunshine and a deckchair, and being able to see where you are going, has something to be said for it. Snow rather hard and uncompromising underfoot this morning, some new snow will be nice.
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