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looks like it might have started, we're getting sleet/snow/rain here right now
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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'ger all here, so far.
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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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getting heavier here, be interesting to see what it looks like in the morning. We're only at 500m so I'd be fairly sure it's falling as snow fairly heavily up the road now.
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PG, I hope you're planning to stay up all night to report the exact moment that it starts to snow 
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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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It doesn't appear to be falling yet in Zermatt. Their live webcam seems to show a very dry town centre!
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rob@rar.org.uk, the relevant words being "all night", the way it's looking!
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Hadn't even noticed from inside, but just gone out to check, there is a light (very light) drizzle/sleet falling, so snow at Les Arcs. Needs to be heavier though!
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rob@rar.org.uk, no doubt about it, in the light of the street lamp opposite there is slow-falling whitish stuff mixed in with the drizzle. Definitely counts as snow, so I'm off to bed....
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ise, Remind us please which part of Switzerland you are in ?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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PG, ise, good morning, is there a morning update?
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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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Good morning Ray, we have approximately 1cm lying on the ground and occasional very light drizzle. Fog/low cloud. No wind. Approx 2°C at 850m. Possibly a little more (snow) at altitude.
However heavier snowfall has been *postponed*, according to the forecast, until Sunday and Monday. Light snowfall only Friday and Saturday.
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PG, thanks for the report. 
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You know it makes sense.
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PG, yes, thanks.
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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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Interestingly Les Arcs had a little snow overnight but from the webcam at the top of Tougnete Meribel didn't receive a flake. Is this some special power that PG has?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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On closer examination other Meribel webcams are showing fresh snow, so perhaps the panoramic webcam on the Merinet site isn't functioning properly.
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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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rob@rar.org.uk, Someone at 1800 has just told me they've had about 6-8 cms up there, but didn't answer when I asked him if he had Provencal ancestors! (Given to exaggeration )
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What is a little worrying (at least, the bit about the wind) is this, just in from Val d'Isère.
17th December 2004 - weather: Snow showers
Snow cover altitude: 25 cms
Snow cover resort: 25 cms
lifts: 23/50
slopes: 31/72
greens: 13/21
blues: 14/27
reds: 3/18
blacks: 1/6
Temperature altitude: -10°C
Temperature resort: -2°C
Freezing point: 1400m
wind direction altitude: north-west - wind strength km/h: 50/110 kph
wind direction resort: north-west - wind strength km/h: 40/90 kph
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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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Snowed overnight in the Jura and there's a fair amount fallen up there so far, same for the pre-alpes as well. The clouds suggest it's going to start again in a few hours. Temperatures are way up on the last few weeks though.
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Can't see DH training going ahead with those wind speeds.
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rob@rar.org.uk, no, cancelled. Doesn't augur well for tomorrow either. And the forecast for Sunday is heavy snow....
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And the forecast for Sunday is heavy snow....
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Not all bad news then..
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| rob@rar.org.uk, no, cancelled. Doesn't augur well for tomorrow either. And the forecast for Sunday is heavy snow.... |
I can confirm this, I've got to move some furniture around tomorrow morning so I'll only grab a couple of hours on the slopes. I've arranged for the snow to be delayed for Sunday when I've got a bit more time.
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PG, I guess missing an opportunity to see the delightful Ms Alcott in the Ladies DH is a small price to pay for some real snow to ski on over Christmas.
I like the sound of 'heavy snow' on Sunday. Must make sure to pack my snow chains...
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rob@rar.org.uk, I'm getting sceptical about Meteo's France's "double snowflake" image. And just about every time I check:
Meteo France Les Arcs
....it's changed in some way. The sun peeping through wasn't there last time I looked! But then again, it only had a single snowflake for this afternoon.... now it's a double 
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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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| I've arranged for the snow to be delayed for Sunday when I've got a bit more time. |
Nah... you just know the big one's gonna arrive tonight (just after we park up, please, and definitely not before we've landed at GVA) and we'll make every effort to ski it out before you get there...  ...the web cams for Flaine and Avoriaz look rather more enticing than they did yesterday.
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We've got guests arriving tonight for a few days, flying into Geneva this morning at 9.30, determined to ski in either Courmayeur or Flaine today, then head down to BSM for early evening. Tight schedule, given the conditions!
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You know it makes sense.
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Snow report
From Meteo UK Les 'Ayling
Here on Isle de 'Ayling in Hampshire snowing very heavily at the moment although the snowflakes are rather high density and temperature challenged.
Well your doing it, so why shouldn't I?
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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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Slowplough, 
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Poster: A snowHead
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La Plagne website says 6cm of fresh last night at 200m, Stockton on Tees in Smogland Central had no snow last night, however we have grey clouds (poss chemical smog) and are expecting a nice drop of acid rain.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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If you look at the Les Arcs Moutaintop Webcam there is a chamois in the middle pic just by the camera, looking towards Arc 2000 - I'm interested to see if its still there in the 11am pic - it may be a new plastic one for this year  . Not snowing heavily, but its snowing
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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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Martin Nicholas, it was there a few days ago, I'd guess it bain't real 
Here's something I posted in Snow reports:
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| The current charts show a switch to SW winds after the weekend (after the current crop of lows goes through). This will probably mean a rise in temperature, though by how much I don't know. However, looking at the extreme range of the charts, you may get another cold front (and possibly a low pressure system) or two through before Christmas. The big problem is that teh Azores high is looking to ridge eastwards - this is what brings the SW winds, and it could also deflect some low pressure systems to the N & E of the Alps (Austria may do quite well from this set-up). How good or bad it is will really depend on how much that high ridges and how long it remains like that. |
Inciodentally, if you look at the French rainfall radar, it shows a large area of (unknown heaviness) rain over the NW part of France. If this moves SE you should see some more. However, the skies should clear a bit between now and then as there's a decent sized gap in the systems. It's a shame this system over S England is dumping a lot of its moisture now. Hopefully it'll still have plenty left when it arrives down there....
[EDIT: I was talking rubbish about the Pyrennes  ]
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Fri 17-12-04 14:09; edited 1 time in total
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| PG wrote: |
| We've got guests arriving tonight for a few days, flying into Geneva this morning at 9.30, determined to ski in either Courmayeur or Flaine today, then head down to BSM for early evening. Tight schedule, given the conditions! |
Geneva - Courmayeur - BSM ? They sound loads of fun
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I did point out they couldn't nip over the Col, but that didn't seem to put them off at all!
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With that schedule I think you should make them aware of the Mont Blanc Tunnel speed limit!
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It's getting stuck behind a lorry on the French side that could double their journey time. If they spend a day in Courmayeur, it could be the same lorry in both directions.
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skanky,
How do you know about this site - are you into some aerial cross country action?
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No, it's from my increasing collection of weather info. sites. I only recently realised who it was aimed at (I did wonder about it's obsession with winds). That's not to say I wouldn't give it a try if the opportunity presented itself (I'm far to good a time-waster to actively seek such an opportunity out though).
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