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Hi
Can anyone tell me what the longer range forecasts are for the Alpes ?
In particular LDA as considering Easter
Thank you 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| provenjohn wrote: |
Hi
Can anyone tell me what the longer range forecasts are for the Alpes ?
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Forecasts that far ahead for mountain areas are meaningless.
Even a week ahead is fairly borderline, and anything more than that is little more than guesswork.
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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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provenjohn, alex_heney is absolutely right. However, it's a pretty certain guess that given the quantity of snow around now, and the altitude of the skiing available in LDA, you will have fantastic skiing there at Easter.
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Ta, just booked after some help from Easiski
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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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Ski Cub of GB does 6 days (basic is 3 day but you can click to get a longer one).
However this http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/prec_frame.htm is currently forecasting precipitation to the 2nd April. (But as alex_heney said, it is unlikely to be very meaningful that far ahead - and on lower slopes in April it might be rain!).
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the best long range forcasts in the alps are www.snow-forecast.com you have to pay to get more that six days but they are fairly accurate, generally not exact to the day its going to snow once you look beyond five days but pretty good as to whether you are going to have snow or not within a 48 period.
Ski Club of Great britain is Complete rubbish and shows you silly little icons of a cloud and a sun.
Its really not very good considering that the only reason on earth you might ever want to visit their website.
There are other ones that see further out,
Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies are here.
http://wxmaps.org/pix/temp4.html
http://wxmaps.org/pix/prec4.html
are not bad for a general overview.
This is even further out.
http://wxmaps.org/pix/NHanim.html
This is most effective but you have to learn how to read it.
Actually as of now it show a humdinger of positive vorticity coming in for the 2nd of April.
Probably the best snowfall of the year, if its accurate.
theres a 20 forecast of the likely Jet Stream path here which im still learning
http://squall.sfsu.edu/scripts/nhemjetstream_model.htm
theres a discussion of long term weather patterns here
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html
Really the best thing to do of course is you want good snow, is live here, and ski after you look out the window and see its snowing. 
Hope all of that helps.
Nix.
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| pam w wrote: |
| provenjohn, alex_heney is absolutely right. However, it's a pretty certain guess that given the quantity of snow around now, and the altitude of the skiing available in LDA, you will have fantastic skiing there at Easter. |
Its a good time to consider france, this far out of season you might get away without the overcrowding.
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nixmap, Thank you
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