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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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fatbob, I found this particularly difficult to read, due to the tears in my eyes. 
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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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as they say, sno news is good news !
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It's healthy for folks to get in touch with their inner feelings and important that they feel comfortable expressing those thoughts and fears to the rest of the group  . fatbob, I hate to say this publically but you're in denial and, out of all of us, you're the one displaying the most outward symptoms of snow-loss-induced-mental-excrement, or SLIME, as we professionals prefer to call it. Get some help fella. In fact, we're all here to help you. Please check in with us every hour just so we can make sure you haven't done anything silly.
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Problem we have tho FatBoB is that half the people speculating think they are 'forecasting'.
Maybe we should have a 'cowdoo' rating for posts?
Post cowdoo Rating- 100% 
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Once that snow falls everyone will be saying what a fab winter it is, never seen so much etc. I am eternally optimistic that it will come.
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Helen Beaumont,
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Once that snow falls everyone will be saying what a fab winter it is, never seen so much etc
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when is it going to stop ,to much snow 
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brian
brian
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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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You know it makes sense.
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voluntary ban on weather speculation
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Oh God, yes. I've never seen so many multi-coloured spiky graphs. Or so many different interpretations. Web-cams are fine though. WYSIWYG!
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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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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Bode Swiller -
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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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Supposed to snow up here today...
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Bode Swiller - I hadn't realised that anyone was videoing me!! 
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All change
Raining hard in Bern
Snow tonight
The Swiss papers reporting Cold front & the Fohn is going away from upper elevations. Snow down to 1200M possibly 1000M 
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Any minute now someone will suggest a sweepstake on what date each resort will open...... 
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| Problem we have tho FatBoB is that half the people speculating think they are 'forecasting'. |
What's the difference?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I love that met office report, basically covers all angles so they are right whatever happens!! eg these 2 classic phrases:
"there is no clear indication for either above or below normal. "
"best estimates slightly favour average or above-average precipitation for the winter as a whole"
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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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They also give the figures that those words are attempting to describe. Maybe they should just stick with the figures.
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kitenski, I think the language of the Met Office forecast is actually quite helpful, in that it it indicates clearly the degree of uncertainty and enables you to make a judgement - for example that it is improbable that it will be a very dry winter. Sometimes the data are such that the models simply cannot come up with a firm sounding forecast - and you can't blame the Met Office for that. What I do find annoying is when the data are not pointing in any clear direction but we nonetheless get a certain-sounding forecast. That was happening with the marine forecasts during mid November when I was sailing, and is extremely annoying. If the Met Office tell you there will be winds blowing Severe Gale Force 9 in the following 24 hours your response, in terms of planning, is not the same as if they told you there was a slight possibility of Gale Force 9. I don't have any problem with forecasts which are carefully worded to give me no baseless confidence!
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You know it makes sense.
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| Remember in the days before the internet all people had to go on were a tiny snow depth table in the weekend papers and then wait to excitedly ask the transfer rep (remember this was also pre DIY trips generally) "so is there any snow?" Was everyone any less happy? |
And the classic response is always "It was snowing hard when I left" and the resulting disappointment when you finally get up there and find virtually nothing is devastating! At least with webcams you can see before you arrive so it's less of a shock...off to view the Les Arc cams next....not that I'm a compulsive cam viewer...
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Does anyone know what the forecast is for MK Xscape on Sunday morning 
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Poster: A snowHead
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RachelQ, I dont know what the forcast for MK is but the snow report will go something like,
Best snow on the upper slopes
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| RachelQ wrote: |
| Does anyone know what the forecast is for MK Xscape on Sunday morning |
Overcast.
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i'd say about -5 and snow....at least inside the fridge
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what p's me off is people posting that its snowing when it isn't!!! it might be up top but that is much of a muchness because if it dont fall in the valley they'll end up not opening at all!
keep it real, when its really snowing those of us that live in the area will be the first to let you know!
still raining in serre che, but snowing on the lauteret and down to 1800 temp currently +5
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snowangel., sorry, but I don't have vision that stretches to Serre Chevalier, and can only judge the snowfall from the webcam on the TO site. It sure looks likes it has been snowing up there.
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snowangel., I think we are talking about forecasting on this thread although other threads are snow ramping.
It is snowing in the Alps and elsewhere, and Snowheads are talking about it and the webcams are showing it, I don't see a problem with that.
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You'll be asking me to give up pointless webcam watching and chocolate hobnobs next
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I'm much worse. I've actually e-mailed Chamonet pleading with them to tell me it is going to snow before 15th December (having seen nothing but rocks on Brevant webcam.)
They were very sweet and told me that the lift company were under a lot of pressure to open but wisely didn't tell me it was going to snow!
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If it helps, I won't buy my snow tyres until it's too late...
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