 Poster: A snowHead
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wow!!!!! weather is looking good for a big snow dump over the weekend in france. can't wait first day of skiing for me is monday as we have sunday transfers. can't wait. hey how come skanky hasn't done is weather post yet today.
3 days to go. ahhh going insane with the wait
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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benpudney, lol, me too...im trying to work but have become obsessed with this site and the weather...grrr. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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benpudney, I don't do it every day (lack of time as much as anything), especially if I don't think much has changed (from a quick glance). The only addition I have to make is that it's looking windy. I completely forgot to do the updates to compare what was forecast with what's happened - but the expected warm air seems to have arrived (only looking at Chambery & Geneva for today though). I may get time to have a look at next week on Friday - if I'm not distracted by the snow in Blighty that day. 
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Tomski. Yeah supposed to be working but keep checking weather so depressing having to wait to go though.
Skanky. no worries new to this site you see and thought you did one every day. friday is good though cos go out on sunday.
ahhh still insane have to work don't want to, want to ski but have to work ahhhhh
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Latest Météo Chance predictions are snow to 1600 meters on Thursday afternoon with snow continuing to Monday morning and the snow level dropping to 200 meters over the weekend. Happy transfer day! Around 70-80cm are expected in the pre-Alps. Coolio. I'm glad we've got plenty of wood for the central heating still.
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| Happy transfer day! |
hadnt thought about that!!! 
we are going to do some food shopping when we arrive in Grenoble at 3pm, so may bide our time a bit and go after the crowds (and make sure the hire car has chains!)...any suggestions for when a good time to start our ascent if its crazy snow/crowds...surely not TOO bad this time of year?!
PS the weather has certainly made a turn for the worse here in leeds, crazy lightening!!
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??? happy transfer day? I for one thinks it's nice to arrive when it's snowing... some good fresh snow to start the week with... at least then you know that's the snow that you came for  and with the bus through the mountains while snowing...like some arctic adventure...yeah !
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something I found somewhere:
Hello a tous...
La perturbation qui se trouve actuellement des pyrénées jusqu'a l'Alsace va faire du sur place jusqu'a demain soir.
Au cours de cette visite prolongée, notre invitées ne va cesser de se réactiver, alimentée aussi bien en air chaud qu'en air froid, le conflit de masses d'air est explosif!
Jeudi après midi, des cellules orageuses devrait se dévellopper dans la masse, puis se déplacer vers l'Est en gardant de leur activité pour atteindre les Alpes la nuit suivante, s'y attardant jusqu'a Vendredi après midi.
L'épidode neigeux sera intense, surtout des Préalpes aux massifs externes (Belledonne , beaufortain...) ou les averses devraient être continues et orageuses, la neige tombera vers 1500m en cour de nuit puis s'abaissera Vendredi par l'Ouest ( a 12h Limite PN vers 800/900m sur les Préalpes).
Vendredi après midi et soir, une accalmie se dessine avec moins d'averses, et quelques éclaircies en plaine. Mais déjà la nuit suivante les précipations reprennent sous formes d'averses pour ne cesser qu'en nuit de Samedi a Dimanche, la neige descend entre 500m et la plaine.
Quantitées attendues de jeudi a Samedi soir:
vers 1800m:
Plus de 80cm sur les Préalpes, 50 a 70cm sur les massifs externes, 30 a 60cm sur les massifs internes et frontaliers.
vers 1000m:
20 a 35cm sur les Préalpes et les massifs externes.
5 a 20cm ailleurs.
le bulletin complet est[url=http://www.infoclimat.fr/bulletins/?bulletin=alpes]ici
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| dio5 wrote: |
| and with the bus through the mountains while snowing...like some arctic adventure...yeah ! |
You are obviously not one of the tourists who spent 48 hours stuck on a bus this winter. Saturday shouldn't be that bad although beware the French driver without snow tires.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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davidof, exciting tho int it....hope there isnt too much snow and everywhere shuts due to the avalance risk 
Think we will definitely be heading up later in the day on saturday, try to avoid the massses and hopefully any snow on the roads will have been sorted out...hopefully, dont fancy losing 48 hours sitting in the car!!
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| tomski01 wrote: |
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hadnt thought about that!!! :shock:
we are going to do some food shopping when we arrive in Grenoble at 3pm, so may bide our time a bit and go after the crowds (and make sure the hire car has chains!)...any suggestions for when a good time to start our ascent if its crazy snow/crowds...surely not TOO bad this time of year?!
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Where are you heading? Last Saturday was fairly busy but this weekend should be calm. If it does snow Grenoble is chaos. Ttook me 2 hours to cross at the start of March and the bypass (Rocade) was a mess of crashed cars. It is not you it is the other drivers. Most people in Grenoble have neither chains nor snow tyres. You may be advised to stop at Espace Comboire on the Rocade on the way to les 2 Alpes / Alpe d'Huez. The only problem with the afternoon in France is that a good percentage of drivers are drunk having downed half a bottle of pinarde at lunch, this does little for their ability to drive down a road without veering from side to side or lane to lane.... or maybe they just drive that way without drinking?
I doubt the snow will be as bad as forecast although there was heavy snow at low altitude even in May last year.
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You know it makes sense.
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ummm trying very hard to read the French! Presume you are all predicting heavy snow over the next couple of day.... but where? where are the Prealpes etc???
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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L'épidode neigeux sera intense, surtout des Préalpes aux massifs externes (Belledonne , beaufortain...)
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I certainly hope so. I am sitting looking out of the window at 1500m in the Beaufortain and it is pouring with rain, the most depressing sight. Maybe in 24 hours time the world will be white again.
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Poster: A snowHead
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jayne durham, i just out it in http://www.freetranslation.com, gives some funny translations, but give a fair impression of whats being said (snow snow snow)!
davidof, hope it doesnt get that low that it affects Grenoble...we are going to la Plagne, thanks for the advice on french drivers, scary! 
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pam w, bit like being back in blighty...least the views prob nicer than my urban jungle and occasional chavs beating up bus stops (well at least i hope it is!) 
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and i defenitely hope that we won't be stuck for 48 hours indeed...sorry to hear that...
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I think the pre-alps are the hils to the west and north - above places like Evian. But is just a guess.
Looks like there could be snow into the middle of next week, but it could warm up again mid-week. More precip expected, but the warmer air is looking to move back in so the FL could raise a bit. Looking at late Tues/Wed at the moment. Still too early fvor sure and I'll have another look tomorrow.
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latest meteo fr forecasts have reduced the snow amounts.... no snow on sunday and monday anymore...
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latest snow-forecast.com for Courcheval has snow showers mon & tues
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skanky, dio5, I'd always thought the PreAlpes were the main Alps "as we know them" ... i.e Swiss, French and Italian but recent posts seem to contradict. Ho Hum.
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a specialist now told me that at least Val thorens is situated in les massifs internes... so I think that also counts for La PLagne, les arcs...
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but no worry : http://www.infoclimat.fr/bulletins/?bulletin=alpes
Vendredi 8 Avril 2005 80%:
Grand mauvais temps, le plafond nuageux s'abaisse, les averses sont répétitives, souvent continues sur le relief, parfois violentes et orageuses. Dans l'ensemble ces averses sont soutenues, abondantes dans les Préalpes et les massifs externes, elles faiblissent toutefois en fin de journée et s'estompent la nuit suivante.
Au lever du jour il neige vers 1200m sur les Préalpes, plus haut en allant vers le Sud Est, cette limite s'abaisse jusque vers 600/800m sur les Préalpes (après midi et soir), vers 1200m a l'Est.
Ceci dit, d'importants phénomènes d'isothermie sont possible abaissant la neige bien plus bas.
Quantités délicates à estimer, sûrement plus de 50cm sur les Préalpes vers 1800m, 30 a 50cm dans les massifs internes.
Vent modéré de Nord Ouest.
Iso O vers 1600m a 2000m d'Ouest en Est puis 1100 a 1600m.
Tn en plaine: 5-8° a 1000m: 1-4°
Tx en plaine: 11-14° a 1000m: 4-7°
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Samedi 9 Avril 2005 75%:
Instable et hivernal avec des averses fréquentes sur le relief, alternants avec des accalmies en plaine, voir de rares éclaircies.
Sur les Préalpes et les massifs externes, les précipitations sont quasi continues et soutenues, parfois accompagnés d'un coup de tonnerre. Il neige vers 400m et jusqu'en fond de vallée sous les plus fortes averses. Quantités attendues: 20-35cm a 1000m sur les Préalpes, 10 a 20cm dans les massifs internes.
Vent modéré de Nord.
Iso O vers 700m.
Tn en plaine: 0-3° a 1000m: (-4)-(-2)°
Tx en plaine: 5-8° a 1000m: (-2)-0°
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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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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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dio5, not that lucky - she didn't get that carried away
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Poster: A snowHead
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what do you mean Tom, needs tons of snow all next week, so my week is fantastic
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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dio5, she's depressed now - looks like it stopped
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Bungle, looking at the les arcs latest cam pics i cant work out if it is or isnt!!
its either dumping it down or just a porr picture, now thats frustrating!
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dio5 someone on the French forum skipass.com asked the same question about where the "prealpes" are, and the reply was as follows:
val et tignes font partie des massifs internes ... et bénéficient en général des retours d'Est, y a un risque pour dimanche je crois ?!
préalpes c'est Chartreuse, Aravis, Bauges, Vercors ... ceux qui prennent en flux de nord nord/ouest )))
Here in the Beaufortain it is still raining, and around 2 degrees. It is promised to cool down and start snowing later in the night. It better had, because there's nothing but grass and mud from where I'm looking. Have a great holiday.
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tomski01, I've noticed in the past week or so that the 9pm webcam pics are pretty poor quality but it seems a little bit extra poor tonight so hopefully some of that is down to snow - I guess we will find out tomorrow!
Mrs Bungle has come down from her high but remains reasonably confident - as you say tomorrow is the big day for snow so fingers crossed - be looking in the morning hoping to see a fair bit of white.
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Pam w
what did they mean by " y a un risque de dimanche je crois" ?
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