 Poster: A snowHead
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Just had a look at snowguess and they think big snow is going to useful places this weekend. A look at the BBC map confirms a most promising situation.
What a great season!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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yup, tho slightly mild, so may take off snow low down, but will hopefully replace it again and more by end of weekend! (fingers crossed!)
7 days to go, how exciting!
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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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ooo I hope its off to Zermatt - only 2 weeks to go - yipeeeee
sorry - I hope its off to all the places all the snowheads are going tooo.. (oops)
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Meribel tomorrow: 25cm snow predicted with temp -5C, doesn't sound too mild for me 
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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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One really frustrating thing is that they never let you know what altitude their forecast is for. It does make such a difference.
I think -5 is the perfect skiing temperature.
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Chris Bish, You can search snowforecast by resort, and they give a breakdown of freezing levels and predicted precipitation (rain or snow depending on freezing level obviously...) at the low, mid and high levels of the resort.
its why a lot of people seem to dislike snowforecast I think. because there's so much info given, all computer model driven, that there's massive scope for inaccuarcy for many reasons. Local micro climate for example.
"snowforecast promised me 10cm of snow at 1450m on the 6th and it didn't, blah, blah, blah."
Its good for showing trends though, and IMHO its been pretty accurate this winter, certainly for the 3 day forecast. the 6 day tends to be a bit fanciful though.
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Chris Bish, for France www.meteo.fr also has resort by resort forecasts (in English as well as French). Up to 4 days... As MarkP says though it can be spot on, can be wildly out - not so much with regard to temperatures which are pretty accurate... but precipitation, with its big local variations.
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.... and right on cue the snow turns up! 15cm overnight in les Arcs (where I'm off soon) and with more forecast until wednesday, by meteo france as well as snowforecast.com 
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Courchevel's looking good!! Seven days to go...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Ahh, Lucky sod! I've got twenty seven days yet! But then i'm going to get the April powder dumps... I pre booked them with my lift pass.
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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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markP, well done - good thinking. I thought I might just be able to turn up and blag it at the airport. The planes seed the clouds if you pay the supplement, don't they??
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Now i'm fed up  ...you lucky devils! Have a great time.
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You know it makes sense.
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Got a text from my parents (who are currently in Villars, Switzerland) saying that it was snowing heavily this morning and that everything was closed. Stuff may have opened later on this morning.
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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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Pete Horn flew of Alp-wards early this morning for a week on the white stuff... lucky sod!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Yeah, but maybe its snowing so hard everywhere's shut. 
Happened in January, be carefull what you wish for...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Just back from La Rosiere, started snowing on Thurs evening, still snowing this morning down to about 1300 meters. Prediction was for 40 cms by Monday, although I'd say there's more. Too warm to bash it, about 6-7 degrees but cold front forecast for Tues. If any one is going skiing this week it should be great throughout the Haute Tarentaise.
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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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David@traxvax, Shows the difference you can get in local conditions, just down the road in Bourg SM it was snowing all morning down to 800m, and there was plenty of light powder at Les Arcs, no probs for the piste bashers. Not that I was there being laid up with flu, keyboard within easy reach, but I am 'reliably informed' by offspring that conditions were perfect...
Looking good this week as you say, snow showers forecast on and off for the next few days, staying cold...
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