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Totally ot but a friend of mine who lives in CO ski country texted me this am and said even the highest peaks are basically brown in sensible terms and the ski areas are sucking wind. This is pretty unusual for this time of year.

This is a shot from the top of Arapahoe Basin today. About 12,500' or so. Breckenridge is in the distance. Not looking good at all.

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Totally ot but a friend of mine who lives in CO ski country texted me this am and said even the highest peaks are basically brown in sensible terms and the ski areas are sucking wind. This is pretty unusual for this time of year.

This is a shot from the top of Arapahoe Basin today. About 12,500' or so. Breckenridge is in the distance. Not looking good at all.

There really isn't much snow in the PacNW either. Only ~24" of snow on the ground at Paradise (Mt Rainer), which is quite low for them....

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Totally ot but a friend of mine who lives in CO ski country texted me this am and said even the highest peaks are basically brown in sensible terms and the ski areas are sucking wind. This is pretty unusual for this time of year.

This is a shot from the top of Arapahoe Basin today. About 12,500' or so. Breckenridge is in the distance. Not looking good at all.

after last year they can't be too happy. still kinda early to write it all off tho. the west has certainly been doing better thus far but most of the big totals are confined to very high elevations (past base at many resorts).

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after last year they can't be too happy. still kinda early to write it all off tho. the west has certainly been doing better thus far but most of the big totals are confined to very high elevations (past base at many resorts).

I think the big stream of moisture is well north of Co and is amied more like Idaho but even then the snow levels will probably be high.

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Here's a scary thought...last October we had our biggest snowfall of the season in the MA and the winter was a snooze thereafter.

This year we have Sandy and WV gets clobbered with feet of snow. This trend spells DOOM for the MA this winter.

It is safe to say...snow lovers are going to have another fustrating winter.

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Here's a scary thought...last October we had our biggest snowfall of the season in the MA and the winter was a snooze thereafter.

This year we have Sandy and WV gets clobbered with feet of snow. This trend spells DOOM for the MA this winter.

It is safe to say...snow lovers are going to have another fustrating winter.

The "S" stands for Scientist, NO?

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Here's a scary thought...last October we had our biggest snowfall of the season in the MA and the winter was a snooze thereafter.

This year we have Sandy and WV gets clobbered with feet of snow. This trend spells DOOM for the MA this winter.

It is safe to say...snow lovers are going to have another fustrating winter.

correlation does not imply causation

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Here's a scary thought...last October we had our biggest snowfall of the season in the MA and the winter was a snooze thereafter.

This year we have Sandy and WV gets clobbered with feet of snow. This trend spells DOOM for the MA this winter.

It is safe to say...snow lovers are going to have another fustrating winter.

This prediction makes me feel really good about our snow chances this year.

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Now that today's reading material has been consumed, I feel that I can reliably say that winter is over. Yes, yes, it is a record this year, canceled in November, but there really is no other alternative at this point.

Ian, please start the first severe weather thread (we can cancel it in February).

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Now that today's reading material has been consumed, I feel that I can reliably say that winter is over. Yes, yes, it is a record this year, canceled in November, but there really is no other alternative at this point.

Ian, please start the first severe weather thread (we can cancel it in February).

and cancelled by someone other than Ji though Ji may have a better track record in forecasting winter weather.

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after last year they can't be too happy. still kinda early to write it all off tho. the west has certainly been doing better thus far but most of the big totals are confined to very high elevations (past base at many resorts).

It's a really unusual start. North and ncentral co rockies are typically dry to very dry during nino years because early storms track the 4 corners and the sw mountains eat up all the moisture. But the sw resorts are dry as a bone too so far. This is a particularly bad start for the whole state and last year was one of the worst in many years. Almost all the bases are above 9k feet too so it doesn't rain past mid Nov on pretty much all the resorts. It's just flat out dry out there.

Like Wes said, northern areas like the pac nw and even over to the tetons have done ok but Jackson Hole only has a 35" base and almost no terrain open. I'm sure things will change but xmas week is one of the most important weeks in CO. I hope it changes for them soon.

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If your ever watched Seinfeld, there was a character called the Soup Nazi...great soup but you need to follow direct orders to obtain your soup...

Next the correlation to the MA...

The Snow Nazi delivers great storms with wonderful accummulations of snow...only if all the right ingredients come together...so in other words...

"NO SNOW FOR YOU"

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Now that today's reading material has been consumed, I feel that I can reliably say that winter is over. Yes, yes, it is a record this year, canceled in November, but there really is no other alternative at this point.

Ian, please start the first severe weather thread (we can cancel it in February).

pretty sure next year won't have a good severe season given this year was good

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I'm sitting in DIA right now and can confirm the lack of snow in CO. They are really dry. Nov averages over 4" of precip, making it one one the wettest months and I think they have less than a tenth of an inch with nothing on the horizon. Of course, I'm flying to MSP where their drought continues. Figured in late Nov I might be able to see snow in one of these places. But alas.

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