La Nina - Bring it on!

[GoldMember]

El Nino is dead, long live La Nina!

http://snowbrains.com/official-noaa-...a-next-winter/

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yess

[pipedream]

Alpental is always better when you have to dig the party spot out each morning. BRING IT, LITTLE GIRL!

[puma]

I've always enjoyed Cliff Mass. Here is his latest take:

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2016/0...has-begun.html

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

unless el donaldo is elected president, he just might cancel it?

[LiveLarger]

School me as someone from Europe, on what it does to the US skiing. BC? AK?

Thanks.

[danmelon]

^^ Well first of all, BC is in Canada.

I've always enjoyed Cliff Mass. Here is his latest take:

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2016/0...has-begun.html

Thx! Awesome!

[Buster Highmen]

School me as someone from Europe, on what it does to the US skiing. BC? AK?

Thanks.

[TahoeJ]

I'm down for a repeat of the 2010/11 season. ;-)

[NW_SKIER]

I'm down for a repeat of the 2010/11 season. ;-)

Word

[cloud cult]

School me as someone from Europe, on what it does to the US skiing. BC? AK?

Thanks.

Montana.

[snapt]

I'm down for a repeat of the 2010/11 season. ;-)

Yes please, was going to try to eek one more season out of the snow tires...now I'm second guessing that.

[detrusor]

I lived in Montana for the 89 winter. Hory sheet.

[Buster Highmen]

I'll take another 98-99 please.

[liv2ski]

I'm down for a repeat of the 2010/11 season. ;-)

So I am assuming that was a La Nina year and it dumped substantially??? Odd, as the little graph was shaded light tan which to my uneducated eye meant a lower than average snow year for Tahoe/Mammoth, so what am I missing here?

[Buster Highmen]

An amusing study of the NOAA accuracy shows that those forecasts have slightly worse accuracy that random sampling (i.e. dart throwing).

For example, this last year was forecast to be drier than normal in the PNW. However, Seattle broke it's all time rain record this last winter. So, YMMV.

[spudbumkin]

I'll take another 98-99 please.

I'd be down with another 90sick-90heaven season! I had to shovel out my 6' dog run in Alpine every week and the Village and Targhee were the best I can ever remember them being. Beyond that, I'd also be happy with another 07-08 season.

[LiveLarger]

Now only 55% chance of La Nina.

https://www.climate.gov/enso

[Eastbound_B]

Last year was the worst season over the past 25 years in the Appalachian Mountains, so La Nina has to be better

[Bromontana]

An amusing study of the NOAA accuracy shows that those forecasts have slightly worse accuracy that random sampling (i.e. dart throwing).

For example, this last year was forecast to be drier than normal in the PNW. However, Seattle broke it's all time rain record this last winter. So, YMMV.

/threads of this nature for eternity

[old goat]

Figuring out where to ski based on a 6 month or longer forecast is a fool's errand. A week out is usually pretty good.

[Bromontana]

Figuring out where to ski based on a 6 month or longer forecast is a fool's errand. A week out is usually pretty good.

You got a better shot playin pickup sticks with your butt cheeks than reliably predicting localized winter quality.

[Buster Highmen]

Prehensile butt cheeks.

Isn't TGR wunnerful?

[Bromontana]

https://www.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/0da...b-60cf920fec60

stole it from Mazderati's collection

[gas]

it looks like confidence in la nina has waned a bit.

https://www.climate.gov/enso

-sg