Better than sitting on your couch eating douche filled eclairs. Even if you already have a passQuote:
Originally Posted by Frank
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Better than sitting on your couch eating douche filled eclairs. Even if you already have a passQuote:
Originally Posted by Frank
Don't bet on it.
Peepers don't get a lot of love, least they used to didn't...
10 mi has been getting grunt fucked by these westerlies since October. 2006-2007 saw some pretty serious winds, but not as consistently as this. 50-60 mph gusts at all the passes over the last few hours again tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Like a Boss
More global weirding. Shit is getting fucked up everywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Like a Boss
I wouldn't be surprised if this current NW to northern rocky mountain flow shuts off in 2 weeks and everything shifts somewhere completely differently. These erratic patterns are wreaking havoc on our snowpacks and nothing seems normal any longer.
Things now seem to go from one extreme to another.
there isn't much odd about the snow, wind, weather it's pretty normal for year in and year outQuote:
Originally Posted by RaisingArizona
I'd say this is all pretty normal, what has been happening right now is that the jet streem from the north (snow) and the southern jet streem (moisture and warm air) are fighting each other right over top of northern colorado week after week, giving us alittle more wind than usual and plenty of snow
I am waiting for that valve to shut off in two weeks like you said, end of january???? then again I wasn't predicting much of winter till january this year and I'm a 4-6 weeks off
soemtime around 97 or 98 there was a wind storm that was pretty much 10x what we've had recently. that did alot of damage and made these recent ones seem pretty mellow
I concur.Quote:
Originally Posted by fastfred
I disagree, however Weather does not = Climate.
So far in SW Montana we are about normal for SWE and our base depths are actually pretty average to above average and it is always windy here.
The odd is the Temperature. One 8 day period of below zero F with 4 days of daytime highs below zero. Still normalish.
But we have also experienced 3 extended periods of Temps in for 40s, I mean 4-7 days in a row. For this area, that is odd.
But it is the extremes that when averaged create the averages we accept as "normal".
I still believe the extremes are bouncing back and forth much more than it used to.
I am guessing that the reason that the avy occurred on Jan 2nd, and we didn't hear about it through local media until Jan 8th is b/c the Evil Empire did not want this in bounds avy to affect their beloved Holiday tourist season. We all know that they strong-arm the local media!
Welcome... the ridge is here, the faucet is off.Quote:
Originally Posted by RaisingArizona
It really seems that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by RaisingArizona
I also saw a pretty big avy off Zuma cornice in A-Basin (looking at the webcam). The wind has really done a number on most above treeline terrain in the ten mile and along the divide.
I think you just described CO weather in general. It's pretty much all extremes where a few big storms during the season could make all the difference between having an above normal or below normal snowpack for the year...continental vs. maritime snowpack. I think the only weather in CO that is semi-consistent is the summer monsoons.Quote:
Originally Posted by RaisingArizona
Another 3-5 days of mild temps and sun here in MT. Mountain biking on tap for tomorrow.
Some recently posted images on the CAIC website. The locations are pretty obvious and the slides look massive.
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