The Child Returns (skiing-related)

[El Kabong]

He's baaaack

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/1....ap/index.html

So what does this mean snow wise?

[Jumper Bones]

See, I don't know about that. Meteorologists have been pointing to the increased hurricane activity and jet stream movement, to say that there ISN'T an el nino in effect right now.

Big career field with a lot of people using different methods for their predictions, and you have to bet there are some trying to get famous out of all this. So there's going to be a huge difference of opinions...

[powslut]

it means that 3 times out of 10 there will be a 50% probablity of an average snowfall with the forecast accuracy not significantly better than chance.

[freshie247]

Amen!

[ak_powder_monkey]

All I know is in 98 we had almost 1,000 inches of snow thats about 80 feet of snow, damn

[splat]

Originally posted by ak_powder_monkey
All I know is in 98 we had almost 1,000 inches of snow thats about 80 feet of snow, damn

How does that correlate to predicting the winter in various regions of the nation, which, I believe, is the pertinent topic on the table?
AKPM - serve yourself and do some in-depth web reaearch at NOAA. Please, show us you can do it.

[ak_powder_monkey]

According to El Kabong's link the last strong el Nino was 1998 coinsidence? I think not

[optics]

Originally posted by ak_powder_monkey
coinsidence? I think not

You also spell not.

[The AD]

Originally posted by Jumper Bones
See, I don't know about that. Meteorologists have been pointing to the increased hurricane activity and jet stream movement, to say that there ISN'T an el nino in effect right now.

But do these things really have anything to do with it? I'm pretty sure El Nino only pertains to warmer than normal equatorial water temperatures in the Pacific. NOAA just had a story confirming the presence of El Nino.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2004/s2317.htm

Here's a link to the NOAA page on El Nino temp and precip impacts: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/product...p_impacts.html

The maps are too damn small, but basically El Nino often produces more snowfall in the southern Rockies, and less in the Northern Rockies and NE U.S. So El Nino years are good years to plan your Taos trip. Telluride and Silverton might not be bad bets, either.

[ak_powder_monkey]

Originally posted by optics
You also spell not.

Fair Enough

[rtp]

All I know is that during the last el nino we had terrible snow in my neck of the woods.

[splat]

Originally posted by The AD
But do these things really have anything to do with it? I'm pretty sure El Nino only pertains to warmer than normal equatorial water temperatures in the Pacific. NOAA just had a story confirming the presence of El Nino.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2004/s2317.htm

Here's a link to the NOAA page on El Nino temp and precip impacts: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/product...p_impacts.html

The maps are too damn small, but basically El Nino often produces more snowfall in the southern Rockies, and less in the Northern Rockies and NE U.S. So El Nino years are good years to plan your Taos trip. Telluride and Silverton might not be bad bets, either.

Thanks, AD. I just wanted to see if the kid could muster up enough brain muscle to make a contribution as significant as yours. AKPM - take notes. Spew is spew, significant contributions actually require some effort beyond that noise for which parrots are known. Don't just mimic spew. Do something real.

[The AD]

Originally posted by splat
Thanks, AD. I just wanted to see if the kid could muster up enough brain muscle to make a contribution as significant as yours. AKPM - take notes.

I knew AKPM wouldn't do it since the links I posted don't even show Alaska. He would never have been able to complete his assignment after seeing that.

[ak_powder_monkey]

Originally posted by The AD
I knew AKPM wouldn't do it since the links I posted don't even show Alaska. He would never have been able to complete his assignment after seeing that.

Actully I'm just lazy, and fat, did I mention Fat

[splat]

Originally posted by ak_powder_monkey
Actully I'm just lazy, and fat, did I mention Fat

That's because there's no nutritional value in 2751 posts unless the calories are balanced with a little protein.