Everybody Wins!!!

[Lane Meyer]

When the NWS gives us this pink beauty!

[Lurch]

Could you post the key so I could figure out what I'm looking at?

[ak_powder_monkey]

and its sunny here boo! Boo! come on Ullr!

Oh yea guys GET SOME!!!!!!!!

[KQ]

Uh.......not seeing any pink in the PNW........

[schuss]

Could you post the key so I could figure out what I'm looking at?

High chance of spotting bakerboy in the pink sections, seasonal depression is sweeping through the blue, and the spicy food is delicious in the green areas.Red means stop and turn around, and white represents areas of low cranial pressure.

[optics]

Uh.......not seeing any pink in the PNW........

Heh.

But yeah, what she said.

[Lane Meyer]

High chance of spotting bakerboy in the pink sections, seasonal depression is sweeping through the blue, and the spicy food is delicious in the green areas.Red means stop and turn around, and white represents areas of low cranial pressure.

I thought white meant time to get in your car and drive towards the pink?

[Lane Meyer]

Uh.......not seeing any pink in the PNW........

Sorry. But you gotta admit, it's pretty rare and sweet that 80-90% of the worthwhile ski areas in the western half of the country are about to get pummeled....

[Ubersheist]

Everybody wins!

....except for the poor yahoos in Phoenix or in Cortez, CO.

[KQ]

Sorry. But you gotta admit, it's pretty rare and sweet that 80-90% of the worthwhile ski areas in the western half of the country are about to get pummeled....

Ain't got to admit nothin!! No snow in Oregon, Washington, BC or Idaho - I say that pretty much SUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[phUnk]

I thought white meant time to get in your car and drive towards the pink?

In The Pursuit Of The Pink

[The Reverend Floater]

Ain't got to admit nothin!! No snow in Oregon, Washington, BC or Idaho - I say that pretty much SUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not sure about Washington nor Oregon, but we're getting nuked on here in South Central (Idaho, dat is)!

[KQ]

Not sure about Washington nor Oregon, but we're getting nuked on here in South Central (Idaho, dat is)!

Ah........so the map lies!!!

[Squirrel99]

Ain't got to admit nothin!! No snow in Oregon, Washington, BC or Idaho - I say that pretty much SUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heh. What she said.

Don't worry KQ- we're on a mission to Utah (wow, mission & utah in the same sentence! random!) to the pink this week and get to the bottom of this dry PNW winter (hopefully bribing him back here with some tasty full strength Mirror Pond Ale). There looks like a little sliver of hope- maybe White Pass or Crystal- in a dark area toward Yakima (crossing fingers now!)

I'm super stoked to be riding in Utah this weekend, but at the same time, really down about our year here- I mean, we'd be lucky to get Alpental open by the end of January. I really hope we can get a bunch of moisture out of this in the PNW. If anyone needs it the most, it's certainly in WA/BC/OR

[Blurred]

I don't know how recent that chart is. The picture is linked to a photography site you guys. Coulda been from ten years ago.

http://www.grantkphoto.com

[Lane Meyer]

That's my website, Brett, which I use to post photos when they are part of Flash websties, like the one the image in question came from, the National Weather Service's Western Region headquarters. Alt-PrintScr copies the screen's contents, which I made into a JPG, and uploaded for your viewing pleasure. It's current as of 15 minutes ago, ca. 13:45 PST 12/29/04.

See for yourself: NWS-WRH

[Blurred]

That's my website, Brett, which I use to post photos when they are part of Flash websties, like the one the image in question came from, the National Weather Service's Western Region headquarters. Alt-PrintScr copies the screen's contents, which I made into a JPG, and uploaded for your viewing pleasure. It's current as of 15 minutes ago, ca. 13:45 PST 12/29/04.

See for yourself: NWS-WRH

Oh, I see. (said the blindman, as he walked into a post)

I was browsing the site, and I was like, "damn, whoever this is takes really good photos"!

I also bookmarked that weather site, thanks. Sorry for my ignorance.

[Lane Meyer]

No worries, mang. Hope your rain in Vail tunnrs to snow, there's nothing worse than rain at the base, which we have to endure @ Squaw probably 10 times a year. (And thanks for the props about the photos...)

[ak_powder_monkey]

, there's nothing worse than rain at the base,

What about rain at the top?

[Lane Meyer]

Good point kid, good point.

[slippy]

Ah........so the map lies!!!

Yes, we're expecting 1-2 inches in the Bridgers tonight. But we're still pinking, somehow.

[Lane Meyer]

The latest from NOAA:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
326 PM PST WED DEC 29 2004

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM MOVING INTO THE SIERRA TONIGHT..

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE PACIFIC WILL MOVE INTO THE SIERRA
TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE SIERRA THROUGH FRIDAY.
STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE SIERRA BETWEEN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN NEVADA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...WITH
HEAVY SNOW REACHING WESTERN NEVADA ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE VERY
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN THE SIERRA WHERE LOCAL
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ARE CURRENTLY
IN PLACE ON MANY SIERRA HIGHWAYS. WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED OVER THE
NEXT 48 HOURS ROAD CLOSURES ARE PROBABLE. TRAVEL IN THE SIERRA IS
STRONGLY DISCOURAGED BETWEEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY!!!

CAZ072-NVZ002-301300-
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
326 PM PST WED DEC 29 2004

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY..

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO NV HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING.

SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AFTER 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED AT LAKE
LEVEL...WITH 4 TO 6 FEET OF SNOW POSSIBLE ABOVE 8000 FEET. STRONG
WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. GUSTS NEAR 100
MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER RIDGES. THIS WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES IN
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NEW YEARS DAY WEEKEND.

$$

And the play-by-play:

Tonight: Very windy with snow showers. Snow accumulation up to a foot. Lows 17 to 27. Southwest winds 30 to 45 mph with gusts up to 100 mph over ridges.

Thursday: Windy with heavy snow. Snow accumulation 10 to 20 inches. Highs 22 to 32. Southwest winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. Gusts to 100 mph over ridges.

Thursday night: Heavy snow. Windy. Snow accumulations 12 to 24 inches. Lows 17 to 27. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Gusts to 90 mph over ridges.

Friday: Brisk with snow showers. Highs 21 to 31. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph.