Utah Weather (mis)information

[Particle]

So what is up with the weather forecasters this year in Utah? Is there a giant conspiracy to underestimate every single tiny impuse of a storm that is coming through? Seems like an abnormally high rate of the weather folks saying "trace to nothing" and resulting in a foot plus. Which is better than the opposite scenario, but I think that's only happened once this season. Are the weather forecasters scared of predicting a decent storm and then fizzling out or is this just a super weird winter pattern? Just curious...any thoughts RB?

[Buzzworthy]

It is the new style of forecasting, designed to keep the snow snobs at home.



I am not going to complain, the 1" new reported at Beaver had me in calf high powder all day long yesterday.


ON SKIS!!! Freakin love my Scratch BC's, I can finally ski pow!!!

[Xover]

So what is up with the weather forecasters this year in Utah? Is there a giant conspiracy to underestimate every single tiny impuse of a storm that is coming through? Seems like an abnormally high rate of the weather folks saying "trace to nothing" and resulting in a foot plus.

damn you a whiny lil bitch - ainch ya??

[ncsears]

this thread doesn't exist. (or shouldn't)

[Sundancer]

I think that they were burned earl in the season. I saw a few days ago that there would not be any storms until after new years. Now they say you'll get a skiff but end up with alot more. They really do not have a clue

[Red Baron]

I'll preface this by saying I just returned to Utah tonight (Monday) after 5 days in cold and snowy Canton, Ohio () , so I'm really not sure what happened over the last week.

However, Particle, I have stopped making snow forecasts correct as a direct result of the recent ad you and Snowbird put together in your backcountry.com catalog. Call it revenge for taking a cheap shot a meteorologists...

58% my ass....

[schindlerpiste]

It's the meteorologists method of crowd control.

[Shredgar]

It seems there may be a tidal effect on the weather.

Near a full moon (like this last one) or new moon, storms seem to be enhanced.

Near the first or last quarter moon, storms seem to be less organized & split.

Anyone else notice this or am I up in the night?

[criscam]

It seems there may be a tidal effect on the weather.

Near a full moon (like this last one) or new moon, storms seem to be enhanced.

Near the first or last quarter moon, storms seem to be less organized & split.

Anyone else notice this or am I up in the night?

someone mentioned this to me over the wknd. 6 days on either side of the full moon it will snow.

[Particle]

However, Particle, I have stopped making snow forecasts correct as a direct result of the recent ad you and Snowbird put together in your backcountry.com catalog. Call it revenge for taking a cheap shot a meteorologists...

58% my ass....

BWAHAHAH!!!! It was all Snowbird's fault! Sorry dude. Speaking of...I like the idea of it but it just gets blown clean so often that it doesn't seem to be doing the job. I wish they'd put up some plexiglass walls around that thing so it could at least be protected from side gusts...

and to clarify: I was not complaining about anything, I just seem to have noticed an unusual number of times this year when storms were wayyyy underestimated. And like I said, that is WAY better than the opposite (forecasting a big one that fizzles).

[Endlessseason]

I don't think the Red Baron would take it personally anyway. I mean, you were just posting in exasperation about how poor the weather the forecasts have been from local weathermen on a forum where he's the only professional local weatherman. Nah. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have minded.

[truberski]

I agree that the Wasatch forecasts have been way off. The weekend and Monday were pleasant surprises. Very glad I "worked from home" on Monday to get some given the current balmy weather. I wish they were also wrong on the abnormal warmth this week..