Admin, you forgot to type in the figures for the snowfall in Sauze next week!

The seven day forecast is blank! Surely an administrative error? When I arrive in resort it is supposed to have snowed constantly for three days prior )

:lol:

Yup... all the main forecast models have been frankly un-hinged so far this week and I've had enough! :evil:

The Snow God appears to be drunk (was muttering something about being molested by a marmot and a scuba diver when last seen), the delivery driver's got lost (last seen in Finland) and all lines of communication are down.

Snow is cancelled. Is it April 1st yet?

What time does the beach open? 8)

But seriously... GFS seems to hinting at a mild and dry end to January, with a return to normal for the first week in February. So take your sun-cream...

Pretty strong convergence of the different models in the latest ensemble plots for Geneva, for example.

I love it when you talk technical 8)

Go on say something really technical ... :D

All I know is that the snow you promised for yesterday turned up on time and without any problems. I signed the POD slip without delay :P

Jan

Jan I Stenmark wrote:I love it when you talk technical 8)

Go on say something really technical ... :D

Ok, just for you...

The Smart Techy's guide to Global Forecast System interpretation :-

a) Watch the wiggly lines.
b) When the wiggly lines go wibble wobble... it means the weather's going to change.
c) When the wiggly lines go wibble wobble wildly... it means the weather's going to change a lot.
d) When the wiggly lines go wibble wobble wildly in different directions... it means the weather's either going to change in a random and concerning fashion... or it'll stay the same... or it won't.
e) When the wiggly lines go wibble wobble together... it means we have a vague clue that the weather might change in the manner implied by the direction of the wibble wobble.

To distil that down to the essentials, here is...

The Skier's Guide to GFS interpretation :-

a) When the top set of lines go wibble wobble, all together, in a nice downward bump... and the bottom set of lines go wibble wobble, all together in a f.off big spike... that's GOOD.
b) No other sort of wibbling wobble is of any interest... except for those lightweights concerned about things like sunshine.

Got that?

Excellent, to save you having to click the link, here are the latest wiggly lines for you to check out the wibble wobble...



Personally I blame Ellistine and Tony H - looks like they used up all the snow last week...

Fantastic!

The most eloquent distillation of metrology I've ever heard :P

I may now make this post the "wallpaper" for my PC!

Anytime you want to talk technical just crack on I say 8)

Happy wiggling,

Jan

Looks like the wibble wobbles have at last twigged that I'm skiing next week :D

ellistine wrote:Looks like the wibble wobbles have at last twigged that I'm skiing next week :D

Make sure you leave some behind for me up there.

Do you think my suitcase being 3 lbs heavier on the return had anything to do with all the snow I tried to cram inside it?

so feb meant to be more snowy? good :D