I Fricking LOVE All This Rain!!!
posted by on October 24 at 16:25 PM
And you should too, if you love winter sports! From Larry Schick, The Grand Poobah Of Powder:
Hello Snowriders!You are gonna like this. As I promised last spring, a La Nina pattern has developed in the tropical Pacific. This is great news for the Cascades, as a La Nina will often cause a conveyor of storms in our direction. The pattern is usually associated with near or below normal temperatures. That suggests lots of snow with good quality storms for the Cascades this season.
This is a weak to moderate La Nina and has showed some strengthening recently. Remember, the strong La Nina in the late 1990’s was the reason for the world record snowpack at Mt Baker — more than 1000” of snow. This pattern also favors a near normal start to the ski season. We could get a surprise early start if the storms really get moving.
Already, we’ve had an active October with new snow above 4000ft. La Nina is the most reliable long range forecast signal for a robust Cascade snowpack – it’s not a guarantee, but it’s the best long range predictor we have. In February of 1999, Mt Baker had that pattern induced by a La Nina and had about 300” that month – everyday a powder day. La Nina loves the Cascades, and we love La Nina – OK everybody - group hug.
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I will believe it when I see it, Baker will get 1000ft of heavy, wet snow.
god damnit i need money so i can go skiing. damn you school.
Bite me. I drive through the passes more than I care to; piles of snow does not make me feel any better about it.
Are we going to have to see this snowboarding shit all season? WE GET IT. SNOW. WOW.
Terry, I support your enthusiasm for La Nina. I have grown tired of boarding when it's 32 degrees while pretending it's good. Gimme some daily powder dumps with mountain temps in the mid-20's.
boooooooooooooooooooooooring!
Best news I got all day, but so much bitterness in the comments... bring on da snow!
Mercifully la Nina means that Michigan will experience a warmer than usual winter. My sincere hope is that we will also experience a sunnier than usual winter. As this is my last winter in Michigan before heading to the east coast, I wish it to be a lovely winter. Here's hoping.
Happy snowboarding. You are fortunate to have mountains. Michigan has nothing of value.
Who is Terry Miller? Did I miss something?
These snowboarding pics make my stomach tingle... If you don't get it, skip past them! Too bad for you.
SSSCCCCHHHHHHWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYT!
Oh to know the bliss and glow that good powder boarding means. Just to live among the everlasting ice!
AND a big snowpack is good for your friendly local utilities as well!
Mt. Hood provided some pretty good turns for my rando/AT posse this weekend. There was a good 30"ish dump over the weekend down there.
Epic turns all winter long!!
I think I recognize that little black dot in the background...
Terry, as a homo who just got in to snowboarding last season, I really enjoy these posts. I think all the gays should snowboard, particularly during Gay Ski Week at Whistler, which happens to overlap Fat Tuesday this year!
http://www.gaywhistler.com/
# 8 - whadd' dah boat da Porcupine Mountains Up in Dah U.P., eh? dey nice!
s'at you tone? nobody recognizes the main person in the pic though....
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