Does anybody know what happened to the skiing weatherman. I found his forcast somewhat optimistic but more accurate than Inaccuweather, never the less.

they burned him at the stake for his prognostications; labeled a warlock for his "pied piper" way of enchanting skiers and riders to follow him off a cliff with 30,000 Lemmings into a large snowmaking pond with his snow-optimism.

~snort~

Here he is: http://www.snocountry.com/geeklog.php?topic=weather

Clay

Clay, you are too fast....

Looks as though his 2007-2008 forcast doesn't sound all that good, but he does show some signs of optimism....we'll see I guess...

Maybe everyone should change their plans for their western trip. He is saying resorts below I-70 are gonna be hurting.

"The same can be said for the resorts in western New York and the central Appalachians...they will see numerous snow to rain to snow episodes this winter. In the west, the resorts north of Interstate 70 will prosper, those south of I-70 will have a tougher time tapping into Pacific moisture. The northern Rockies and Northwest look to be in jackpot position, and British Columbia is in line for a banner year, as well."

http://www.snocountry.com/staticpages/index.php/Skiing-Weather-pre

hehehe. I guess maybe I should think about getting a life...

Clay

Speaking of weather forecasts I heard Doug Hill's (DC WJLA) the other day. I'm sure it's on their website but I haven't found it yet. Basically, he said 'Yes, La Nina tends to make winters warmer, but not all at one time.' He believes over the course of the winter we will see temps about 1 degree above normal but emphasized that he sees a 'traditional' winter - just not one with long stretches of frigid temperatures. His snow forecast for the DC area? 20-22 inches between Dec 1 and April 1.

Clay

If these long term forecasts are anything like other long term forecasts - like the joke hurricane season forecasts that have been way off the last several years - I wont hold my breath.

Here is the link to the video:

http://cfc.wjla.com/videoondemand.cfm?id=5223&ref=home

Well, the number of hurricanes wasn't so inaccurate, it's just that only one impacted the US. Some central american countries were hit pretty bad, and some of the islands too. I don't remember how many storms they predicted, but I think there were 15 depressions and we got up to "N" for names.

But the accumulated energy, which is a measure of the total power of all the storms, was much much lower than predicted - possibly 50%. A lot of storms that barely got to name status before fizzing out.

Controversy yesterday over the naming of storms. Up to 6 TS that briefly earned "named" status maybe didn't rise to that level - good discussion of data inconsistencies this causes in comparing year to year results:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5337583.html

Of course on the other hand, this was the first time two category 5 storms hit land in the same season in a long time (maybe ever). Dennis and Felix if I remember right.