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Worst Wintertime Pineapple Express in 50 Years?
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<br><br>Ironed? That's not how I would iron anything, Sky. I think the word you're looking for may be "washed", as in washed out of the snowpack just before the snowpack itself washed away.<br><br>I'm optimistic about future snowfall too, but it's clearly going to get much worse over the weekend and next week before it gets any better. The upcoming Pineapple Express looks strong, and models still call for high freezing levels the next 6-7 days. There are hints of a major shift in weather patterns in the 8-14 day outlooks, back to a much colder northwesterly flow, but this may again aim too far south and bring another huge snowfall bonanza to Shasta, Lassen, and the Sierra. It's way too early to tell right now, though.<br>It looks like the weak layers are probably pretty well ironed out of the snowpack. (I'll still call it that, even if it's only for sentimental reasons.)
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<br><br>I can't say I'm too excited... in the end I think it means less skiing this winter, because much of the time weather dictates you'll be skiing not the big lines, but below treeline - except there won't be any snow for that. The spring season will be shorter. Besides, there's a lot of things I'd like to do that require a good low elevation snowpack...<br>I suppose it has cleared roads for access again - assuming there are no washouts <br><br>If it was all snow... 10 inches -> 10 ten feet... those instabilities might not be so much of an issue anymore either?<br><br>Plus I wanted to force myself to get more resort days in this year > ><br><br>"removing the instablities" is about the only good thing this rain has done - the rest is just sad....<br><br>hopefully the mountain gods are listening to me bitch, and will reward us appropriately<br> This all sounds very good to me. <br>
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<br><br>Hey, I'm surprised that Time Mag would talk about MJO, it's rarely mentioned in the mainstream media. ( link to Time article )<br><br>But MJO is definitely an important factor in Pineapple Expresses, especially in determining what latitude along the West Coast any particular PE event is likely to dump the most rain. I found this page a few months ago, it's the best non-technical discussion of MJO effects I've found on the web, and it includes a link to the figure below: www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/intraseas...traseasonal_faq.html <br><br>That page states that MJO tends to be suppressed during El Nino, but since we're only in a weak-moderate El Nino, that suppression appears to be limited right now. A Google search will dredge up a few other interesting MJO pages, mostly a bit more technical, but some have pretty pictures, too.<br><br><br> <br>An article in Time Mag implicates this PE is due to MJO, not El Nino. "Madden-Julian Oscillation is a globe-girdling disturbance that sweeps across equatorial waters at intervals of 30-60 days, says NOAA climatologist Wayne Higgins". Has me puzzled!!<br>DB
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<br><br>And how about having Gary Brill pop up on TAY during the same week? What's this world coming to?<br><br>I think it must be a sign of global warming. Sort of like those climate-induced wildlife migrations you read about.<br><br>(Just in case anybody thinks I'm being rude, I should explain that Gary and Garth are friends from waaay back.)I would like to welcome Garth to the TAY forum!
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<br><br>I'm feeling a bit historic.<br>Just in case anybody thinks I'm being rude, I should explain that Gary and Garth are friends from waaay back.)
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