Excess wrote:
Has anyone seen any long range weather forecast recently?
According to one French expert we are in for a cold winter
http://www.welove2ski.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=201&id=59 .
It is true that the amount of snow fall over the Alps this summer has
been unusually high and a few resorts seem to have had some
encouraging dumps already. Has anyone got any more reports before I
invest in new thermal socks?

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XS
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I called into Les Arcs at the weekend and the weather was beautiful,
warm sunny and without wind. Walking at around 2000m did not require
anything warmer than a T shirt. There was no sign of the snow reported
earlier in the month. The nights were, however, clear and cold, but not
freezing.

The British met ofice is forecasting a colder, drier start to the
winter this year becoming warmer and wetter as the season progresses.
Though, IIRC, it is saying the temperatures will be above the long term
average. The forecast is based on minute fluctations in Ocean currents
and temperatures.

John