Big snow this year? La Niña could bring it

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Big snow this year? La Niña could bring it
By Christina Siderius
Seattle Times staff reporter

Skiers dreaming of carving fresh tracks will be happy to hear that it
may snow more than normal in Western Washington this winter.
Forecasters say La Niña ‹ the unusual cooling of water in the Pacific
Ocean ‹ will cause more rainfall and varying temperatures in the
upcoming months. Those conditions generally mean more snow.
"The chances are we're going to have more snow than normal, but there's
no guarantee," said Clifford Mass, a professor at the UW's Department of
Atmospheric Sciences. "We do get significantly more snow in La Niña
years."
Major snowfall hit Western Washington during the 1998-99 season ‹ also a
La Niña year, said Mass.
During that season, Mount Baker recorded about 95 feet ‹ the most
snowfall ever measured in the United States in a single season,
according to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.
That winter isn't a typical indication of the upcoming season, but Mass
said that the forecast is "good news for skiers."
Dustin Guy, forecaster for the National Weather Service in Seattle,
cautioned that it's probably too early to tell how much more snow the
region will get this winter.
Most area ski resorts see between 350 to 450 inches of snowfall a year
in an average year, he said. Stevens Pass receives about 450 inches a
year, while Crystal Mountain gets about 380 inches on average, he said.

La Nina is supposed to bring heavy rain to Eastern Australia. We had our
last one in 98, and it sure did (during winter, unfortunately, so our ski
season was rained out, literally).
And the Mets keep indicating that a La Nina seems to be brewing, but so far,
absolutely no sign of it. We are in a 6 year drought, with a super-dry
spring so far, and no sign of it letting up.

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In article ,
Ted Waldron writes:
Big snow this year? La Niña could bring it

Last time that @#$#@$$# showed up Colorado had a dry year.

Bruno.

"Miko the pooch" wrote in message
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In article ,
Ted Waldron writes:
Big snow this year? La Niña could bring it

Last time that @#$#@$$# showed up Colorado had a dry year.

Doesn't the La Nina thing tend to push the storms north?

Bob

Ted Waldron wrote:
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Big snow this year? La Niña could bring it
By Christina Siderius
Seattle Times staff reporter

Skiers dreaming of carving fresh tracks will be happy to hear that it
may snow more than normal in Western Washington this winter.
Forecasters say La Niña ‹ the unusual cooling of water in the Pacific
Ocean ‹ will cause more rainfall and varying temperatures in the
upcoming months. Those conditions generally mean more snow.
"The chances are we're going to have more snow than normal, but there's
no guarantee," said Clifford Mass, a professor at the UW's Department of
Atmospheric Sciences. "We do get significantly more snow in La Niña
years."
Major snowfall hit Western Washington during the 1998-99 season ‹ also a
La Niña year, said Mass.
During that season, Mount Baker recorded about 95 feet ‹ the most
snowfall ever measured in the United States in a single season,
according to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.
That winter isn't a typical indication of the upcoming season, but Mass
said that the forecast is "good news for skiers."
Dustin Guy, forecaster for the National Weather Service in Seattle,
cautioned that it's probably too early to tell how much more snow the
region will get this winter.
Most area ski resorts see between 350 to 450 inches of snowfall a year
in an average year, he said. Stevens Pass receives about 450 inches a
year, while Crystal Mountain gets about 380 inches on average, he said.

I feel insulted reading stuff that the writer
knows nothing about.

witness: "La Niña ‹ the unusual cooling of water
in the Pacific Ocean ‹"

El Nino and La Nina are NOT unusual, they are
cyclical, but certainly not unusual, or by
implication unnatural.

Yes, I'd like to see Baker get 95 feet again,
then I can visit my relatives near there and enjoy
REAL snow, but I'm also not going to hold my
breath.

"VtSkier" wrote in message
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Yes, I'd like to see Baker get 95 feet again,
then I can visit my relatives near there and enjoy
REAL snow, but I'm also not going to hold my
breath.

Like you really NEED 95 feet to enjoy it?

Bob