 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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In my experience it's better than nothing, but the 4-6 day forecast can be wildly inaccurate. Look on it as a general guide to conditions...
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Their 3 day was pretty much spot on whilst I was away.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Me and my friends work on a rule of thumb of divide by 10! Probably a bit harsh, but certainly gets rid of any false hopes!!
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Long did we debate the usefulness or otherwise of www.snow-forecast.com in another place...
Until recently I was completely obsessed by it, not bad for 3 day forecast but the 10 day was a bit creative - snow seemed to evaporate as it got closer 
Not managed to find Regis Walters (our american weather forecaster), he had his pictures of Zermatt on Yahoo - but you need to join Yahoo to message him and it didn't seem to like the cut of m' jib.
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I've got a yahoo log on but havn't been able to find him there. Do you know his yahoo id? (pm if you do).
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Ian, what was the url of his photos? Yahoo usually like me 
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Hey, SCGB chat search is working: here's the url
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Last edited by Ski the Net with snowHeads  on Tue 17-02-04 17:54; edited 1 time in total
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Thanks. you can delete the code if you wish......and put us back to a normal size page
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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No joy. The photos are great, but it won't let me message him. I'll try and track down his address by other means 
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Well, both snow-forcast and metcheck tell the same story - Snow  So fingers crossed and it might come true
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You know it makes sense.
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I'v always found the six day snow-forecast pretty good for asseing the trends. i.e getting colder, milder, possibility of snow etc.
If there expecting snow in the three day range, then they're mostly right. Just not necessarily the amounts.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Normally they are correct about the timing of a dump but the dump can be a few hundred km's out.
Now is a prime example - a couple of days ago they were predicting Switzerland was going to get dumped on, this morning they are saying North Italy / Austria will get dumped on.
Haven't found anything more accurate than snowforecast.com and have been able to ski October powder for the last few years by basing my trips on their short term predictions.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Metcheck was pretty accurate, but snow-forecast was somewhat over optimistic in their predictions for snow - it didn't!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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FAQ
big smiles if they are correct 
and no cloud at all - snowguess forecasted cloud for most of the week with occasional rain. 
