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I'm glad they avoided the rain. This was a very potent system. With cooler temperatures I don't see melting to be much of a concern. Snoqualmie always surprises, gotta love it.

I'm sure they will reopen. They have two months where they can still score some dumps. People in Vancouver Island would be willing to go late in the season given how snow starved it has been, so they would be smart to open whenever they can. I'm just surprised because I have always found Mount Washington to be one of the snowiest in the southern BC region. I can't believe they didn't open until Jan.12!

Scary. It's nice to see that the midwest is finally out of the drought it seems. Those folks have been hammered for the last few years. The south central US continues to be drought-stricken, though.

Wow, Mount Washington on Vancouver Island has shut down for the season after only 3 weeks of being open. They may need to reopen, though. Mountain snows can definitely be sustained given what the models have been showing, my only concern is the lack of impressive moisture. Modified arctic air definitely seems to be in the cards. It's funny that many places many finish this winter with below normal temps and below normal precip but overall I think most would say that the winter has been pretty lame. February may surprise.

It's been a very tough year for the northern mountains, as I've said. I know loads of people who haven't even gone boarding this year. I've yet to see a Mt. Baker shot on my Facebook this season... shame. Nobody in BC is going!

I would never go to Cypress these days. I much prefer Grouse. I hope the north shore mountains surpass the east for total snow. It will be embarrassing otherwise. I don't think that has ever happened. Albeit the north shore has had a string of great years, I guess it was time for a bad one.

I'm bitter that there were no runs open during my 7 weeks in BC... Oh well. I refuse to snowboard on these hills they call mountains out east. But many ski hills here have 55"+ on the ground whereas most slopes in Vancouver don't have more than 35" on the ground

Pattern is looking excellent for mountain snows. You know it's been a bad year when hills back east have twice as much snow than mountains out west

Thanks Tim, that was a nice comment from you and I agree. It was a much better response than the one MR.SNOW gave

Tim, stop antagonizing Jim. You've beat this horse to death. We get that you seek enjoyment in making sure Jim's (albeit unrealistic) model interpretation are disproven. But at the same time, at what point does the sound of Jim's broken record of "the cold is coming" get overtaken by the sound of your "Jim's wrong"? How about we focus more on the models and less on trying to embarrass one another, and that goes for both Jim and Tim. Jim needs to stop harping on posters who don't see an excitably cold solution, and Tim needs to stop harping on the overly optimistic posters (albeit they did antagonize him initially, and we know Tim is overdramatize). Cut the ** for tat; discuss the weather like big boys. Thanks.

Back in business! Close.

This pattern reminds me of early 2011 with the endless troughing in the east.

The Euro op jumps to a completely different solution; again, highly inconsistent. I would put more faith in the ensembles.

Can we keep the needless sarcasm-laced digs out of this thread please?

The Euro op has been horribly inconsistent lately with some oddball solutions, so the ensembles are definitely the way to go

I agree. Unless that low sweeps to the side like the main arctic air; however, lows like that tend to drop nicely down the coast. However, I do have fears given we had the same situation back in December with a cold low dropping down the coast and it was dry as a bone, bringing in modified arctic air before the real arctic air came rushing in. If it can sustain moisture off the coast or encourage CZ formation, there could be money for the northern part of this forum. I still like the idea of a low possibly forming in eastern Oregon at the onset of ridge retrogression next month. This could tap into moisture and supply snow to northern areas that can sustain it. The Euro hinted at this a few runs ago, but it wasn't cold enough for snow.

It's like a 6th grade classroom in here sometimes. Gentleman, if you have an issue with one another, sort it out in PM. If it's not weather related, or if it's a nasty remark toward someone's spelling or personal beliefs, this isn't the place. theweatherforums.com Let's keep it about weather, people. Please.

Oh yeah?

No, I made it a couple days ago. I got scrutinized for disregarding an arctic blast in the first week of Feb.

Looks like I nailed my 10 day forecast: modified arctic air, no significant snow.

Seasonal lag definitely plays a much larger role out near the Great Lakes, it's very significant there, but no so much out west. I'd agree with the notion, however, that early February is similar to early December. Around the Great Lakes region early February really is the half way point of winter.

I appreciate your realism, Tim. I don't think you have been exaggerating nor do I think you have been dishonest. Perhaps a bit dramatic, but that's simply your personality. I for one am really glad that you've had a really gorgeous winter thus far!

This has to be one of the most God-awful forecasts I've ever seen.

The mountains really deserve it

Well said ^