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Hey weather dudes!
Posted: Sat 21/02/2009 18:28
by SnoBound
Wheres the best snow gonna be at this season? I need to plan my trip now while i still have a job and sum $$$ left!
Rupe was awesome last year but is it gonna b the same again? South has sucked 4 years -- when is it there turn again 4 sum snow?
Cheers!
Re: Hey weather dudes!
Posted: Sat 21/02/2009 18:48
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
.....um dunno
?
JohnGaul
NZThS
Re: Hey weather dudes!
Posted: Sat 21/02/2009 19:42
by Janos
Greenland.
Re: Hey weather dudes!
Posted: Sat 21/02/2009 20:05
by Myself
SnoBound wrote:Wheres the best snow gonna be at this season? I need to plan my trip now while i still have a job and sum $$$ left!
Rupe was awesome last year but is it gonna b the same again? South has sucked 4 years -- when is it there turn again 4 sum snow?
Cheers!
No one can answer that. Just go later in the season rather than earlier and your chances are better!
Last year "Rupe" (...dear God...) had a good season because the North Island was so unbelievably wet. I'd say that's unlikely to happen again (at least to that extent).
Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think most climate models are predicting close to neutral ENSO conditions for this winter, which essentially means a close to "normal" winter....in theory.
Re: Hey weather dudes!
Posted: Sat 21/02/2009 20:48
by TonyT
Colder than normal, stormier than normal implies snowier than normal pretty much everywhere.
Re: Hey weather dudes!
Posted: Sat 21/02/2009 21:32
by mikestormchaser
AWESOME!!! like the sound of that Tony
Re: Hey weather dudes!
Posted: Sat 21/02/2009 23:20
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
It might snow on Mt Hutt this year
JohnGaul
NZThS
Re: Hey weather dudes!
Posted: Sun 22/02/2009 16:17
by SnoBound
Kia ora!!! ta 4 the replys men!
So this season will b cold and snowie 4 sure?
EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!
Re: Hey weather dudes!
Posted: Sun 22/02/2009 17:59
by Vertigo
um, no
honestly, we cant tell you. we can only tell you what the trends are, and extrapolate a general picture of the climate based on that. we cant tell you if theres going to be snow or not.
Re: Hey weather dudes!
Posted: Sun 22/02/2009 18:53
by TonyT
SnoBound wrote:So this season will b cold and snowie 4 sure?
About as sure as you completing a perfect mogul...
Re: Hey weather dudes!
Posted: Sun 22/02/2009 19:18
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Mt Ruapehu might erupt this year, hindering all snowfalling on the mountain due to heat from the larva flow, which could melt the snow. So because of this, there is a risk of snowmelt hindering the winter ski season there.
Other North Island ski fields do look very favourable, sorry favorable.
On the otherhand, Mt Hutt is not a volcano, so chances that any snow that may fall, the chances of snow not being melted, look fairly good. So there should be a good season there
Other South Island ski fields are not built on volcanos, so there chance of a good ski season look promising.
JohnGaul
NZThS