DanG
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Global warming? Scotland sees its best snow in a decade
| Quote From Source: | The car park is full and the slopes busy. When the sun comes out, it is almost warm. After several weeks of decent snowfalls, the spring skiing conditions are, according to everyone who knows, the best in living memory. The resort has even run out of up-to-date piste maps, and has had to advertise for extra staff because many of its seasonal workers have already left.
The snow in Scotland is so good that at least two of its five resorts are expecting to extend the season into May. It may be just temporary, but for the moment the Great British Ski Resort is back in business.
This week, after a fresh dusting of snow on Tuesday, conditions remained surprisingly good. Despite a fair bit of “buffeting” (just 30mph when The Times visited — a good day) and sub-zero temperatures, there was fresh powder to be had in the bowls and gullies surrounding the 37km of groomed runs. Only a few weeks ago it was possible to ski all the way down to the lower car park, an event so rare that it was described as a “once-in-a- generation experience”.
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MountainManMike
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it seems that in the past month or two, we have been in the same weather pattern worldwide...but especially in the US. im wondering if we r going to flip back in may to what we had in jan and feb. we have been dry in durango pretty much since mid feb and we have been about 10 degrees above average during that time. quite frankly, im sick of it. id like to push allergies season back as long as possible. zebra, can u give me any good news as far as precip and cooler temps in the future? |
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FatalWishes
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Guess its time to switch to mini kilts. 
They should take the warning labels off of everything and let stupidity sort itself out.
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MountainManMike
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crazy thing, normally by this time of year, the trees have full coverages of leaves on them. this year, there is nothing. not even buds on the trees. |
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Indy
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Our trees are budding nicely now. Leaves starting to open. And my allergies are killing me. Between that and mold spores because of all the rain we had.. ugh.
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Wow, that image. it wasn't that good when I was up there for winter skills at the start of february;
Original Image: i132.photobucket.com
Original Image: i132.photobucket.com
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