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Started by Hirsty in Ski Chatter - 14 Replies

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Dave Mac
reply to 'Something Missing?'
posted Oct-2008

Tony_H wrote

Calling Pavel Czech is like calling Dave Mac English


In the spirit of "keeping the Forum friendly", Tony, you can call me anything you like. :wink:

Twoshortplanks
reply to 'Something Missing?'
posted Oct-2008

at the risk of going off topic, anybody noticed it hasnt snowed much yet in them thaar mountains?
this time last year it was already white in Austria.
:?:

Dave Mac
reply to 'Something Missing?'
posted Oct-2008

Twoshorts, at this stage, the important thing is the ground temperature. If the ground is cold, and then when the temp drops, and it starts to snow, the snow will hold.

Also, if the ground is cold, the artificial now will hold, either direct, or in storage.

Now then, you have started me thinking. Is there a web site that might show ground temps in the alps......??

Trencher
reply to 'Something Missing?'
posted Oct-2008

Dave Mac wrote:Twoshorts, at this stage, the important thing is the ground temperature. If the ground is cold, and then when the temp drops, and it starts to snow, the snow will hold.

Also, if the ground is cold, the artificial now will hold, either direct, or in storage.

Now then, you have started me thinking. Is there a web site that might show ground temps in the alps......??


As Dave implies, the deeper the frost befor it snows, the better. Once there is a layer of snow, it insulates the ground from freezing. Early snow might mean early thawing. For us, it's always exciting to have snow in October, but it doesn't bode well for mid winter warm ups.

In the US there is some monitoring of ground temps, but nothing as comprehensively as the way water is monitored.

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/nwcc/scansmst.jsp?days=30&site=2118&state=mt

Trencher

Edited 1 time. Last update at 22-Oct-2008

Hirsty
reply to 'Something Missing?'
posted Oct-2008

Tony_H wrote:Ouch. Calling Pavel Czech is like calling Dave Mac English, or like calling Ian Paisley a Catholic!

Pav is Slovakian!


D'oh!

Sorry Pavel!

I have a few Czech friend and one is called Pavel (from Liberic).

I'll buy you a couple of slivovica to make up.

Dave Mac
reply to 'Something Missing?'
posted Oct-2008

Trencher wrote:


In the US there is some monitoring of ground temps, but nothing as comprehensively as the way water is monitored.


Trencher, who needs that micro-level of information? (that on the nrcs site)


If there is a need for it, they have done it well.

Swskier
reply to 'Something Missing?'
posted Oct-2008

Wow i didn't know pavel was eastern european i really for some reason thought quebec, canada but i don't know why!

Topic last updated on 23-October-2008 at 22:00