The "Pineapple Express" (Warm air from the Tropic) is influencing the Snow. Or let's say lack of Snow. Oregon is Warm! The offshore ocean water in Newport, Oregon is 55 Fahrenheit (channel buoy). I may just leave the floats on. Or if skis, would have to fly to Idaho. Just may fly South for the Winter (or let's say lack of Winter). -(22) days till Sun is 23.5 degrees South.

I could use a little of that global warming right about now. 19 degrees outside this morning, and I doubt it'll even hit freezing today. Maybe not very cold for some of you, but damn cold for the Puget Sound area-- esp for the end of November. Snowed a bit yesterday morning, it'll stay on the ground til mid-week when it's supposed to warm up to normal temps.

Ya, you could send some up to my place as well.

"Minus 34, feels like minus 43"? Holy shit! I feel like a wimp for even mentioning +19.

All you guys do not seem to be affected by my "Pineapple Express" theories.

OK dudes...Let's see what happens. We still have (21) days until Winter. Maybe, I am chopping at the bit too much. Patience is a virtue.

Carry on men...

The Pineapple Express has thwarted snow skiers since long before I was born.

Zzz wrote:The Pineapple Express has thwarted snow skiers since long before I was born.

I learned the term "Pineapple Express" from a Canadian. A guy named Brent Swain, Comox BC, he designed and built the sailboat CaptMike and i met on this last Thusrday. I started using the term lately.

8GCBC wrote:

Zzz wrote:The Pineapple Express has thwarted snow skiers since long before I was born.

I learned the term "Pineapple Express" from a Canadian. A guy named Brent Swain, Comox BC, he designed and built the sailboat CaptMike met on this last Thusrday. I started using the term lately.

That moist air from the lower latitudes is always going to be warmer, so when the jet stream dips down into that stuff and hauls it back north and dumps it on us, us snow lovers weep as our snowpack gets rained on. Everyone else in the drainage will weep too if the rivers flood.

Zzz wrote:

8GCBC wrote:

Zzz wrote:The Pineapple Express has thwarted snow skiers since long before I was born.

I learned the term "Pineapple Express" from a Canadian. A guy named Brent Swain, Comox BC, he designed and built the sailboat CaptMike met on this last Thusrday. I started using the term lately.

That moist air from the lower latitudes is always going to be warmer, so when the jet stream dips down into that stuff and hauls it back north and dumps it on us, us snow lovers weep as our snowpack gets rained on. Everyone else in the drainage will weep too if the rivers flood.

Maybe "Old Man Winter" will stomp the "Pineapple Express". We have 21 days to find out!

When I was running snowcats in the Sierras, those systems turned the hill into what we called Sierra Cement. One year on News years eve we lost 15 feet of snow depth. Christmas Eve, a week prior after a 20 foot dump, we spent all night pushing snow from under the lift line to get the required head clearance to legally open the chairs on Christmas morning. New years eve I was sunk to the doors in a winch cat going to pull out cats on the mountain that sunk trying to make diversion dams across the runs. The General manager was drunk, screaming at me to "do something before we lose the whole mountain." I did, I sent every running snowcat to assist Cal Trans clear a "snirt" slide so 300 employees could evacuate. Their giant 1000 horsepower blowers couldn't handle slop, mud, and rocks. Good times, I was 20 something getting paid $12/ hour to manage a bunch of knuckledraggers, hanky heads, and stoners they gave me to operate $200,000 machines.

Nosedragger wrote:When I was running snowcats in the Sierras, those systems turned the hill into what we called Sierra Cement. One year on News years eve we lost 15 feet of snow depth. Christmas Eve, a week prior after a 20 foot dump, we spent all night pushing snow from under the lift line to get the required head clearance to legally open the chairs on Christmas morning. New years eve I was sunk to the doors in a winch cat going to pull out cats on the mountain that sunk trying to make diversion dams across the runs. The General manager was drunk, screaming at me to "do something before we lose the whole mountain." I did, I sent every running snowcat to assist Cal Trans clear a "snirt" slide so 300 employees could evacuate. Their giant 1000 horsepower blowers couldn't handle slop, mud, and rocks. Good times, I was 20 something getting paid $12/ hour to manage a bunch of knuckledraggers, hanky heads, and stoners they gave me to operate $200,000 machines.

Consider me a "newbie". I really do not have much experience in Snow or high Mountains. I usually ski "blue diamond" slopes right now in my career at present.

You had a great time operating those machines! Wish it were me!

This is me Willamette Pass, FEB-2014... Yeah!

My little brother just told me that 49 North in Chewela still hasn't opened. I guess they had 5" started until it rained and washed it all away.

My favorite hill up here is open. Its rightfully called Powder King, as the annual snow fall is about 41 feet. Its about a 4 hr drive for me to get there but the powder is incredible and worth the drive. -25C is a bit cold to snowboard for me though...

A1Skinner wrote:My favorite hill up here is open. Its rightfully called Powder King, as the annual snow fall is about 41 feet. Its about a 4 hr drive for me to get there but the powder is incredible and worth the drive. -25C is a bit cold to snowboard for me though...

"Holy cr&$)(%#}{ Batman"! 41' of snow! That is amazing man. Don't want to drop a hot revolver or we would be digging for a week.

Ya. Its almost sketchy. Had a good friend pass away there last year. Fell down face first and couldn't push herself up enough to breathe. :'( As fun as powder is, its very dangerous...

CamTom12 wrote:My little brother just told me that 49 North in Chewela still hasn't opened. I guess they had 5" started until it rained and washed it all away.

That is right near Colville, Washignton. My fishing boat was built in Colville by Hewes Craft...

82WN, just west of 49N, was 3 degrees at home this morning!!
I'm a 125 miles NE of Nome AK. was 28 degrees today??
GT

A1Skinner wrote:Ya. Its almost sketchy. Had a good friend pass away there last year. Fell down face first and couldn't push herself up enough to breathe. :'( As fun as powder is, its very dangerous...

Sorry to read that. Definitely a dangerous area.

M6RV6 wrote:82WN, just west of 49N, was 3 degrees at home this morning!!
I'm a 125 miles NE of Nome AK. was 28 degrees today??
GT

Must be influenced by the coastal ocean?