Last chance post

South side of the valley through Monetier

Will it? Won’t it snow before the holidays commence?

I tell you I don’t know, but I’m sick of reading the weather forecast and it being wrong, despite the fact it consistantly says the weather will be worse that it is.

So the gauntlet is down with accuweather.com – if it doesn’t snow in the next two days I will start to trust my father in law’s knee and the woman in the post office’s seaweed, combined with how the weather is today taken as a rough indication of what it will do tomorrow. That or find a better forecaster.

I know it’s relying on others, but the predictions for the past years have usually been spot on, this year total rubbish. They do do a very good line in what the weather is doing right now, but I don’t think they deserve any kudos for that.

We don’t even particularly need a new fall, sure if you’re a powder hound you do, but the pistes are in good nick, ice is at a minimum and there are still precious few people up there. But it would just be nice to see even an inch or two arrive  – as predicted.

For what it’s worth they’re alleging a week of “snow of varrying intensity” a few sun spots and temperatures from -6 to +8. So rather a broad stroke there.

There are some clouds of an ominous nature at the Briancon end of the valley, but out of my wondow it’s brilliant sunshine and a few wisps.

Tune in next time for the exciting conclusion to Forecast the Snow Falls.