[pct-l] snow in april?

[Bighummel at aol.com (Bighummel@aol.com)]

Suge,

Sorry, but late Spring storms; ones that significantly alter the snow 
meltoff, are not common but historically only occur about 20% of the time.  

The meltoff date is primarily influenced by two factors; 1) amount of snow 
that has fallen and remained up to April 1, and 2) amount of sun, heat, energy 
density in the early Spring days.  Occasionally, a late Spring storm comes in 
and screws up everything regardless of these other two primary driving factors 
(all of this is gross generalities derived from 30 years of historical snow 
survey data).

You're right though, it is way too early to make any predictions.   By March 
1, we may have a clue.  By April 1, we should have a good idea.  By May 1, we 
should have a clear picture.

Strider

In a message dated 2/7/2005 6:56:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
CWillett@pierce.ctc.edu writes:
I'd wait until about April 1 before making a decision.  Late season storms 
are common.  I'd really think about starting at Mexico.  All the water this year 
might mean a good desert flower display.  I liked SoCal a lot.  However, you 
might think about starting in Ashland and hiking north.  You're going to have 
to deal with snow everywhere (and probably until early June) at this time 
except SoCal, but southern Oregon will probably have the least amount.

Suge