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[pct-l] Like a duck . . .



Thanks , guys . I watch from here in CT and am an avid weather guy . Maybe because I want to be out in it . ( Is so , is so ! ) And I , native to these parts - sothwestern CT , see this year as record breaking ; snow just wouldn ' t quit ( which I love . . . ) Your clime sure has at least surprised me with the amount of moisture versus the stories I heard last summer : six years of drought , rainfall - precip half on average of mean numbers . And when I got to San Diego ( May 5 ) , "  June Gloom " , I learned and for two days at Bob Reiss ' s house I couldn ' t find a cool spot in any corner of the carpet / the floor - competing with Bob 's dogs for such  . Yikes . Was sure I was done - for once I started away from the Mex border . Keep up the great work and keep the argument going . . . . Rafter

Bighummel@aol.com wrote:Eric, 
 
Yep, 1983 was a whopper year.  The snow survey charts for the Sierra (http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/current/PlotSWC) use 1982-83 for the "Wet" year for reference and 1976-77 or the "Dry" year reference.  At the moment, northern and central Sierra snow accumulations are crossing the "average" April 1 snow content curve.  The Southern Sierra continues to track about 125 - 130% of average.  This latest storm coming in may/will change things.  Where is that fat lady and who is she?
 
Greg
 
Eric writes:
This snow accumulation has happened many times before in the Sierra.
I being an old timer to California cite 1998, 1995, and 1983.  As I posted
once before, in 1983 they had to blast tunnels through the snow in order for
the chair lifts to take the skiers up.  If you ever stop at the White Stag
Inn
in Mammoth, ask to see the pictures of it they are quite interesting.  E.Y.