Remember 2005?

It sure looks like we could give 2005 a run for it's money, but we'll see:



CLIMATOLOGICAL SNOWDEPTH INFORMATION
NORTHWEST WEATHER AND AVALANCHE CENTER SEATTLE WASHINGTON
DAY 1 MONTH 5 YEAR 2012

DATA IN INCHES, -99 DENOTES MISSING DATA

CURRENT CLIMATE PER CENT LAST THRU 2011 THRU 2011
DEPTH AVERAGE OF NORMAL YEAR MAX/YEAR MIN/YEAR

HURRICANE 118 96 123 170 170/2011 25/2005
MT BAKER 211 141 150 241 270/1999 20/1934
STEVENS 111 82 135 113 141/1964 13/2005
SNOQUALMIE 91 60 152 87 131/1974 0/2005
STAMPEDE 89 80 111 98 176/1964 0/2005
MISSION 44 35 126 52 56/1999 0/2005
CRYSTAL 87 74 118 107 115/1999 17/2005
PARADISE 188 160 117 247 295/1972 36/1941
WHITE PASS 72 31 232 66 76/2008 0/2005
TIMBERLINE 165 155 106 211 270/1999 43/1977
MEADOWS 132 116 114 156 189/2008 30/2005

THIS TABLE PRODUCED ON THE 1ST AND 15TH BETWEEN 15 NOVEMBER AND 1 MAY.

AVERAGES, MAXIMUMS AND MINIMUMS EARLY AND LATE IN THE SEASON MAY BE
INACCURATE DUE TO LIMITED DATA.

IF THERE IS TIE FOR THE MAXIMUM OR MINIMUM SNOW DEPTH THEN THE LATEST
YEAR IS INDICATED.

RECORDS BEGIN: HURRICANE 1979, MT BAKER 1926, STEVENS 1939,
SNOQUALMIE 1929, STAMPEDE 1943, MISSION RIDGE 1970,
CRYSTAL 1967, PARADISE 1926, WHITE PASS 1976,
TIMBERLINE 1973, MT HOOD MEADOWS 1974.

NOTE: NRCS DATA USED AT STAMPEDE STARTING 2006-2007 SEASON.

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This was February 1, 2005.  Lets hope we don't do this again!

This was February 1, 2005.  Lets hope we don't do this again!

You mean you don't like patch skiing in February?

The long term forecasts are calling for a "wimpy" El Nino (paraphrasing Cliff Mass), and that being said, when in doubt, go higher (i.e. year round access to trailheads normally snowed in).

wimpy or strong, it just plain looks dry. If that is the case going up high will just mean finding last year's ice.

I can't believe you guys are invoking that which should never be named. Go buy yourselves a Jubelale and watch a freaking ski movie before you bring the rest of us down.

I can't bring myself to bury my head in the sand....