dskoon wrote:Hey, when were you there? I worked for the mountain as well, though as Lift operator, along with a few other jobs, during the 80's, and even early 90's.

I've been on the Eastside since 1984. Ski Patrol from '85-'90, and spent a total of 10 seasons working for Mammoth Mountain. What lift did you work?

I hope we at least get a little rain very soon. I'm sick of breathing smoke; there are some fires in OC now. Surprisingly the air seems pretty clear but it stills smells like smoke.

Clydascope wrote:

dskoon wrote:Hey, when were you there? I worked for the mountain as well, though as Lift operator, along with a few other jobs, during the 80's, and even early 90's.

I've been on the Eastside since 1984. Ski Patrol from '85-'90, and spent a total of 10 seasons working for Mammoth Mountain. What lift did you work?

My last years, I worked Chairs 23, sometimes 12, 13 &14, etc. Liked those chairs!

We haven't had a wet winter in So Cal since 04-05

I suppose there was a bit of snow way down in the southern part of southern calif in 07-08, but overall it was a dry winter in so cal that year.

A haze of dust and ash over the SF Valley the past two days. We need more than the sprinkling we got a few days back.

1000Pks wrote:By my avid weather watching, if we haven't got much, come looking like to December, it's sad odds and news for a wet year. Usually the storms start to come in by now, and although we can have a March Miracle, given a dry winter, I expect the stats will soon come out about our chances now for a wet winter. Like the odds against a series win given a 3-1 game situation for the losers. But, I still wouldn't make bets, yet.

I think you may be right! Even if there's a lot of rain in one month, more regular showers throughout the whole winter would be better.

as of 6pm on 11/28, June Lake had two feet of new smow on the ground

After something like 160 days, San Diego received some measurable precipitation! It was not much, but hopefully El Niño will not overlook this thirsty end of the state.

It's coming Big Time!

I say starting this upcoming Sunday and it will last for upwards of 10 days or so with a serious of several very wet and strong storms.

Be careful for what ya'll ask for.....

A very good resource for determining Eastern Sierra (especially Mammoth Pass) weather is the discussion out of the NWS office in Monterey:

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecasts/displ ... tr&pil=afd

and the Dweebs:

http://izotz.com/dweebreport/

I've lived in Mammoth Lakes and Mill Valley for many years and there is almost an exact correlation to rainfall on the NE side of Mt. Tam and storms that pass through (and get hung-up) in Mammoth Pass (i.e. 1" rain in Mill Valley = 12" of Sierra Cement).

To California folks longing for rain and gloomy weather --> You're welcome.

I have a planned trip from my home in New England to southern California to run the SB marathon on 12/6 and stick around the following week to hike and explore the area and enjoy that famous California sunshine. My planned trip is to be there from 12/5 through 12/11. Hence the crappy weather next week. The forecast I see is for rain everyday starting Sunday, lasting at least until when I leave Friday. How accurate are these forecasts ? I am considering eating my airline ticket and registration fee and getting some work done around home, I assume the inside of a cloud looks the same from the top of Baldy or Gaviota peak as it does from Camel's Hump in Vt, an hour drive from my house. Not really a question here, just a general self pity post .

It is going to dump white shit outta the sky for well over a week.

14-19" QPF equates to 14 to 19 FEET OF WHITE CONCRETE!

Holy Shit, here I go again....