In recent years I've become an avid snowboarder. Living in Atlanta you are lucky if you see snow once a year though last year would be the exception. I've been averaging two trips a season.....saving up my PTO and thinking about it all year. Early December in Colorado will be my first trip of the season and as it draws closer my interest in what kind of snow I'll have is increasing. Last winter's record snowfall was awesome and I would love to see more of the same. This has got me looking into weather predictions for 2008-2009. The Farmer's Almanac recently released it's forecast and are predicting it will be colder and above average snowfall on the east coast while the Rocky's and Great Plains see slightly warmer temperatures with still plenty of snow. Our National Weather Service is forecasting below median precipitation overall and above average temperatures for the western half of the country. Both of these seem to be about the same and point toward a season minus the record snow of the last one. *sniff*

No matter, I mean how much faith can we put in these predictions anyway. The Almanac's come from one guy, Caleb Weatherbee who uses a secret formula and makes them almost two years in advance. Predictions from the National Weather Service are influenced by historical data which any trader will tell you is no guarantee of future performance. So basically I've learned that your average weather prediction past a week or so is pretty unreliable. I think I'll just stick to my wishes and finger-crossing......

Labels: snowboarding, trips