I know weather forecasting is tricky, but this is, apparently, the weather that’s coming (and already been), and it still doesn’t bare a lot of resemblance to either what was promised and what we’ve got…
Archives for April 2008
Changeable weather
I’m not making excuses, and I don’t want your sympathy, but there are reasons that sometimes our weather predictions are a little off. The information we’re given isn’t always accurate, to be honest.
Take today for example; all week the powers that be have changed their minds constantly, and snowfall predictions have been bandied around left right and centre. I mean, what are we supposed to beleive:
And the thing is, there isn’t any snow falling at all this morning…
Welcome to winter.
Ok, it’s not that cold, but we are getting snow on and off, and with alarming regularity. Yesterday it closed in, snowing heavily in town.
And, although the snow wasn’t settling in resort, it’s all over the trees a little higher this morning.
It seems like every other night the view from Chateaux du Sandy et Guy has been coloured in white all the way to Médières, and sometimes to the valley floor. Not complaining though, although Sandy’s legs will need fake tan if we don’t get some proper spring weather…
On a different note, S Dog went to the Pub’s beach party last night, so we should get some disturbing pics from that (I choked and went home to hide).
And a certain website is forecasting snow, so instead of telling you now, I’m monitoring the fluctuations in their predictions, and on Friday we’ll compare what’s been suggested all week with the reality.
That’s not because you’ll be interested, it’s because I’m a bit of an anorak.
More snow. Again.
That’s right, just when we’re dusting down our flip flops and bracing ourselves for Sandy unveiling his milk-bottle-like legs, it snows again.
I know there’s been snow in the UK, and that we haven’t got the monopoly on late wintery weather, but it’s been crazy – we should all be sunbathing by now.
Naturally the weather boffins/buffoons are saying more’s on the way, but these are the same people who said today would be a bit cloudy. Beautiful blue skies and sunshine this morning, so not a great record on prediction…
Still, it’s another great view from Chateaux du Sandy et Guy this morning…
Victory
Yesterday saw the return of the Carlsberg High 5, so lots of people in free white helmets and green race bibs were hammering about about resort ‚training‘ (many of whom might not quite have been of the standard that their swagger suggested).
That said, there were some great riders and skiers on display, including world cup legends in the pro catagory.
Now, we always have a few instructors who enter, and largely give a good account of themselves. However, this year, the Ackner family took it upon themselves to take it to the next level. OK, just Em, really.
And impressively young Emily came first in the women’s snowboarding – an overwhelmed bystander, Mr Oli Pinnochio Dannat, said „She was amazing – way better than all the other girl riders and most of the blokes“. High praise indeed, for someone who’s world view largely consists of him at the top, and everyone else’s achievements some distance beneath him…
And this is what Champion Ackner Jnr looked like: