Murph:
What's ice?, ha!
Strange winter out here on the west coast. It has been uncommonly dry & warm, but often foggy at lower levels for the past 4 months. Vancouver Island's mountain snow pack is virtually nil & our local ski resort that normally has +10' of snow by now, just barely opened last week with minimal snow. Unfortunately, it is rapidly losing snow as the persistent inversion & sunshine keeps temps well above freezing higher up.
Some web cams - let me assure you, the snow on Mt Washington is nothing:
http://cvmtb.com/index.php/about/weather-webcams/Seems that we've had High Pressure Systems dominating just off the coast that are blocking the Pacific Disturbances & diverting them way to the north.
Nice for us but I dread the upcoming forest fire season if the normal monsoons don't come soon....
TAM
