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This is just the beginning…

I’ll bet you wrote off this winter, didn’t you? Now we’ve got three inches (or more)Â on the way today and another snowstorm due next week! Ski resorts are back in a big way, with most mountains close to being entirely open, if not already entirely open.

According to Ray’s Weather Center, our favorite source for weather information, the winter snows have only just begun. When Ray issued his “Fearless Forecast” for winter 2006-2007, he noted this winter would be influenced by the mild El Niño. Note this passage:

“Other characteristics of weak El Niño winters are: “big thump snows” and big finishes in March and April.”

Black Dome still has some jackets and snowboarding gear, and it’s all 25-50% off. If you were thinking winter would be over soon, you were wrong — this is just the beginning…
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