Winter is coming…. @ Jeremy Jones

Estamos a 1 de septiembre, para mi los meses de junio. julio y agosto son irrelevantes. El invierno parece todavia muy lejos, Quedan 51 dias hasta que pueda coger nieve polvo en Tahoe o 89 dias hasta que abra las montañas cerca de mi casa en Squaw Valley.
Este año esta todo el mundo optimista de que va a ser un año grande.

From Stormsurf.

We have assigned a swell potential rating of 7.0 for the coming Fall and Winter season, suggesting that there is better than average odds of historically longer runs of Significant Class Winter swells. That means not only more storm frequency, but stronger and longer lasting ones producing larger and longer lasting swells. A temporary return to the glory days of the late 90’s and early 2000’s. Compared to the absolutely abysmal surf pattern of the past 3 winter seasons where we would get one day, or even 12 hour swell events, this years pattern should stand in stark contrast and be a much welcome change. Plan your surf strategy for the long run, where endurance and stamina month after month outweght short feasts and ‘go-for-broke’ assaults. Likewise weather will likely plan a factor in CA. More moisture than normal could be expected with increased snow pack levels in higher elevations of the Sierra on into Nevada and Colorado. El Nino tends to shift the jetstream southward and flat over the continental US, favoring precipitation for the more southerly positioned ski resorts in the Southwest. But it too causes surface temperatures to rise, meaning the freeze line will increase in elevation with increased odds for rain at lower lying resorts.