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Marc_C wrote:Looks like Baldy is closed through Tuesday:
http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/02/08/57291/mount-baldy-trails-closed-after-2nd-death-in-a-wee/

That article was referring to hiking trails, not the ski area.

Tony Crocker wrote:This analysis is focused on the Northwest and why it's done well so far, but it says "The Blob" is gone.
http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2016/01/s ... aints.html

snowave wrote:Kinda-sorta true now, but as recent as a couple weeks ago (Jan 14), SST's off the CA coast were still 1-2C above avg. http://tinyurl.com/gnjyk9t

The actual "blob" of SST's did start to fade a little in December, but has cooled much more so in the last week and a half, (likely due to significant upwelling from the recent series of storms), but the remnant high pressure is pretty much still there, which is largely what's steered the storm track further north this winter, before it dives back down to the east/southeast, with the core of the storms missing socal more times than not.

p.s. Cliff Mass is quite the character. He is definitely one to