"There is going to be a weak system that comes through late Saturday into Sunday that may produce a few light snow showers.
Wu and Qian (2003) studied the relation between the Tibetan winter snow and the Asian summer monsoon and rainfall and reported that light snow over the entire Tibet region, the south and Southeast Asian summer monsoon becomes weak, and there is less precipitation in SWC.
The biggest cause of avalanches is a weak layer of snow on a slope covered by solid layers, Dr. Adams said.
Slides often result when there is a weak layer of snow on a slope covered by solid layers, and scientists say they are hard to predict.
At Montana State University in Bozeman, Dr. Kathy Hansen, a professor of geography, is beginning a two-year project under a $160,000 grant issued last month by the National Science Foundation to analyze weak underlying layers of snow that give way, triggering the slide of snow above them.
Chief executive Steve Lewis had little sympathy for struggling competitors, suggesting that they should take a long, hard look at themselves: "Blaming things on snow is weak management".
Maybe the snow totals look weak, but with top-gun snowmaking and state-of the-art grooming, the main runs are as good as it gets.
"We take the data back and analyze what the signal off the tip is telling us about how strong or weak layers are within the snow pack".
Does Snow think a weak dollar will give foreign investors the confidence to pour more money into U.S. securities, not to mention maintaining their already massive investments here?
