Easy to find and accurate weather information is the lifeblood of skiers and riders. In an effort to clean up the weather forum, here are few guidelines folks should follow. These aren't "rules", just general guidelines to follow so we don't have numerous threads about a single storm or Miss Cleo predicting the next blizzard 20 days out.
1. General weather discussions such as long term forecasts, trends, Farmers Almanac interpretations etc. should go in the current ski season's general forecast thread.
This year that thread would be this one:
http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php/131112-2014-2015-Winter-Forecast-(here-we-go)
2. Long term forecasts are defined as potential weather events four days or more out. For example; if it's Thursday, discussions concerning a possible storm the upcoming Monday should be discussed in the general forecast thread. If it were Friday, feel free to start a new Storm Speculation Thread.
3. Before you post a new Storm Speculation Thread, always check this forum to make sure one has not been started already. It's best if we avoid having multiple threads on the same storm.
Hopefully if everyone follows these simple guidelines, we won't have multiple threads discussing the same storm or storm speculation threads without merit. The success of this forum involves user monitoring. If there are multiple threads on the same storm or premature storm discussion threads, please report them so a moderator can combine the threads or move unnecessary storm threads into the general forecast thread.
I'll leave this thread open for a week or so such that AZ members can comment on other guidelines that might make this sub-forum run more smoothly. Keep it simple. We're not trying to re-engineer weather discussions. The goal is just to have clutter free, up to date and easy to find weather information within this forum.
1. General weather discussions such as long term forecasts, trends, Farmers Almanac interpretations etc. should go in the current ski season's general forecast thread.
This year that thread would be this one:
http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php/131112-2014-2015-Winter-Forecast-(here-we-go)
2. Long term forecasts are defined as potential weather events four days or more out. For example; if it's Thursday, discussions concerning a possible storm the upcoming Monday should be discussed in the general forecast thread. If it were Friday, feel free to start a new Storm Speculation Thread.
3. Before you post a new Storm Speculation Thread, always check this forum to make sure one has not been started already. It's best if we avoid having multiple threads on the same storm.
Hopefully if everyone follows these simple guidelines, we won't have multiple threads discussing the same storm or storm speculation threads without merit. The success of this forum involves user monitoring. If there are multiple threads on the same storm or premature storm discussion threads, please report them so a moderator can combine the threads or move unnecessary storm threads into the general forecast thread.
I'll leave this thread open for a week or so such that AZ members can comment on other guidelines that might make this sub-forum run more smoothly. Keep it simple. We're not trying to re-engineer weather discussions. The goal is just to have clutter free, up to date and easy to find weather information within this forum.