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August blizzard: La Nina dumps 3" of snow on Oregon's Mt. Bachelor ski area

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Try to keep telling yourself it's August

For months, weather forecasters have been tracking a strengthening La Nina weather system developing in the Pacific Ocean. Using sophisticated sea surface temperature charts to map its progress, scientists predicted a La Nina appearance in Winter 2010-11 would bring warmer than normal winter temperatures in the Southeast, and cooler than normal weather in the Northwest.

While science can be extremely helpful, it's downright confusing to the public at times. Sometimes it's just easier when the evidence flat out smacks you across the face as it did yesterday at Mt. Bachelor, where anyone with a set of working eyes could tell this La Nina thing is the real deal. The Oregon-based ski resort got absolutely pummeled with a rare August blizzard that brought white out conditions and blanketed the mountain with  3" of fresh powder.

More snowy photos on the next page

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