California Snow Survey: Statewide Snowpack at 205% of Average for This Date The Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted the second snow survey of the season at Phillips Station on Wednesday, February 1st, 2023. The manual survey recorded 85.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 33.5 inches, which is 193 percent of the average for this location on February 1. The snow water equivalent measures the amount of […] SnowBrains | February 3, 2023 1 Comment
Snowpack Normal or Above Normal Across Most of the West | California Biggest Snowpack Since 1995 Except for one or two areas, the westwide snowpack is normal or above-normal for this time of year and, in some cases, double normal. Considerable storms in California and Utah have significantly boosted the snowpack, with the Tahoe basin sitting at 187% normal and the Wasatch at 166% normal. Related: Top 9 Deepest Snowpacks in North America Right Now California’s […] WeatherBrains | February 2, 2023 1 Comment
Top 9 Deepest Snowpacks in North America Right Now Snow has been pummeling the west, with several atmospheric rivers and storms dumping on California and Utah. Ski areas are seeing their snowiest winters in 20 years; many have already surpassed last season’s total snowfall. Old Man Winter has been good to us so far, and with more snow on the forecast, it’s only looking like it’s getting better… Related: […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 30, 2023 7 Comments
SnowBrains Podcast #49 | Nina Aragon – Climate Scientist Discusses the State of the Western US Snowpack Brought to you by Northern California Toyota Dealers & Leki My guest today is Nina Aragon. Nina is the team captain of the Protect Our Winters Science Alliance. Nina has a master’s in science from Portland State University. Nina is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Oregon State University. Nina deeply studies our Western US Snowpack and how it affects us all […] Podcasts Podcast | January 24, 2023 0 Comments
Utah Surpasses Last Season’s Peak Total Snowpack—And it’s Only Mid-January As of Wednesday, Utah’s median snowpack is sitting at approximately 191% of normal for this time of year, according to the Salt Lake City office of the National Weather Service. Utah has achieved 80% of its median peak snowpack, already exceeding last season’s peak total snowpack water amounts. It’s only January 12th. Related: First Timer’s Guide to Brian Head Resort, […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 12, 2023 0 Comments
Snowpack Survey Shows December Storms Provided Big Snow Totals With More Systems, Flooding in Forecast Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted the first snowpack survey of the season at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded 55.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 17.5 inches, which is 177 percent of the average for this location. The snow water equivalent measures the amount of water contained in the snowpack. It is […] SnowBrains | January 6, 2023 0 Comments
Snowpack Extremely Healthy Across Most of the West | California 2nd Best Snowpack in 20 Years Except for one or two areas, the entire westwide snowpack is above average for this time of year and in many cases double normal. Considerable storms in California and Utah have significantly boosted the snowpack, with the Tahoe basin sitting at 229% normal and the Wasatch at 171% normal. According to the East Bay Times, California is closing in on […] SnowBrains | January 4, 2023 0 Comments
Snowpack Across the West is Double the Normal for This Time of Year It’s still very early in the season, but this graphic of the current snowpack across the western states makes for good reading. Except for Wyoming and Colorado, almost every area shows a snowpack at least double the normal for this time of year. Related: The Dangers of Early Season Backcountry Skiing Some big storms have massively boosted snowpacks and allowed […] SnowBrains | November 17, 2022 0 Comments
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