NOAA: “What Is La Niña?” What is La Niña? The La Niña story by NOAA La Niña is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific, compared to El Niño, which is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific. The graphic below shows the sea surface temperature in the equatorial Pacific (20ºN-20ºS, 100ºE-60ºW) from Indonesia on the left to central […] Weather Guest Author | October 20, 2017 0 Comments
Snowpack & Avalanche Update From Teton Mountain Range, WY | by BTAC Oct 6 to Oct 12 Mostly dry with cold nights and periods of clear skies words and images by Bridger-Teton National Forest Avalanche Center In contrast to the previous three weeks this week was mostly dry. During this week there were two cold fronts, two warm ups and a period of sustained strong winds with gusts as high as 86 […] Avalanche Guest Author | October 17, 2017 0 Comments
The Seeds of California’s Terrible Wildfires Were Sown With The State’s Wet Winter Original Article: NOAA | By: Rebecca Lindsey Under the driving force of fierce winds, deadly wildfires exploded across northern California in the second week of October 2017. According to the Los Angeles Times, at least 17 people had been killed as of October 11, and thousands of homes and other infrastructure—including cell phone towers used by the state’s emergency services—had been destroyed. The extremely […] Weather Guest Author | October 12, 2017 0 Comments
NOAA: Wettest Year in History Comes to End in Northern California NOAA Press Release: It may not have seemed like the year was ending when September turned into October recently. After all, no ball was dropped, and there were no parties to attend. But a “year” did in fact end on September 30: the water year for California. Due to the high amounts of fall and winter precipitation across California, the […] Weather Guest Author | October 11, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: A Ski Trip to South America to Chase an “Endless Winter” These guys went everywhere in South America: Las Lenas, Chapelco (San martin de los Andes), Catedral (Bariloche), Pucon, Termas de Chillan, Valle Nevado and La Parva (Farellones). “Americans Andy & Alicia Rogers, Jake Putnam, and Sean Slade have dreamed of a South American “Endless Winter” since Warren Miller introduced the idea in his 1995 film. 22 years later, 2017 was the […] Trip Report Guest Author | August 26, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: A Season Backcountry Skiing California’s Eastern Sierra 2016/17 [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4wcOVNMNsU&t=16s"] Guest Author | August 18, 2017 43 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
Official NOAA El Nino Update: Extreme Neutral! August 2017 ENSO update: Extreme neutral! by Michelle L’Heureux/NOAA August 10, 2017 Now that it’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere, we’re more firmly on the other side of the infamous spring barrier. So, forecasters have growing confidence that this coming winter in the Northern Hemisphere will most likely be a continuation of “ENSO-Neutral,” and dominated by near average temperatures across the Pacific […] Weather Guest Author | August 10, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: High Speed Rock & Pumice Skiing Down “Scotty’s” at Mammoth Mountain, CA on Sunday Ryan Hurley just skied the pumice of Mammoth Mountain, CA like a boss this weekend. “Yesterday was Scotty’s cause I wanted the last lap in there and redemption from the swim the day before [crashed pond skimming at Mammoth]. Everything was on at mammoth mtn. The pumice skis good on mammoth mtn!” -Ryan Hurley Conditions Report Guest Author | August 1, 2017 1 Comment
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