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Skier turned meteorologist who has almost as much fun forecasting the snow as he does playing in it.

SnowBrains Forecast: Active Week Ahead | Feet of Snow for Most of the West

  Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Updated 8PM MST Friday, Nov. 4th   Forecast Summary The west is off to a pretty solid start to winter โ€“ see below. Even before this weekโ€™s continued active weather, mountain snowpacks were deeper than usual across most of the west, with the only exceptions being portions of the Northern Rockies and the [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | November 4, 2022
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SnowBrains Forecast: Snow Wednesday in UT and More Next Week

Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Updated November 1st 11 PM MST Forecast Summary A strong trough will push into Utah early Wednesday morning.  Attendant to this disturbance, a surface cold front will push through the state through the day Wednesday. Along the front, a band of heavy snow will blast the higher peaks with a period high snowfall rates, [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | November 1, 2022
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SnowBrains Forecast: Preseason Pow in Utah and Colorado

  Forecast by Snowbrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Updated Tuesday, October 25th 11 PM MST   Forecast Summary This weekendโ€™s storm performed more or less as expected, with fantastic snowfall across Utah (enough for my first turns of the season) and light-moderate accumulations for most Colorado resorts. Below is estimated snowfall across the region from the storm: Weโ€™re going to add [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | October 25, 2022
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SnowBrains Forecast: Utah Buried, Colorado Gets Leftovers This Weekend

Forecast By Snowbrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Updated Friday, Oct 21st at 2 PM MST Forecast Summary After a pretty mild start to fall, the peaks of Utah and Colorado will see some appreciable snow this weekend. A sufficiently cold airmass will mean resorts see pretty much all snow from this storm โ€” great news as mountains start to gear up [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | October 21, 2022
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SnowBrains Forecast: First Taste of Winter for the Cascades | 3-10โ€ณ This Weekend, More Coming

Forecast by SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Updated 12A MST Wed 10/18/22 Forecast Summary After an unseasonably warm start to October, a shot of winter will cool things down across the Cascades this weekend. Most resorts will see their first accumulating snow of the season. Additional cold/wintry weather is likely on Sunday/Sunday night, and there will also be another chance for high-elevation [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | October 18, 2022
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Weekend Pow for Chilean Ski Areas | Up to 2 Feet of Snow this Weekend

Forecast by SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Last Updated 7PM MST August 5th, 2022 Forecast Summary A strong storm system will push onshore into Chile this weekend. Accumulating snowfall will arrive Friday evening to Chileโ€™s southernmost resorts and through the day Saturday at the resorts surrounding Santiago. Saturday will offer powder turns at the southern resorts (Pucon, Corralco, Nevados de Chillan), and [โ€ฆ]

Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | August 5, 2022
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SnowBrains Forecast: Holiday Weekend and Firework Forecast

Forecast by SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Last Updated 5 AM MST Saturday, July 1st Overview The holiday weekend weather pattern will be dominated by a ridge of high pressure over the Central US, a storm system departing off the Eastern Seaboard, and another system coming ashore over the Northwest.  On Saturday, a cold front draped from the Northeast southwestward into [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | July 2, 2022
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SnowBrains Forecast: Chances for May Pow in the Northern Rockies

Forecast by SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Updated 7 AM MST Thursday, May 19th Forecast Summary This weekend will feature one more chance at fresh turns across Montana and Wyoming. Periods of snow will continue across the region through Sunday evening, with slow and steady accumulations stacking up. As much as 12โ€ณ of snow is possible at the higher elevations in [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | May 19, 2022
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SnowBrains Forecast: Bonus Pow Day in the Northeast on Tuesday

Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Last Updated 6 PM MST Sunday 4/17 Forecast Summary A late season snowstorm is set to bring solid accumulations to the high elevations across the east on Monday night and Tuesday morning. The best snow will be found in the higher terrain of Pennsylvania and New York, while resorts in Vermont and New Hampshire [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | April 17, 2022
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SnowBrains Forecast: Soft Sunday at Alta | Up to 10โ€ณ of Snow by Sunday Evening

Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Updated 11 PM MST Saturday, March 19th Forecast Summary An upper level trough and associated cold frontal passage will bring a shot of snow to Alta on Sunday. Skiing conditions will improve through the day, with the potential for a few face shots by the afternoon.  A period of spring weather will follow as [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | March 19, 2022
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SnowBrains Forecast: Another Stormy Week in Alaska | 8-15โ€ณ For Eaglecrest Resort this Week

Forecast by SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Most recent update: 6 AM MST March 16 Forecast Summary After a fruitful week of stormy weather and new snow, Eaglecrest will already be skiing pretty well for Wednesdayโ€™s first chair. The mountain doesnโ€™t spin lifts on Monday and Tuesday, so the fresh snow from earlier this week is sitting undisturbed, ready to be enjoyed. [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | March 16, 2022
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SnowBrains Forecast: Weekend Pow at Eaglecrest Resort, AK | Big Storm on the Horizon

Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Updated March 10 โ€“ 8 AM MST Forecast Summary Recent mixed-precipitation has led to elevation-dependent conditions at Eaglecrest Resort near Juneau, Alaska. 6โ€ณ of new snow near the peak was reported over the past few days, but rain in the lower elevations made for quickly changing conditions on descent. More snow will improve conditions [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | March 10, 2022
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SnowBrains Forecast: Midweek Pow at Alta, UT | 12-20โ€ณ by Thursday

Forecast by SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Updated Tuesday, March 8th โ€“ 10 AM MST Forecast Summary After at least a month without real snow, Alta skiers finally got a few flakes over the weekend. Still, the 8-9โ€ณ that fell was a far cry from the 12โ€ณ+ totals forecast. It wasnโ€™t enough to cover up the icy moguls underneath, and reports of [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | March 7, 2022
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SnowBrains Forecast: Snowy Weekend in Colorado | Up to 18โ€ณ by Monday

Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino 6 PM MST Thursday, March 3, 2022 Forecast Summary A series of three weather systems will bring a multi-day stretch of unsettled weather to Colorado this weekend. The first period of snow will come Friday afternoon through the midday of Saturday, a second wave will bring snow Saturday afternoon and Sunday, and one final disturbance [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | March 4, 2022
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SnowBrains Forecast: Big Storm Across New England Ski Country | Up to 18โ€ณ of New Snow

Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Updated 4 PM MST 2/24 Forecast Summary A progressive but intense winter storm will bring heavy snow to nearly every New England ski area overnight Thursday and into Friday. Mixing of sleet and freezing rain threatens to degrade snow quality for resorts in the Catskills Mountains, as well as across Massachusetts and Connecticut. Otherwise, an [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | February 24, 2022
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SnowBrains Forecast: Unusually Deep Snow for Southern California, Arizona

Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Updated 10 PM MST 2/22 Forecast Summary A powerful upper low is diving southward along the West Coast today. This feature will foster a prolonged period of unstable west-southwesterly flow to the Southwest and accumulating snow across the Mogollon Rim in Arizona and the Transverse and Santa Rosa Mountains in California. Snow will begin in [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | February 22, 2022
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SnowBrains Forecast: Finally, Something in the Sierra | Legitimate Long Range Prospects

Forecast by SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Most Recently Updated 1 am MST February 21st Forecast Summary After UC Berkleyโ€™s Central Sierra Snow Lab recorded a record-setting 37-day dry streak, snow is finally headed for the Sierras. Snow will fall Monday night and into Tuesday, with the best ski conditions on Tuesday morning. The heaviest snow will fall near Lake Tahoe. Lesser but [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | February 21, 2022
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SnowBrains Forecast: Soft Skiing to Start the Week in Wyoming

Updated 1 AM MST Feb 21 Forecast by SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Forecast Summary Snow will return to the Tetons on Sunday afternoon, falling steadily overnight. Accumulations wonโ€™t be huge, but enough for some soft turns on Presidentโ€™s day. Monday will feature the best skiing conditions. Tuesday and the rest of the week will benefit from this storm too, as chilly [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | February 19, 2022
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SnowBrains Forecast: Good Weekend Storm for Idaho, Montana | More Snow Later

Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Updated 10:00 PM MST Feb 18 Forecast Summary A potent winter storm will roll into the Northern Rockies this weekend. Plenty of cold air associated with the system will drop snow levels to valley floors and make for fluffy, right-side-up skiing. Sunday will offer the best turns for most resorts. A few bonus inches [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | February 18, 2022
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Ridiculous 10 Days Ahead in Hakuba Valley, Japan | Up to 70โ€ณ of JaPOW

Forecast by SnowBrains Meteorologist Nathan Tarino Updated 6 PM MST Feb 15th Forecast Summary Japanโ€™s HAKUBAVALLEY is in for an outrageous storm cycle. Two prolonged storms will each bring very heavy snow to the higher terrain of Honshu, particularly the Japanese Alps which host the HAKUBAVALLEY Resorts.  As much as 15โ€ณ of snow has already fallen in the high terrain over [โ€ฆ]

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Avatar photo Nathan Tarino | February 15, 2022
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