NOAA July 2025 Outlook: Western U.S. to be Hotter and Drier Than Normal, East to be Hotter and Wetter Yesterday, the NOAA released its monthly outlook for July 2025. Below is a summary for those unfamiliar with meteorological terminology, and the full discussion further down for those who are. Related: NOAA Winter 2025-26 Outlook: Long-Lead Seasonal Outlook Gives Sneak Peek of Next Winter tl;dr: In July 2025, the western U.S. is expected to be hotter and drier than usual, […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 20, 2025 0 Comments
Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are the Southern Hemisphere’s Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the Next 10 Days It’s always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or love seeing where the snow is piling up so you can live vicariously through others, these resorts will receive the most over the next week and beyond, hopefully setting them up for a successful winter. It is still early season […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 14, 2025 0 Comments
NOAA June 2025 ENSO Update: Neutral Conditions—Neither El Niño nor La Niña—Most Likely for Winter 2025-26 This post first appeared on the climate.gov ENSO blog and was written by Emily Becker. The Pacific Ocean has hit pause and settled into ENSO-neutral conditions, which are expected to continue through the Northern Hemisphere summer. This makes seasonal forecasting for upcoming global rain, temperature, and other patterns a bit trickier. Related: These Are the 6 Ski Areas Open in […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 13, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Over 100 Inches of Snow For the Andes This Week The season’s first two June storms will unload several feet of cold smoke just as lifts start spinning—Corralco opens June 13, Cerro Catedral follows June 14, and the Santiago trio lights up between June 20 and 23—serving up mid-storm powder for South America’s earliest turns. Wednesday night–Friday: the primer pulse arrives just in time for Corralco’s opening day. A quick-moving […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 10, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Two Foot Dump For the Australian Ski Season Opening Weekend A vigorous northwest-flow storm drops into the Australian Alps Friday night, delivering wet, heavy snow at first, progressively colder powder by Sunday, and lighter wrap-around showers through Tuesday night. Weekend visitors will find lifts spinning at Thredbo, Perisher, Falls Creek, Mount Buller, Mount Hotham (from Sunday), and even tiny Mount Baw Baw, all of which should open with 6″-10″ already […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 5, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Up to 4 Feet on the Way for New Zealand This Week This forecast was created at 10 a.m. PST on Monday, June 2, 2025. The coming week drops two healthy waves across the Southern Alps, stacking up to four feet of early-season snow that will anchor the season’s base once the lifts crank up later this month. A dense opening blast Wednesday night cements the lower layers, while progressively colder, drier […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 2, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Early Season Snow Brushes New Zealand This Week A pair of modest early-season systems will brush the Queenstown–Wanaka resorts between Wednesday night and Sunday, delivering up to 6″ of dense, wind-whipped snow. The mid-week pulse starts warm and light, then a stronger westerly surge on Friday drops snow levels, bumps accumulations a bit, and cranks up ridge-top winds that may affect lift operations. Wednesday night into Thursday brings […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 27, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Early-Season Powder Blast for the Central & Southern Andes This Week This forecast was created at 3:30 p.m. PST on Saturday, May 24, 2025. A moisture-laden northwest flow will sweep across the central and southern Andes from Sunday through Tuesday, delivering up to 21″ of fresh snow and kick-starting the region’s early-season snowpack. A dense burst of heavy, wet snow arrives first, followed by progressively colder air that lowers snow levels […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 24, 2025 0 Comments
NOAA June 2025 Outlook: Hotter Than Normal Across Most of the United States Last week, the NOAA released its monthly outlook for June 2025. Below is a summary for those unfamiliar with meteorological terminology, and the full discussion further down for those who are. Related: NOAA Winter 2025-26 Outlook: Long-Lead Seasonal Outlook Gives Sneak Peek of Next Winter TL;DR: June 2025 is forecast to be hotter than normal across most of the U.S., […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 19, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Major Storm for South America This Week A potent early-season barrage dives into the Andes this weekend, dropping the deepest accumulations at Las Leñas and the high-elevation Chilean Three Valleys while spreading lighter refreshes north and south. A warm, wind-whipped opener tonight quickly cools, then a colder Saturday-night surge unloads more than a foot on the central spine. Snow levels hover near 8,000 feet for the Chilean […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 16, 2025 0 Comments
Solid Snowfall Hits the Last 2 Resorts Still Open In Colorado With More in Forecast It may be mid-May, but people are still skiing at resorts throughout the country. It’s that time of the year when the die-hards come out to grab the last laps of the season and enjoy the warm weather and soft conditions. 15 resorts in the U.S. are still open, and two are located in Colorado. Arapahoe Basin and Winter Park […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 16, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Quick Sierra Powder Shot Monday-Tuesday, Spring Corn Follows This forecast was created at 7:30 a.m. PST on Monday, May 12. A late-season spring storm brushes the Sierra early in the week with modest, moderate-density snow before high pressure restores dry, warmer conditions through Friday and leaves only a slim chance of a weak follow-up system next weekend. Totals of roughly 4″-7″ around Tahoe and lighter amounts further south […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 12, 2025 0 Comments
NOAA May 2025 ENSO Update: Next Winter Likely ENSO-Neutral, Although La Niña a Possibility This post first appeared on the climate.gov ENSO blog. The tropical Pacific is in ENSO-neutral conditions, and neutral is expected to continue through the Northern Hemisphere summer. Neutral is also the most likely outcome for the fall and winter, although chances of La Niña are a close second. Today, as your trusty representative of the ENSO forecast team, I’ll cover […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 8, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: First Major Dump of the Season for South America Central Chile and northern Patagonia line up a concise 3-day powder window, with the heaviest, driest hits focused on Las Leñas and Nevados de Chillán while the Tres Valles resorts score a solid refresher and lower-latitude mountains pick up smaller, wetter shots. After a slow start on Tuesday, snowfall intensity peaks late Wednesday into early Thursday, then tapers with a […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 6, 2025 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Chris Tomer’s Mountain Weather Update 5/6: May Storm to Bring Feet of Snow to Colorado and New Mexico Denver-based meteorologist Chris Tomer is one of the most accurate forecasters we know. Check out and subscribe to his mountain weather forecast videos to see where North America will get the most snow. “Panhandle Hooker storm system en route 5/5-5/7 with feet of accumulation above 9,000ft in CO & NM. Deep CO upslope favors Divide-East locations. Snow levels PM 5/6 […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 6, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 15 Inches of Snow For Colorado This Week Snow returns to Colorado’s high peaks beginning Sunday night, peaking on Tuesday with double-digit totals likely at Loveland, Monarch, and several Front Range and Southern resorts, before tapering to scattered light showers by Thursday and a warm, mostly dry pattern late week. A spring storm lifts moisture from the southwest, gradually lowers snow levels from around 10,000 feet to near […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 3, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Powder Day Incoming for Mammoth This Weekend A quick-hitting convective wave Saturday will freshen the central Sierra with 3″-7″ of new snow above 8,000 feet at Mammoth, after which high pressure locks in a dry, steadily warming pattern that persists well into next week. The brief burst will feature dense midday flakes transitioning to lighter powder Saturday night, while Sunday turns breezy and cooler before temperatures rebound […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 2, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: First Snow of the Season for New Zealand – Up to 20 Inches Expected Early season southerlies will bury New Zealand’s central-eastern Southern Alps in the first meaningful dump of 2025, while a weaker, wetter pulse brushes the North Island—excellent news for base-building but with quality that trends from dense to drier as temperatures fall then rebound. A compact low sliding up the South Island Wednesday night ignites a one-to-two-foot event for Canterbury fields, […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 30, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Active Pattern Keeps Snow Dumping in Colorado for the Next 10 Days Colorado’s spring keeps the powder skis handy this week. A quick mid-week refresher drops light, high-quality snow tonight into Thursday, a brief lull follows, and then a slow-moving low spins up from Sunday through late next week, driving the deepest totals and the best chance for several sleeper powder mornings—especially across the Front Range giants. Wednesday night-Thursday wave delivers a […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 30, 2025 0 Comments
Winter 2024-25 Scorecard: How the Big Names in Long Range Weather Forecasting Fared Intro — Reading the Forecast Report Card Every September, the big forecasting brands splash colorful maps across social feeds, promising everything from “Worst of Winter” bullseyes to “Mild & Dry” respites. Now that lifts are grinding to a halt, we pored over snow-water-equivalent charts, resort snow ledgers, NOAA climate summaries, and more to see who nailed (or whiffed) the 2024-25 outlook. […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 28, 2025 0 Comments
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