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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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Winter 2024-25 Scorecard: How the Big Names in Long Range Weather Forecasting Fared

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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. […]
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Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are North America’s Top 5 Forecasted Open Resorts for the 10 Days of April 27-May 6, 2025

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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, this list of open resorts will be the deepest over the next week and beyond.  This post takes us into May, which means the ski […]
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SnowBrains Forecast: Double Header Spring Setup Will Bring 5-9 Inches to the Northern Rockies This Weekend

This forecast was created at noon PST on Saturday, April 26, 2025. A potent late-season storm will spin snow back into the Northern Rockies Sunday night–Monday, delivering up to 9″ on the higher slopes of southwest Montana before a cooler, showery pattern lingers mid-week and high pressure brings a dry, springlike rebound to close the period. The setup favors the […]
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SnowBrains Forecast: Over a Foot of Snow For California This Weekend

This forecast was created at 8:00 a.m. PST on Friday, April 25, 2025. A compact late-April storm will bring a quick burst of winter back to the Sierra Friday night through Saturday, delivering roughly 6″-15″ of fresh snow to the higher ski areas before drier and warmer spring conditions reclaim the range early next week. Behind the weekend storm, temperatures moderate, […]
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Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are North America’s Top 5 Forecasted Open Resorts for the 10 Days of April 21-May 1, 2025

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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, this list of open resorts will be the deepest over the next week and beyond.  Related: Alyeska Resort, AK, Just Broke 700″ of Snowfall […]
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SnowBrains Forecast: 20″ of Snow For Colorado This Weekend

This forecast was created at 8:00 a.m. PST on Wednesday, April 16. Colorado is transitioning from warm, breezy weather midweek to a potent storm system that will deliver widespread snowfall from Thursday night into the weekend, favoring the southern mountains with the heaviest totals. Expect a sharp drop in temperatures, lowering snow levels well below 10,000 feet by Friday, gradual […]
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SnowBrains Forecast: Over a Foot of New Snow Possible For Utah This Week

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A late-week storm will bring fresh snow across the Utah mountains from Wednesday night through Saturday, with Southern Utah favored for the highest totals. Conditions start off dry and warm, but a cold front moving in late Wednesday will usher in meaningful snowfall for many resorts, followed by a gradual tapering on Sunday. Beyond the weekend, a near-normal precipitation pattern […]
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[VIDEO] Direct Weather Summer 2025 Forecast: West and Southwest to See Record Heat

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  The latest video from Direct Weather provides a detailed summer 2025 weather forecast, focusing on June, July, and August. The video explains that the forecast is based on several seasonal models. It highlights that the information is pre-recorded as part of a broader series covering all seasons, including upcoming fall and winter outlooks. Related: NOAA April 2025 ENSO Update: […]
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Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are North America’s Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of April 15-24, 2025

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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, this list of resorts will be the deepest over the next week and beyond.  Related: Alyeska Resort, AK, Just Broke 700″ of Snowfall This Season […]
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Europe Slammed by Spring Snow Surge: Over 6 Feet Possible in the Alps This Week

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A pair of spring storms will bring fresh snow to much of the Alps this week, with heavier accumulations targeting higher-elevation resorts. Zermatt in Switzerland takes the spotlight by far, while Val Thorens and Chamonix (France) also rack up respectable totals. Lower-elevation spots like Sölden in Austria will see some wet snow or even rain at the base, but higher […]
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SnowBrains Forecast: Spring Storms Bringing Snow Back to Colorado | 5″ Across Summit County Resorts

Forecast prepared at midnight MST, April 12, 2025 Colorado is currently situated under a ridge of high pressure, which is causing temperatures to be about 10-15ºF warmer than normal. However, a storm is set to move across the Northern Rockies this weekend, leading to significantly cooler temperatures and producing snow at some of the Colorado resorts on Sunday and Monday. […]
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SnowBrains Forecast: 3 Feet of Powder Expected For Alyeska, AK, This Week

A potent late-week storm is delivering heavy snowfall to Southcentral Alaska’s mountains, with additional waves lined up through mid-next week. Overall, this pattern will bring periodic bursts of moderate snow, slightly varying snow levels, and predominantly fair to moderate snow quality across higher elevations, setting up a decent stretch for spring turns. Alyeska should pick up 2-3 feet of new […]
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Where Will it Be Deep This Week? These are North America’s Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of April 6-15, 2025

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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, this list of resorts will be the deepest over the next week and beyond.  It is well into April now, but that doesn’t mean the […]
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