Official NOAA La Niña Update: El Niño Weakens, Cool Surface Waters Emerge If you haven’t heard yet, it’s looking very likely that La Nina will grace us with her presence once again this coming winter. “As of the most recent official update (issued on April 12), El Niño is likely to switch to La Niña by this summer.” – NOAA, today One April 12th, NOAA stated that we have a 75% chance […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 2, 2016 2 Comments
VIDEO: 5-Minutes of Chris Benchetler Going Off in California This Season – “Chasing El Nino” After 4 years of drought, California saw a peak snowpack of 87% of average this season. Last season, CA saw a peak snowpack of 5% of average… Chris Benchetler got into the CA backcountry and made it look good this winter. “In Episode 1 “California’s Comeback” – Chris skis his home mountain, Mammoth Mountain, and the surrounding backcountry. Together with […] SnowBrains | April 13, 2016 0 Comments
Chasing El Nino around the Lower 48: A Snowbrains Lower 48 Tour The 2015/2016 North American ski and snow season had much hype due to the return of El Nino and predictions for massive amounts of snowfall across the western portion of the United States and Canada. Being that I had moved away from a ski town and gone to the beach last summer to pursue a huge employment opportunity I began to wonder, being a ski bum at heart, how I would take advantage of all the snow predicted to fall in the western US. Ryan Mulcahy | April 4, 2016 1 Comment
NOAA: Lake Shasta, CA Has Risen 134-Feet Since December Thanks to El Nino “El Nino has helped bring a parade of storms to the region. Lake Shasta has risen 134 feet since early December!” – NOAA, today Lake Shasta Info for March 24th, 2016: 110% of its historical average to date 86% full 1067′ deep 60+” of rain this winter Shasta hasn’t reached this height since 2011 California’s largest dam at 4,552,000 acre-feet […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 24, 2016 0 Comments
Official NOAA Strong El Nino Update: How Does This El Nino Compare to Other Strong El Ninos? NOAA just updated us with some terrific data about how this strong El Nino compares to other strong El Ninos. Just above and below are the only two maps you need to see. The above map shows us how this year’s precipitation compares to the other 6 strong El Ninos on record. The below map shows us how this year’s temperatures compares […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 18, 2016 0 Comments
NOAA Graphic: Who’s Gotten the Most Snow & Rain This Strong El Nino Winter in the USA “Sharing a couple of images displaying the current water year to date (October 1, 2015 through March 15, 2016) precipitation across the continental U.S. and a zoom in on the state of California. Areas that have received the highest precipitation, like the Pacific NW down through Northern California and the Southeast U.S., really stand out.” – NOAA, today The above […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 16, 2016 0 Comments
U.S. Drought Monitor Update for March 8, 2016 | Despite El Nino, the Drought Rages On… El Nino has been good to the Western USA where drought has been very prevalent, especially in California but it hasn’t been enough to erase the drought. At least not yet. Drought conditions still exist in every single Western US state with CA and NV still experiencing “Exceptional Drought” – the most sever drought rating. U.S. Drought Monitor Update for March […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 15, 2016 0 Comments
El Nino Didn’t Do What They Said It Would Do | Here’s What It Did Instead: El Nino most decidedly didn’t do what NOAA and everyone forecast it would do. El Nino was supposed to bring above average precipitation to the lower half of the USA and below average precipitation to the upper half. NOAA’s Forecast for 2015/16 Strong El Nino: “Wetter-than-average conditions most likely in the Southern Tier of the United States, from central and southern California, […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | March 11, 2016 0 Comments