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
Official NOAA El Nino March Update: La Nina Likely by Fall 2016 NOAA just released its latest El Nino update today. They’re telling us that El Nino will fade back to neutral conditions this summer and that there is a 50% chance of La Nina by Fall 2016. However, NOAA hints that the chances of La Nina are likely much higher than 50%. “…most computer models are in agreement that La Niña […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 10, 2016 1 Comment
NOAA El Nino Update: “What Happened to El Nino??” Is El Nino AWOL? Is El Nino Missing?? It’s been dry this month… really dry… It’s no secret that the storms have basically stopped for the entire month of February. California saw only one storm in February while the rest of the month has been nothing but sun and record temperatures. Yesterday, valley locations in CA saw over 80ºF and […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 25, 2016 1 Comment
El Niño Has Not Treated The East Coast Well According to the Boston Globe, ski areas on the east coast have suffered this year due to poor snow conditions, warm weather, and a lack of precipitation that has consistently fallen in the form of rain, which is very unfortunate. Revenues and visits have slumped at these resorts this year, especially during the holidays, where these companies make the majority of […] Industry News Chris Wallner | February 24, 2016 2 Comments
Squaw Weekend Video Update: Return of El Nino After one of the longest dry spells of the season, the skiing at Squaw finally returned to winteresque conditions for a few days. Things started off warm and wet, but transitioned to snow Wednesday night delivering around two feet of snow (and very lively and unstable mountains on Thursday). High winds left us on the lower mountain for Friday, but […] Conditions Report Eric Bryant | February 22, 2016 0 Comments
NOAA: El Nino Has Killed “The Blob” and the “Ridiculously Resilient Ridge” According to Earth Observatory, an unusually strong and persistent ridge of atmospheric high pressure emerged in the northeastern Pacific Ocean in 2013/14 – they named it the “Ridiculously Resilient Ridge” (RRR). This unusual ridge shutdown winds which stopped ocean upwelling, so no deep, cool water up came to the surface, which led to unusually warm surface water in that area of the […] Weather Chris Wallner | February 18, 2016 1 Comment
NOAA: “So Is This the Strongest El Niño on Record, or What??” This is a great article by NOAA about wether or not the current is the strongest El Nino on record. NOAA has stated in various places that it is and that it isn’t… NOAA clears things up a bit in this article by saying: maybe. ” It’s hard to say definitively what single El Niño is the strongest, because there are a […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 16, 2016 0 Comments