USA Fire & Smoke Report & Forecast – July 22, 2022 | Increased Potential for Extreme Fire Behavior in Parts of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming National Fire News National Preparedness Level 3 as of July 12 at 5:00 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5) Current hours for the National Fire Information Center are (MST) 8:00 am – 4:30pm, Monday – Friday 208-387-5050 This report will be updated Monday through Friday. Please check the IMSR for more information. July 22, 2022 Currently, 94 large […] Fire Firebrains | July 22, 2022 0 Comments
USA Fire & Smoke Report & Forecast – July 18, 2022 | 85 Fires are Currently Burning Almost 3-Million Acres National Fire News National Preparedness Level 3 as of July 18 at 5:00 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5) Current hours for the National Fire Information Center are (MST) 8:00 am – 4:30pm, Monday – Friday 208-387-5050 This report will be updated Monday through Friday. Please check the IMSR for more information. July 18, 2022 More than 6,300 […] Fire Firebrains | July 18, 2022 2 Comments
April Snow Survey: Westwide Snow Cover is 104% Average April 2022 snow summary: Snow-covered area for the western United States was 104 percent of average for April, with more snow-covered area in the North than in the South. Snow cover days remained well below average for the western United States, indicating a relatively dry year since October 1, 2021. In mid-April, snow albedo or snow brightness rapidly increased from […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 16, 2022 1 Comment
La Sal Range, UT, Report: Spooky Desert Mountains, Red Rocks, and Blower Powder Skiing The La Sals scare me. Something is just a little off about them. The entire mood of the Southern Utah mountain range can change in a heartbeat; they’ll be friendly and inviting when the sun is shining, and then screaming at you to leave when cloud cover rolls in out of nowhere and winds start howling at 50 mph. The […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | April 25, 2022 2 Comments
SnowBrains Northern California Forecast: Hold on Winter is Coming, Just Not This Weekend Forecast by SnowBrains Meteorologist Andrew Park 10/7/2021 8:00 PM MST Forecast Summary Tonight into Friday: A deep trough will move onshore tonight through Saturday, bringing rainfall and some snow to higher terrain surrounding Lake Tahoe. The majority of precipitation will occur this evening and into tomorrow, diminishing by Friday evening as the trough ejects east. Weekend: Cool, northerly flow will […] Weather Andrew Park | October 7, 2021 0 Comments
AccuWeather Releases 2021-22 Winter Forecast September is now behind us and we’re into October which typically sees the first ski resorts in North America start turning their lifts. Which means that winter is just around the corner. If you’re not overwhelmed yet by winter forecasts (NOAA, Old Farmer’s Almanac, Farmer’s Almanac, Direct Weather), AccuWeather’s meteorologists have just released their winter forecast. Highlights are below, but check […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 1, 2021 1 Comment
NOAA: Summer 2021 Ties For Hottest Summer on Record for US, and 8th Wettest During meteorological summer (June-August), the average temperature for the Lower 48 was 74.0°F, 2.6°F above average, nominally eclipsing the extreme heat of the Dust Bowl in 1936 by nearly 0.01°F and essentially tying 1936 for the warmest summer on record. A record 18.4 percent of the contiguous U.S. experienced record-warm temperatures for this season. For August, the contiguous U.S. average […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 13, 2021 0 Comments
11 US States Are Currently Experiencing Historic Levels of Extreme Drought Eleven US states are experiencing historic levels of extreme drought, according to a U.S. Drought Monitor map published yesterday. 38.5 percent of the US is experiencing drought conditions, affecting 94.4 million people. “This current drought is potentially on track to become the worst that we’ve seen in at least 1,200 years. And the reason is linked directly to human-caused climate change.” […] WeatherBrains | June 25, 2021 0 Comments