2015 lake tahoe winter forecast

It’s that time of year again when skiers, and snowboarders start getting anxious wondering when it’s going to start snowing? What kind of year are we going to end up having? The start of the seasons are always exciting. There are three teleconnections that are going to be the driving mechanisms to Lake Tahoe’s winter. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO),the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO), and the development of a weak/moderate El Nino. We have been in a cold PDO since approximately 2005/2006. It is called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, because it is a long lived El Nino like pattern poleward of 20 degrees […]