Analyzing the 2022/2023 Winter Snowfall at Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA Looking back at the 2022/2023 winter season for parts of the West, it’s safe to say that this was one for the ages, especially for the high terrain in California. While it’s easy to gravitate and talk about the legendary snowpack records that were broken in the Sierra Nevada, I’m going to move a little further north of the Sierra […] Brains Matthew Oliphant | June 26, 2023 0 Comments
Why Did California Break So Many Records This Winter Even Though It Was La Niña? I am sure by now you are well aware of the record-breaking winter that California just experienced! To put this into perspective, the high terrain of California’s current snowpack is in the range of 195% to 300% of the normal average for this time of the season. Even more interesting is the snow water equivalent (amount of water locked up […] Weather Matthew Oliphant | April 25, 2023 0 Comments
8,000-Mile Atmospheric River Stretching From Indonesia to US West Coast Forecast To Drop Feet of Snow This Week “Atompheric River or Pinapple Express? Moisture from with this system extends to Indonesia!” – US National Weather Service Boise, ID, 12/27/22 The atmospheric river impacting the US West Coast today is tapping into a moisture plume that stretches 8,000-miles to Indonesia. Wow! This wet, warm, windy, and wild atmospheric river is clobbering the West Coast of the United States of […] Weather WeatherBrains | December 27, 2022 0 Comments
Alpine Meadows, CA Report: 100″+ Inches of Snow and Counting This report is from January 24, 2021, at Alpine Meadows, California. Brought to you by Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows The snow finally returned to the Sierra this weekend, and it came in cold, light, and dry. Alpine Meadows reportedly received about 4″ (inches) of snow on Friday and Saturday, which helped the resort reach 100″ inches of total snowfall on the season. […] Conditions Report Galen Carrico | January 25, 2021 0 Comments
NOAA: Atmospheric River Event for California Sunday-Monday NOAA is now calling this weekend’s storm coming to California an Atmospheric River Event. Precipitation totals will be highest in the Sierra Nevada mountains during this event. A Winter Storm Watch is in effect for the Sierra Nevada mountains that is calling for up to 16-inches of snowfall on Sunday and Monday. “An atmospheric river is currently impacting the Pacific […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 31, 2015 0 Comments
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