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SnowBrains Forecast: Snow Continues in the Northern Rockies Behind a Cold Front and Another Atmospheric River

This forecast was written at 3 a.m. MT on Saturday, November 23 Forecast Summary A cold front pushes across the area on Saturday, bringing a batch of snow this weekend. Last week’s bomb cyclone continues to impact the forecast, as it produced yet another atmospheric river early this week. A quieter pattern begins towards the end of the week. This […]
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SnowBrains Forecast: Idaho Snowpack Set to Benefit With Up to 18″ Fresh Snow From Bomb Cyclone

 Forecast prepared at midnight MST on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 Forecast Summary A low-pressure system off the west coast of the United States has rapidly intensified, reaching the criteria of a ‘bomb cyclone’ This storm will force the jet stream to dip south around the center of low pressure before blasting the Northwest US with very moist air Massive amounts […]
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NASA: California Weather – What Just Happened? Extratropical Cyclones Drench West Coast

One of the most intense extratropical cyclones ever to strike the Pacific Northwest drew an equally historic amount of moisture onto the West Coast of North America on October 24-25, 2021. The storm off the coast of Washington—with a central pressure of 942.5 millibars, equivalent to a category 4 hurricane—was the second extreme low-pressure storm in the North Pacific in […]
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[PHOTO ROUND UP] Record-Breaking Weather Event Slams Multiple California Ski Areas With Feet of Snow

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) California just recorded its strongest storm in modern history. The barometric pressure of the current storm system impacting California is 943 hPa—the equivalent to the central pressure of a strong hurricane. Local news authorities reported that the storm is so powerful that it blew over a semi-truck […]
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SnowBrains Forecast: Massive Snow Totals Forecasted for California This Weekend, 30-40″ of Snow Likely in Lake Tahoe Area

Forecast Summary: A moisture-rich atmospheric river event associated with a powerful mid-latitude cyclone is forecasted to bring significant precipitation to California this weekend. Most of Northern California will see rainfall totals between 3-12″ with the possibility of upwards of 60-70″ of snow in the High Sierra. Friday-Saturday: A preliminary band of moisture pushed through Northern California Thursday evening and Friday morning, dropping […]
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75-Footer Recorded Off the California Coast: One of the Largest Waves EVER Recorded

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Last week’s bomb cyclone that pummeled the West Coast brought with it some of the largest ever recorded waves off of the coast of California, including one that was up to 75-feet tall. The University of California, San Diego’s Coastal Data Information Program recorded a massive 75-foot wave roughly 20 miles off the coast of Cape Mendocino in Northern California. It […]
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