[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 […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | October 25, 2021 1 Comment
NOAA: Storm to Impact California Thursday | 5-10″ of Snow Forecast NOAA continues to track a modest winter storm that was once a strong cyclone in the Gulf of Alaska that’s headed for California on Thursday. They’re forecasting 5-10″ of snow for the high country of Lake Tahoe and less for the Mammoth/Yosemite area with snow levels from 4,000-5,000 feet. “A cold front stemming from a strong cyclone in the Gulf […] Weather WeatherBrains | December 1, 2015 0 Comments
NOAA’s California Storm Updated Snow Forecast | 12-24″ of Snow Forecast for Sierra Crest The cold Gulf of Alaska storm forecast to hit California is finally making its impact today. NOAA has raised its snowfall predictions calling for up to 24″ of snow in the northern Sierras today including Donner Summit (see image below). “Higher elevations of the northern Sierra and extreme southern Cascade Range will see accumulations approaching 2 feet.” – NOAA Sacramento, […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 24, 2015 0 Comments
Gulf of Alaska Storm Upgraded for California | 6-24″ of Snow Forecast, 2,000-Foot Snow Levels NOAA has been following a Gulf of Alaska Storm system headed to California via one of two possible tracks: a colder, drier, more likely, overland track & a wetter, less likely, oversea track. Yesterday, they were giving the wetter track only a 20% chance. Today, they’re going with the previously less likely, wetter track saying that the Lake Tahoe region […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 22, 2015 0 Comments
NOAA: Gulf of Alaska Storm On Track for California | 4-12″ Forecast, 2,000′ Snow Levels NOAA continues to track a cold Gulf of Alaska Storm that will impact California early next week. This will be the 4th Gulf of Alaska Storm in a row to hit California in the past month. This cold storm is forecast to begin in CA on Monday night and bring snow levels as low as 2,000-feet, which would be our […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 20, 2015 0 Comments
NOAA: Gulf of Alaska Storm Headed to California Monday | 12-24″ of Snow Forecast with Lowest Snow Levels of Season NOAA is tracking a cold Gulf of Alaska Storm forecast to hit California as early as Monday next week that could potentially drop 12-24″ of snow on the Sierra Nevada mountains of California including Tahoe & Mammoth. This will be the 4th Gulf of Alaska storm in a row to impact California in the past month. “The next storm system […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 19, 2015 4 Comments
4th Gulf of Alaska Storm in a Row to Hit California on Thanksgiving Gulf of Alaska Storm #4 is forecast to slam into California next week during Thanksgiving. NOAA forecasts the storm to arrive on Wednesday, Nov. 25th, and last through Friday, Nov. 27th. “A storm system has the potential to bring hazardous weather the Central California Interior as early as Tuesday night next week. The exact track of the storm is still […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 18, 2015 0 Comments
NOAA: Gulf of Alaska Storm on Track for Lake Tahoe, CA This Weekend | Up to 12″ of Snow Forecast NOAA is currently forecasting a cold Gulf of Alaska storm to drop down from Alaska, slide along the British Columbia coast, and slam into Lake Tahoe, CA this Sunday and Monday. This storm will bring up to a foot of snow to the Sierra crest and snow levels as low as 4,500 feet. This storm is forecast to be colder […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 6, 2015 0 Comments
NOAA: California Storm Upgraded | Up to 2-FEET of Snow Forecast Today & Tomorrow The storm hitting California today and tomorrow is going to be stronger than previously forecast, according to NOAA. The Winter Storm Watch on the west slope & crest of the Sierra Nevada has been upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning. There were no advisories on the east slope of the Sierra Nevada nor the Tahoe Basin as of yesterday, but […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 1, 2015 3 Comments
NOAA: Gulf of Alaska Storm for California This Week |6″ of Snow Possible for Tahoe NOAA is tracking a possible large storm coming out of the Gulf of Alaska and headed straight for California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. They are forecasting 6,000′ snow levels. This storm should hit Mammoth as well. Mammoth is the only ski resort currently open in California. “A Gulf of Alaska low pressure system will move through Northern California mid-to-late this week. Confidence is improving […] Weather SnowBrains | May 4, 2015 1 Comment
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