California in Desperate Need of Snowstorms to Prevent Ending This Year Critically Dry Without a series of storms, California will end the year dry, causing concern among water officials who think the state may be entering yet another period of prolonged drought. On Tuesday the California Department of Water Resources conducted its statewide water survey. The Sierra snowpack is currently at 54% of its April 1 average, the date when the Sierra snow is typically […] SnowBrains | March 3, 2021 0 Comments
Two Weeks Of Snow In The Forecast For Colorado Due to a recent trend of winter weather, a number of Colorado resorts are expected to get a good amount of snow over the next few weeks. Breckenridge is expected to see five days of snow, while Aspen is looking at six consecutive days of snowfall. Estes Park is also expected to get up to five days worth of snowfall next […] Weather Nick Retterer | February 12, 2021 0 Comments
Shallow Snowpack in Lake Tahoe, CA and Northern Nevada Cause Concern for Another Potential Drought Year The snowpack in Northern Nevada and the Eastern Sierra (home to Lake Tahoe) is already below normal this season which prompts concerns that the region could experience another drought year this year. If that happens it would make for two drought years in a row for the region. As of Monday morning, the snowpack was 71 to 78 percent of […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 6, 2021 0 Comments
NASA: Drought in the US West Has Expanded and Intensified Across Summer and Fall This post first appeared on the NASA Earth Observatory site A drought that flared up in the western United States in spring 2020 has expanded and intensified across the summer and fall. In August, a third of the United States was experiencing at least a moderate level of drought. By December, roughly half of that area was, with about 33 […] Weather SnowBrains | December 15, 2020 0 Comments
NOAA: October 2020: Hot and Dry Likely for Much of the Country This post first appeared on the climate.gov website and was written by Tom Di Liberto What does the atmosphere have in store for October as the country shifts to thinking about falling leaves, apples, and pumpkin spice? According to the October 2020 outlook from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, much of the contiguous United States is likely to observe a much […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 9, 2020 0 Comments
NOAA September 2020 Climate Outlook: Late Season Heat Wave Across West, Potential Frosts & Freezes for Northern Plains This post first appeared on the climate.gov website and was written by Tom Di Liberto Good news for those who don’t prefer the summer heat: Meteorological autumn is officially here! Be forewarned, though. September can bring a wide variety of weather across the country, ranging from the peak of the hurricane season in the Atlantic to late-season heatwaves, or even […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 2, 2020 0 Comments
National Weather Service Reports Record-High Temperatures in California Yesterday Record-high temperatures were recorded at five California airports yesterday, May 26th. The NOAA reported: RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY – HANFORD CA 130 AM PDT WED MAY 27 2020 ….RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES BROKEN AT FRESNO AND MADERA ON MAY 26TH… ON MAY 26TH, 2020, FRESNO-YOSEMITE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SET A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 72 […] SnowBrains | May 27, 2020 0 Comments
Summer 2020 Weather Outlook Warm weather has arrived in the United States, but for some parts of the country, it feels like spring was skipped altogether. It feels like summer here in Salt Lake City, Utah, and other parts of the Southwest — like Arizona — have already recorded triple-digit temperatures this spring. Thankfully, the 2020 edition of AccuWeather’s annual summer forecast was just […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 1, 2020 0 Comments
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