Extreme Drought Returns to Northern California: “Challenging Summer for Firefighters,” Fire Weather Researcher Says Drought has returned to Northern California this year with hydrologists calling it ‘extreme.’ Severe drought (D-2) has also expanded south into California’s Bay area, according to NBC meteorologist Rob Mayeda. RELATED: ‘Megadrought’ in Western U.S. Could Be Worse Than Any in Past 1,200 Years SJSU Department of Meteorology & Climate Science’s Dr. Craig Clements, Fire Weather Laboratory Director says that […] Fire Firebrains | April 25, 2020 0 Comments
Warming Temperatures Means Snowpack Will No Longer Be a Viable Drought Predictor, Paper Claims A new paper published in Nature predicts that in the upcoming decades snowpack will no longer be a reliable predictor for drought in the western two-thirds of the US, and new methods will have to be implemented. As we reach the end of the century, that area could grow to four-fifths of the western United States, due to warming temperatures […] SnowBrains | April 24, 2020 0 Comments
‘Megadrought’ in Western U.S. Could Be Worse Than Any in Past 1,200 Years Human-caused climate change appears to be the cause of a “megadrought” emerging in the western U.S., according to a study published on Thursday, April 16 in Science Magazine. Scientists are saying the nearly-20-year drought is almost as bad or worse than any in the past 1,200 years. The abstract from the study published in Science Magazine reads: Severe and persistent […] SnowBrains | April 23, 2020 0 Comments
California’s Current Reservoir and Water Conditions Are Slightly Below Average Most of California’s reservoirs currently hold a slightly below-average amount of water according to the Department of Water Resources. Some reservoirs are above or at their historical averages, while most are just below. Check out the water conditions for today here. SnowBrains | April 13, 2020 0 Comments
California on Track for One of Top 10 Worst Snowpacks EVER Recorded California’s Sierra Nevada snowpack is well-below normal for this time of year, and in fact, the water content around the state is only about HALF the April average, authorities said Wednesday. At the same time last year, the snowpack was a massive 161% of average. Related: NWS Addresses Concerns that Lesser Snowpack in the West Will Impact this Summer’s Wildfire Season […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 2, 2020 0 Comments
NOAA: Sierra Nevada Mts, CA Have Only 16% Chance of Having “Normal” Snowpack by April It’s been dry in California lately. But how dry? California’s statewide snowpack is currently sitting at only 53% of average to date. NOAA puts it into context for us below. The most shocking statistic is this: The Sierra Nevada mountains of California have only a 1 in 6 (16%) chance of generating a “normal” snowpack by April 2020. “Current odds […] Industry News WeatherBrains | February 18, 2020 0 Comments
Western Weather Group: California Set For Record-Dry End to February A near-record dry spell is possible through the end of February in California. It’s been about 2 to 3 weeks since the last measurable rainfall across the northern 2/3rds of California (even then, the last rainfall was very light). Things don’t appear to change much over the next 2-3 weeks, which could make this one of the longest stretches of […] WeatherBrains | February 13, 2020 0 Comments
10-Year Mega-Drought Spells Early End to Central Andes 2019 Ski Season With the Andes Ski season drawing to a close it seems for many as though winter never really arrived. While Snowbrains found snow in Bariloche, and Argentina presented more welcome images of powder, the southern winter was a far call from a “regular” winter. A decade-long mega drought intensified this year in the Andes mountains above Santiago, limiting snowfall to […] Industry News Adrian Dolatschko | September 20, 2019 0 Comments
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