Popular Canadian Ski Resort Will Not Open This Winter Due to Extreme Drought A popular Canadian ski resort will not be opening this winter due to the extreme drought that has left them without enough water to make the snow required for skiers and snowboarders to hit the slopes. Holiday Mountain Resort staff normally use water from the Pembina River to make snow, but this year the river is much lower than it was […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 10, 2021 1 Comment
2013/14 = California’s Hottest Winter on Record: It’s no secret that California has been hot and dry lately. Three bad winters in a row can hurt a lot of feelings. Actually, it’s starting to hurt more than just feelings. Farmers are feeling it, skiers and riders are feeling it, water sports humans are feeling it, the fire scorched earth is feeling it, and anything that drinks water is starting to feel it. It’s no help that the wet season is officially over […] Miles Clark | June 12, 2014 3 Comments
NOAA: “Plethora” of Dry/Heat Records Set in California in January: California is currently experiencing an extreme drought. So much so, that NOAA just issued a Special Weather Statement to alert us to just how dry and hot it’s been in California. 1. LONGEST DRY PERIOD DURING THE RAINY SEASON (NOV-MAR) FROM DEC 7, 2013 TO JAN 29, 2014, 52 DAYS. THE OLD […] Weather SnowBrains | February 3, 2014 2 Comments
NOAA Declares “Extreme Drought” in California | January-April Precipitation Forecast is Below Average… NOAA has declared “Extreme Drought” in California which is the highest level of drought there is. California just experienced its driest Calendar Year in 119 years of record keeping. This drought is the result of a persistent ridge of high pressure sitting over California blocking all storms from entering California. This high pressure ridge has been blocking California since January 2013. […] SnowBrains | January 17, 2014 0 Comments
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