NOAA: Where Got the Most Snow in February, and How Does it Compare to the 12-Year Average? Results are in for February’s snowfall totals & departures from normal. Looks like every single state saw at least a trace of snow in February. Heavy mountain snowfall in the NW-N, and definitely the largest positive departure from mean. The huge snowfall totals and deep bases in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia are testament to this. Related: 13 Deepest Snowpacks in North […] WeatherBrains | March 4, 2021 0 Comments
2 Killed in Colorado Avalanches Today | 18 Avalanche Deaths in 16-days in USA 2 people died in avalanches in Colorado today, February 14, 2021. A backcountry snowboarder was killed in a large avalanche in Colorado today on Mount Trelease. A snowmobiler was also killed in an avalanche west of Rollins Pass, CO today. We have outlined each avalanche death’s preliminary reports below. These were the 24th & 25th avalanche deaths in the USA […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 14, 2021 0 Comments
NOAA February 2021 ENSO Update: La Niña Is Still Here, but 60% Chance Neutral Conditions Will Return This Spring This post first appeared on the climate.gov ENSO blog and was written by Emily Becker La Niña is still here, but forecasters estimate about a 60% chance that neutral conditions will return this spring. By the fall, the chance that La Niña will return is approximately equal to the chance that it will not. Let’s take a stroll around ENSO’s […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 12, 2021 1 Comment
NOAA February 2021 Outlook: A Winter’s Chill Forecast Across Central and Western United States This post first appeared on the climate.gov website and was written by Tom Di Liberto February is smack dab in the middle of winter, which for snow lovers means hoping for cold and wet conditions. So what does the February 2021 outlook from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center show? Well, some hope? Colder and wetter-than-average conditions are favored across the north-central […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 2, 2021 0 Comments
FebruBURIED: Breckenridge, CO Records Snowiest February EVER Having received over 7 feet of new snow since the start of the month, Breckenridge Resort, CO announces that they have just had their deepest February on record — and the month isn’t even over yet. 87″ this month puts Breckenridge ahead of their February snow total from last year by 29 more inches already, Summit Daily reports. Related: Vail […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 20, 2020 2 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
NOAA Outlook for February 2020 | CA Warmer and Drier than Average, MT and WY Cooler and Wetter We’ve entered the final month of meteorological winter, and NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center has issued its monthly outlook for February 2020 temperature and precipitation. These outlooks don’t predict the actual temperatures or precipitation: they predict the probability that conditions will be in the upper or lower third of the climatological record for a given location from 1981-2010. Darker colors mean […] WeatherBrains | February 7, 2020 0 Comments
NOAA Outlook for End of February | Bad News for Snow Lovers Across the Country… The second half of February looks likely to be bad news for snow-lovers across the country, with high confidence for a warm pattern emerging in the east, and in the west, the probability for precipitation looks ‘below normal’. Much to the chagrin of any snow lovers in the East, the continued NAO+ outlook and enhanced subtropical ridge over the Southeast favors […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 4, 2020 2 Comments
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