Strong El Niño Forecasted for 2014/15 | What Does It Mean for North America? El Niño can be predictable up to 6 months out. Right now, it’s looking like a strong El Niño is setting up and may begin as soon as April 2014. El Niño hits Asia and North & South America the hardest. If this El Niño does formulate and become strong, it’ll certainly be the biggest weather story of 2014. […] Weather SnowBrains | April 9, 2014 5 Comments
NOAA’s April, May, June Snow & Temp Forecast for USA: Whether we like to admit it or not, ski season in North America is coming to a close. April is here and most ski resorts close in April and May on our continent. Knowing that, we’d like to see it end with a bang. Unseasonably cold temperatures and big snowfalls are most welcome in April and early May in most ski towns. NOAA just released their April, May, June forecast for temperature and precipitation and it’s nothing to write home about. The entire West Coast and all of Alaska is forecasted to have above average temperatures this spring […] Weather SnowBrains | April 8, 2014 3 Comments
Weather Forecast: April Still Delivering Snow! Winter has continued to make a comeback in April. There are two separate storms currently making their way across the United States.The Tahoe region got upwards of two feet from mother nature’s April Fools joke. Mt. Bachelor also received several feet of snow in the same storm cycle. Colorado and Utah are experiencing the tail end of a storm that moved into the region […] Weather SnowBrains | April 3, 2014 0 Comments
Storm Hitting Western U.S. | Who’s Got the Goods & Who’s Getting More After this most recent storm has handed out the goods ski conditions have gone from spring to pow. The best part? There’s more! The first storm has moved across the region over the past few days and has heavily favored California. As the storm has tracked East the Rockies […] Weather SnowBrains | March 27, 2014 3 Comments
Winter Weather Hitting the Rockies Portions of the Eastern Northern Rockies and the Little Belt Mountains in Montana have been issued a Winter Storm Warning. Large areas of the Rockies, South into Wyoming and West into Idaho have been issued a winter weather advisory. The forecast calls for 6-10 inches above 5,000 feet before Tuesday at 6pm. Areas outside of the winter storm warning area should still expect snow! Big Sky […] Weather SnowBrains | March 17, 2014 0 Comments
Is Tahoe’s Winter Coming to an End or Is It Just Beginning? Winter Recap: A quick synopsis of why we had such a dry and mild winter. Back in November the Western Pacific Oscillation anchored itself way farther west then what would be considered normal 140 E. The Eastern Pacific Oscillation was setting up close to the dateline, with a 40-60 degree wavelength across the Pacific that left room for a third ridge to sit to our west. With the shorter […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 13, 2014 6 Comments
NOAA’s February Forecast for the United States of America If you live in California and you were hoping for a wet February, NOAA doesn’t share your hopes. If you live in Tahoe, you won’t want to look at these images nor read this article. Tahoe if forecasted to have an above average temperature February along with a below average precipitation February. Ugh. NOAA has released it’s forecast for the month of February in the USA. Temperature wise, we are looking at above average temperatures in CA, NV, ID, UT, AZ, NM, and much of the American South in February. […] Weather SnowBrains | January 24, 2014 1 Comment
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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