[PHOTOS] Late-Spring ‘Winter Storm Warning’ Brings 2 Feet of Snow to Palisades Tahoe, CA As of yesterday, Palisades Tahoe, California, had over two feet (26 inches) of May snow, prompting the National Weather Service in Reno to issue a rare Winter Storm Warning in May. This late-season snowfall has pushed the resort’s total snowfall to 423 inches, surpassing its average yearly snowfall of 400 inches. The unexpected powder has allowed Palisades Tahoe to extend […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 5, 2024 0 Comments
Australia Experiences Coldest May on Record More than 100 weather stations across Australia, new and old, registered the coldest minimum temperatures for May on record. Minimum temperatures across eastern and central Australia during May rivaled temps usually seen in mid-winter for the region, dropping 5ยฐC (9ยฐF) below historical averages and occasionally seeing temps as cold as 10ยฐC (18ยฐF) lower than normal. The freezing temps have ushered […] Tyler Hatch | June 7, 2023 0 Comments
Mammoth, CA, Report: Full on Winter Snow & Good Times on May 6th Report from May 6, 2023 Brought to you by Mammoth Mountain “I’m leaving for the mountain at 8:30am.” – Dwanis at 8am today “Looks like you’re going solo.” – Me at 8am today It looked rough out there this morning. 16ยบF Foggy White out 2-3″ of new now Windy We ended up negotiating a 9 am departure. It did […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 6, 2023 0 Comments
Mammoth, CA Report: Full-Throttle Epic Mini-Powder Day After 7″ of New Snow Report from May 3, 2023 Brought to you by Mammoth Mountain Yesterday, we experienced a full-throttle epic mini-powder day at Mammoth Mountain, CA. It’s difficult to express how much fun we had here yesterday… We skied scary lines off Huevos Grande (proper Spanish would be “Huevos Grandes”)ย that we hadn’t skied since 2006. We skied bizarre knife-edge ridge runs down the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 4, 2023 1 Comment
NOAA: May 2021 Outlook: Warmth Favored for Southern Half of Contiguous US, Wetter Conditions for the East This post first appeared on climate.gov and was written by Tom Di Liberto Temperatures are warming up across the country as the calendar shifts into May. So who is most likely to be observing an early summer? The May 2021 outlook from NOAAโs Climate Prediction Center favors a much warmer-than-average month for the southern half of the contiguous U.S. and […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 4, 2021 0 Comments
NOAA May Outlook: Above Normal Temps Expected For Most of US Most ski resorts will be closed come May, but a small few will remain open for your shredding pleasure. Here’s the weather that will accompany your spring skiing… Related: 11 Resorts in North America Thatโll Be Open in May Above normal temperatures are favored for the southern two-thirds of the CONUS and for much of the Northeast andย generally weaker above […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 16, 2021 0 Comments
16 Resorts in North America That’ll Be Open in May What a season it has been.ย Six months ago, we weren’t even sure if we’d have one in North America; Europe certainly hasn’t had one. Now, as most resorts start closing, we’re looking around for those few resorts that remain open as long as conditions allow. Below are the resorts that will be open in May and their expected closing dates […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 13, 2021 0 Comments
NOAA April, May, June 2021 Outlook: Most of Country Warmer Than Normal and West Drier Than Normal The NOAA just released their outlook for the next three months, April, May, and June (AMJ). Discussion below: The AMJ 2021 temperature outlook favors above-normal seasonal mean temperatures for nearly all the contiguous U.S. and for portions of western and northern Alaska. The greatest odds for above-normal temperatures are located from the Four Corners region in the Southwest to southern […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 29, 2021 0 Comments