2020-2021 Season Closing Days at Colorado Ski Resorts Spring has sprung and that means the 2020-2021 resort ski season, unfortunately, has to come to an end.ย Most Colorado ski areas are closing on various Sundays throughout April, starting the 4th through April 25th. This year’s May resort skiing will likely only be at Breckenridge (Closing May 31st) and Arapahoe Basin (TBA). It is common for Winter Park to extend […] Industry News Dominic Gawel | March 24, 2021 0 Comments
NOAA Mar-Apr-May Outlook: Above Normal Temps and Lower Than Normal Precipitation For Most of CONUS The NOAA just released their outlook for the next three months, let’s take a look at how the ski season is going to end. La Nina conditions are present across the equatorial Pacific Ocean, as represented in current oceanic and atmospheric observations. The official CPC ENSO forecast indicates that La Nina conditions are favored to persist through March-April-May, followed by […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 1, 2021 0 Comments
US Had a Mild May and Unusually Warm Spring 2020 – Heavy Rainfall Led to Record Flooding in Parts of the Nation May 2020 was near average temperature-wise for the contiguous US, but the month capped off a warm spring and even warmer year to date, according to scientists from NOAAโsย National Centers for Environmental Information. Related: NOAA June 2020 Outlook: June Set to Be Warmer than Average for Most of the Country Last month was also slightly wetter than average, as severe […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 12, 2020 0 Comments
May 2020 Was the Hottest May in Recorded History May 2020 was the hottest May in recorded history. Global temperatures were 1.13โ hotter than average, with Siberia experiencing temperatures 18โ higher than normal. 2020 could be even hotter than 2016 which was the hottest year on record. The first five months of 2020 were the second warmest January-May period since 1979. Additionally, this past 12 month period, from June […] Weather Lynn Barlow | June 11, 2020 0 Comments
NOAA Outlook for May: Warmer than Average for the Southwest, Cooler for Great Lakes Region The Climate Prediction Center just released their monthly weather outlook for May. According to the CPC, May sees the best chances for a warmer than average month across the Southwest, while odds tilt cooler across the Great Lakes. The weather outlook summary for May 2020 by the CPC is attached below:ย 30-DAY OUTLOOK DISCUSSION FOR MAY 2020 The updated monthly […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 2, 2020 1 Comment
Denver, CO Hit with Record Low Temperature and Most Snow this Late In May for Almost 50-Years It might be the end of May, with Memorial Day weekend marking the ‘unofficial’ start to summer, but Denver woke to a blanket of wet, heavy snow yesterday morning. In fact, they received the most snow, this late on, for almostย 50-years. The average date of the last snow in Denver is April 27. Denver International Airport officially received 3.4″ of […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 22, 2019 0 Comments
May Powder Summary: Miracle May at Squaw Valley, CA Was A-MAY-zing! Miracle May at Squaw Valley, CA was a-MAY-zing! Thursday, May 16, 2019, we arrived just after 8 am but lifts were being held for avalanche mitigation and rime ice. There were reports of at least seven inches of fresh powder on the upper mountain and we could see operation teams scurrying. Before long they got us up the hill and […] Conditions Report Rochelle Swanson | March 4, 2019 0 Comments
Squaw Valley, CA Report: Memorial Day Was One of the Best Days of the Year [arve url="https://youtu.be/TiixijvalOM"] Rochelle Swanson | March 3, 2019 Likes Tweets 0 Comments