Coppervale Ski Area, CA – A Small Ski Area With a Big Heart When it comes to ski areas, it is often the local, smaller areas where you can find the heart and soul of the ski community. These resorts are where many learn the fundamentals of skiing and snowboarding, and the initial spark is ignited that leads families to devote a significant portion of their time and energy to this rewarding sport. […] Matt Scribner | January 20, 2023 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Report: Ridiculous Views Skiing Over Hissing 3cm Surface Hoar in Perfect Powder Report from December 15, 2022 We decided to go for a new zone in Lake Tahoe on Thursday. The key right now is north faces. North faces still have amazing powder leftover from last week’s storm. All other aspects are suspect… We went for a long walk to try a couple of laps in a zone we’d never been to […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 17, 2022 0 Comments
Search for Missing California Man Continues After 3 Weeks The ongoing search for missing northern Californian man, Tyler Evans, enters into its third week. Evans and his dog went missing during the first week of March, according to his mother’s Facebook post. He was last seen with his dog in Siskiyou County, California. He has been without a car, sleeping bag, or protection from weather conditions since he went […] Haleigh Hafner | March 21, 2022 0 Comments
2017 is Officially Northern California’s WETTEST Year on Record! It’s official! The 2016/17 Northern California water year is the wettest year on record after last night’s precipitation plowed through 1982-83’s record of 88.5″ to 89.7″! “Overnight precip officially makes California Department of Water Resources 8-Stn Index the wettest year on record with 89.7″ season to date, 207% of avg.” – US National Weather Service California Nevada River Forecast Center NorCal is […] Industry News WeatherBrains | April 13, 2017 3 Comments
Northern California Just Saw 393% of Normal Precipitation in October | 2nd Wettest October on Record “2nd wettest October (since 1921) on the books for the Nrn Sierra Precip Index with 12.6″ falling! Wettest was 1962 with 17.12”. -Meteorologist Steve Paulson KTVU “The Northern Sierra just had the 2nd wettest October on record*, 393% of normal October precipitation, 25% of an entire average year. This is a good start to the water year. Why does this […] WeatherBrains | November 2, 2016 1 Comment
Official NOAA October Strong El Nino Update: Good News for N. California, Bad for N. Rockies NOAA just released their latest El Nino update today. The current El Nino is now officially strong. Here are the highlights from their complex update: In coastal northern California, a strong El Niño year averages about 40 rainy days per winter (December 1st through February 28th), compared to about 26 during a non-El Niño winter. In the northern Rocky Mountains, […] WeatherBrains | October 8, 2015 0 Comments
NOAA VIDEO: What El Nino Means for California NOAA just released a quick video update about the coming El Nino, Northern California, Southern California and how they’ll all interact this coming winter. In the past years, NOAA has been claiming that there have been 5 strong El Nino’s on record in California and that only one of them produced below average precipitation. In this video, they […] SnowBrains | September 3, 2015 0 Comments
NOAA: What El Nino & La Nina Mean for Northern California NOAA is calling for a strong El Nino this winter. NOAA in California is trying to tell us that just because it’s going to be a strong El Nino doesn’t mean that we’ll get above average snowfall this coming winter. They’re also telling us that El Nino doesn’t generally favor an above average precipitation winter in northern California while at the same time La Nina doesn’t favor an above average precipitation winter either. […] SnowBrains | August 14, 2015 3 Comments
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