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
Atomospheric River On-Track for Tahoe | 1-2′ of Snow Above 8,000′ The atmospheric river headed to the West Coast is still on-track to greatly impact Northern California. Some zones in NorCal are forecast to see up to 10-inches of rain this weekend. Tahoe is forecast to have high snow levels likely never dropping below 7,500-feet. Above 8,000-feet, Tahoe should see 1 to 2 feet of snow. The few peaks in the Tahoe area above 10,000-feet could see up to 4 feet of snow… Sunday – Monday forecast precipitation totals. Snow levels will generally be high but Friday […] Weather SnowBrains | February 5, 2015 0 Comments
Strongest Storm Since 2008 to Hit NorCal | Blizzard Warning for Tahoe This storm is looking ferocious with 1-3 of snow forecast above 7,500-feet, 1-foot forecast at lake level, and up to 140mph winds on the ridge tops. Snow levels will most likely start around 8,000-feet on Thursday morning before dropping to lake level by Thursday evening when the heaviest precipitation is forecast to come through. Snow levels will drop as low as 4,500-feet by […] SnowBrains | December 10, 2014 0 Comments
NOAA VIDEO: “What Does a Weak El Nino Mean for Northern California?” Winter 2014/15 will mostly likely be a weak El Nino winter. NOAA has finally answered the question we’ve all be wondering in Northern California: “What does a weak El Nino mean for Northern California?” This video answers that question basically by saying that they have no idea what is going to happen. Great. The real take away is that El Nino doesn’t mean above average precipitation. Not what we skiers and riders wanna hear. That said, some weak El Nino years are damn good in California. Just look at 1978 in the graph above. […] Weather SnowBrains | September 4, 2014 0 Comments
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