Burning Man or Drowning Man? — Record Rainfalls in Nevada Turn Desert Festival into Mud Pit Around 70,000 people are currently trapped at the Burning Man Festival in Black Rock Desert, NV. The remote desert area in northwest Nevada was hit with three months’ worth of rain in the 24-hour period between Friday and Saturday, September 1 and 2. The unprecedented heavy rainfalls turned the arid, dry desert sand into a clay-like mud, rendering vehicles of […] Julia Schneemann | September 3, 2023 0 Comments
Catastrophic Rain Event Causes Major Damage Across Vermont “It’s Irene all over again.” NOAA reports that Northern Vermont has gotten just under 7 inches of rain over just a few days. Bridges, roads, vehicles, and houses have been washed out as rivers have been overflowing. The state is practically fractured in two as most east-west links through the spine of the Green Mountains are closed. View this post […] Spencer McLaughlin | July 12, 2023 0 Comments
Two Chilean Ski Areas Damaged By Heavy Rainfall Just as the South American ski season is kicking off, a few resorts have been damaged throughout the last few days by a major storm. This system brought feet of snow at high elevations and a ludicrous amount of rain at low elevations. The Nevados de Chillán ski center reportedly received 900 millimeters of rain (35.4 inches!) in a four-day […] Industry News Spencer McLaughlin | July 3, 2023 0 Comments
NASA: Record-Breaking Rainfall Leads to Severe Flooding in the Pacific Northwest Torrential rain in the Pacific Northwest spurred deadly floods and mudslides that have damaged infrastructure and isolated communities in Canada and the United States. Much of the rain fell from November 13-15, 2021, the product of a potent atmospheric river that took aim at the region and added more moisture to already saturated soils. Related: NOAA Satellite Captures Rare, Cloud-Free […] WeatherBrains | November 19, 2021 0 Comments
Many Areas of California Just Saw Record-Breaking Precipitation | Sacramento Airport Saw 82% of Last Year’s Total Precipitation The storm that just slammed California brought record-breaking precipitation to many areas. Several locations set their all-time (recorded) 24hr rainfall total between 1:00 AM PDT 10/24/2021 and 1:00 AM PDT 10/25/2021. Blue canyon off I-80 saw 10.4 inches! Impressive 72 hour rainfall totals were seen throughout the area. For a more comprehensive list, visit: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=sto&issuedby=STO&product=PNS Posted by US National Weather […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 26, 2021 1 Comment
NOAA: Excessive Rainfall and Rapid Snowmelt Bringing Christmas Flood Concern to the East Coast Christmas Eve is shaping up to be mild, wet, & windy along the East Coast. With deep snowpack present from the central Appalachians to the interior Northeast, the combination of excessive rainfall & rapid snowmelt makes flooding a concern in these areas into Christmas morning. Weather WeatherBrains | December 22, 2020 0 Comments
Extreme Drought Returns to Northern California: “Challenging Summer for Firefighters,” Fire Weather Researcher Says Drought has returned to Northern California this year with hydrologists calling it ‘extreme.’ Severe drought (D-2) has also expanded south into California’s Bay area, according to NBC meteorologist Rob Mayeda. RELATED: ‘Megadrought’ in Western U.S. Could Be Worse Than Any in Past 1,200 Years SJSU Department of Meteorology & Climate Science’s Dr. Craig Clements, Fire Weather Laboratory Director says that […] Fire Firebrains | April 25, 2020 0 Comments
Seattle, WA Broke Its Single Day Rainfall Record Yesterday Seattle, WA broke its single day rainfall record yesterday. The city received 1.20″ of rain on Wednesday, October 18th, 2017, which surpassed the previous record of 1.19″ that was set in 1958. This isn’t a small feat due to the fact that the city roughly 150 days of rain each year. At 12 AM PDT, Seattle has surpassed the daily record […] Weather Chris Wallner | October 19, 2017 2 Comments
NASA’s First Global Rainfall and Snowfall Map NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement mission has produced its first map of global rain and snowfall. In the most detailed map of Earth’s precipitation that has ever been created, NASA scientists can follow the planet’s weather patterns in near real-time. NASA teamed up with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to launch the GPM Core Observatory just over a year ago. The Core Observatory, which acts as a tuner to bring together measurements of 12 international […] Weather ameliatraynor | March 4, 2015 0 Comments
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