**UPDATED** NOAA’s Official 2016/17 Winter Outlook for the USA: NOAA just released their updated official winter outlook for 2016/17 in the USA yesterday, September 15th, 2016. This updated forecast is for the official winter months and best months of skiing and riding: January, February, March. From what NOAA is displaying below, you’re gonna want to be in Montana, Wyoming, or Idaho this winter. PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK for JAN, FEB, MAR: image: noaa, […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 16, 2016 6 Comments
**Updated** 2016/17 La Nina Snowfall Outlook for North American Ski Resorts | OnTheSnow.com OnTheSnow.com just released their updated snowfall predictions for North American ski resorts this 2016/17 Winter. Their updated snowfall predictions reflect NOAA’s cancelation of the La Nina Watch. NOAA is no longer expecting La Nina this winter (only a 40% of La Nina predicted). See Original Snowfall Outlook from OnTheSnow.com from July: 2016/17 La Nina Snowfall Outlook for North American Ski Resorts | […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 14, 2016 1 Comment
NOAA’s Official Fall & Early Winter Outlook for USA: NOAA just released their latest weather predictions for the fall & early winter in the USA. Meteorologic fall begins in September 1st and meteorologic winter starts on December 1st. NOAA is calling for a 55-60% chance of La Nina this fall/winter and this outlook follows a La Nina pattern. La Nina generally drops above average snow in the Pacific Northwest and that’s […] Weather WeatherBrains | August 22, 2016 0 Comments
NOAA’s Official Early Winter 2015/16 Outlook for the USA: Nov, Dec, Jan NOAA just release their early winter outlook for the USA yesterday. They released temperature and precipitation maps for this coming November, December, and January. These maps continue to show an El Nino pattern with a warm and dry pacific northwest and a wet southwest. NOAA’s November, December, January precipitation outlook is showing above average precipitation in the SoCal, Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah, Colorado and southern Alaska. Below average precipitation forecast in the pacific […] Weather SnowBrains | August 21, 2015 1 Comment
Major Storm Headed to Colorado This Weekend! | Up to 24″ Snow Colorado is about to get dumped on. Cold air will be coming down from Canada and slamming into the Front Range. Up to 2-feet of new snow if forecast to drop on the Front Range with up to 15″ falling in the Aspen area further west. It’s gonna be a great storm skiing weekend in Colorado. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL MONDAY MORNING FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST[…] Weather SnowBrains | February 20, 2015 0 Comments
**Updated** NOAA’s 2014/15 Winter Weather Outlook for the USA: NOAA just released their updated 2014/15 Winter Weather Outlook for the USA. One cool new thing is that this time they gave us “percentage chances”. This means that in the pie charts in the graphs, we can see what the chances are that what they are forecasting may happen. The graphs are great and the write is extremely wordy. What they’re trying to say in the write up is this: 2014/15 NOAA Winter Weather Outlook Breakdown: – South Alaska and the Southern US have 43% chance of having above average precipitation this winter. This […] Weather Miles Clark | November 21, 2014 2 Comments
NOAA VIDEOS: Official 2014/15 Winter Outlook for Lake Tahoe, CA NOAA’s Reno office has just released their official 2014/15 winter weather outlook for the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Western Nevada. They did it in video format and it’s a very informative 2 part series that covers all you need to know about the coming winter and what we can expect. Part 1 summarizes the drought situation, what’s up with El Nino, and the official NOAA winter outlook. Part 2 goes into the science of seasonal prediction in the Sierra and western Nevada and why it can be […] Weather SnowBrains | October 20, 2014 2 Comments
NOAA: Snow for Lake Tahoe Tonight Above 7,000-Feet NOAA is forecast a Pacific storm entering Lake Tahoe, CA today and dropping a bit of snow as low as 7,000-feet. It doesn’t sound like it’ll add up to much nor stay around, but it does mean one very important thing: Winter is almost here… A Pacific weather system will begin to impact the region today bringing much cooler temperatures along with gusty southerly winds. Precipitation will begin to spread inland from the coast tonight and Wednesday resulting in slick roads. Some light snowfall accumulation will be possible over the […] Weather SnowBrains | October 14, 2014 1 Comment
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