SnowBrains Forecast: Early Season Snow Brushes New Zealand This Week A pair of modest early-season systems will brush the Queenstown–Wanaka resorts between Wednesday night and Sunday, delivering up to 6″ of dense, wind-whipped snow. The mid-week pulse starts warm and light, then a stronger westerly surge on Friday drops snow levels, bumps accumulations a bit, and cranks up ridge-top winds that may affect lift operations. Wednesday night into Thursday brings […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 27, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Early-Season Powder Blast for the Central & Southern Andes This Week This forecast was created at 3:30 p.m. PST on Saturday, May 24, 2025. A moisture-laden northwest flow will sweep across the central and southern Andes from Sunday through Tuesday, delivering up to 21″ of fresh snow and kick-starting the region’s early-season snowpack. A dense burst of heavy, wet snow arrives first, followed by progressively colder air that lowers snow levels […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 24, 2025 0 Comments
NOAA June 2025 Outlook: Hotter Than Normal Across Most of the United States Last week, the NOAA released its monthly outlook for June 2025. Below is a summary for those unfamiliar with meteorological terminology, and the full discussion further down for those who are. Related: NOAA Winter 2025-26 Outlook: Long-Lead Seasonal Outlook Gives Sneak Peek of Next Winter TL;DR: June 2025 is forecast to be hotter than normal across most of the U.S., […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 19, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Major Storm for South America This Week A potent early-season barrage dives into the Andes this weekend, dropping the deepest accumulations at Las Leñas and the high-elevation Chilean Three Valleys while spreading lighter refreshes north and south. A warm, wind-whipped opener tonight quickly cools, then a colder Saturday-night surge unloads more than a foot on the central spine. Snow levels hover near 8,000 feet for the Chilean […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 16, 2025 0 Comments
Solid Snowfall Hits the Last 2 Resorts Still Open In Colorado With More in Forecast It may be mid-May, but people are still skiing at resorts throughout the country. It’s that time of the year when the die-hards come out to grab the last laps of the season and enjoy the warm weather and soft conditions. 15 resorts in the U.S. are still open, and two are located in Colorado. Arapahoe Basin and Winter Park […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 16, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Quick Sierra Powder Shot Monday-Tuesday, Spring Corn Follows This forecast was created at 7:30 a.m. PST on Monday, May 12. A late-season spring storm brushes the Sierra early in the week with modest, moderate-density snow before high pressure restores dry, warmer conditions through Friday and leaves only a slim chance of a weak follow-up system next weekend. Totals of roughly 4″-7″ around Tahoe and lighter amounts further south […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 12, 2025 0 Comments
NOAA May 2025 ENSO Update: Next Winter Likely ENSO-Neutral, Although La Niña a Possibility This post first appeared on the climate.gov ENSO blog.​ The tropical Pacific is in ENSO-neutral conditions, and neutral is expected to continue through the Northern Hemisphere summer. Neutral is also the most likely outcome for the fall and winter, although chances of La Niña are a close second. Today, as your trusty representative of the ENSO forecast team, I’ll cover […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 8, 2025 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: First Major Dump of the Season for South America Central Chile and northern Patagonia line up a concise 3-day powder window, with the heaviest, driest hits focused on Las Leñas and Nevados de Chillán while the Tres Valles resorts score a solid refresher and lower-latitude mountains pick up smaller, wetter shots. After a slow start on Tuesday, snowfall intensity peaks late Wednesday into early Thursday, then tapers with a […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 6, 2025 0 Comments
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