Colorado ski slopes could see above-average snowfall this winter thanks to a “triple-dip La Nina” (via thknwco)
Confidence is growing that Colorado skiers and snowboarders could see above-average snowfall this coming winter, based on one of the key climate factors meteorologists monitor to predict seasonal precipitation patterns in the U.S.
Because of relatively cool surface temperatures in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific Ocean, meteorologists say a “robust” La Niña phenomenon is strengthening there, and that usually means good to great mountain snow for Colorado and the northern Rockies. La Niña events typically produce storm tracks that predominantly flow from the Pacific Northwest.
The opposite phenomenon, El Niño, occurs when surface water temperatures in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific are above normal, producing storms that predominantly track across the southern U.S.“These are the coolest temperatures we’ve seen in the east-central Pacific for the month of August since 2010,” said meteorologist Sam Collentine, chief operating officer for the ski-oriented OpenSnow weather forecasting and monitoring service.
“That’s telling us there’s a pretty robust La Niña setting up right now, and when we look back at the last significant La Niña event, that was a very healthy snow year — not only for Colorado, but the entire western United States,” he added., Collentine cited figures from the snowfall recording site bestsnow.net that put snowfall in Breckenridge that winter at 80% above normal. Steamboat came in at 35% above normal.
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