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El Nino is Spanish for “fewer powder days”
Courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
It’s an El Nino year, again, which means that this winter could be a little grim for powder hounds in Colorado (unless you live around Telluride and Silverton).
For the Front Range and ski resorts north of Telluride — including Aspen, Vail, Breckenridge, etc. — an El Nino winter means a wet fall and a dry winter.
It doesn’t actually mean that less snow will fall, just that through December, January and February, there will be fewer storms — but those storms could dump more snow.
El Niño may mean fewer snowy days during the winter for most of Colorado’s resorts, according to Klaus Wolter, an atmospheric scientist who works with the University of Colorado and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
“You get fewer storms, and once in awhile we’ll get hit and those storms can be healthy storms,” Wolter said. “But you shouldn’t expect a lot of powder skiing.”
In El Niño years, most of Colorado is apt to have less wind, more sun and fewer stormy days than normal during December, January and February. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that snowpacks will be slimmer at the end of the season.
“The storms you do get tend to be bigger and can sometimes more than compensate for the lack of snowy days,” Wolter said.
Read the full story at DailyCamera.com.
