Followers — hope you’re all doing well. April (and now May) has been slammed on the business side for me, with our
@intouchLiveHQ event coming up in San Diego on May 18th. I know a few of you will be there. If you’re thinking about going and want a promo code, just DM me.
Alright, let’s get into the weather…
As I’ve been saying, April tried to be March… and now March is about to act like May. Still the cleanest way to describe what’s happening.
Quick recap:
• DTLA: just 0.69” of rain in April
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#SoCal: slightly below normal temps overall
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#NorCal: cooler, more active, legit late-season push
Winter effectively ended mid-March for most (myself included)… but not everywhere. By late March, about 70% of ski resorts were done — I was too, and yeah, I took a hit $ wise, with the closures.
BUT… if you chased in April, you got paid:
• Mammoth Palisades Tahoe: ~100” combined late-season snow
That was your redemption window. By then, my gear was already packed up.
Now — for the SoCal “winter came back” crowd… I don’t know what to tell you.
Inland mountains? Sure, decent at times.
DTLA coast? Basically nothing.
Winter is about sustained cold — real cold — and SoCal never had it this season. A few short bursts here and there, nothing longer than about a week. That’s just reality. If you were in NorCal, Utah, Colorado, or the
#PNW in April? Different story — winter showed up again, but even that was inconsistent.
Bottom line: for many spots out West, this was one of the more challenging ski seasons in the past 30 years.
Looking ahead:
West:
• Ridge returns → warming trend → early summer vibes
East:
• Still stuck in a lingering winter-like pattern, in which the PV really hasn't left! There is still a bite in the air, which are leftovers from a brutal winter in the northeast.
• Euro AI: ~10° below normal at times
• Tri-State: nights in the 40s… in May
That west ridge / east trough setup? Still locked in.
Detailed breakdown:
Out West, we’ve got one more quick transition before the pattern flips.
Early–midweek in
#California:
• A trough moves through
• Scattered showers
• High-elevation Sierra snow
• Temps knocked back closer to normal
Yes — Mammoth and Palisades Tahoe should squeeze out one more shot. Nothing major, but a reminder winter hasn’t completely shut the door at elevation.
Key point: this is not a pattern change — it’s a reset.
By late week:
• Heights rise
• Ridge rebuilds
• Subsidence compressional warming kick in
By the weekend:
• Clear warming trend
• Stronger sun angle
• First real “we’ve turned the corner” feel
Not peak summer — but you’ll feel it.
Meanwhile, back East…
Completely different story:
• Persistent troughing
• Lingering polar influence
• Below-normal temps hanging on
That imbalance across North America is still the bigger picture.
Recap:
➡️ Early-week trough → showers Sierra snow
➡️ Late-week ridge rebuild
➡️ Weekend into next week: summer preview out West
I also posted Euro 850mb temps for the next 10 days — honestly looks like January / early February / all of March back East.
On
#ElNino:
Still holding the deeper dive until after May 18th.
If you want an early preview, check out the latest
@intouchLiveHQ podcast with
@imetrich — we get into:
• What an IMET is
• The Palisades & Eaton fires
• The upcoming El Niño hype cycle, which is epic!!
Good conversation and a solid setup for what’s coming next.
Well that is it folks. Look forward to the transition calendar wise to Meteorological Summer, which is June 1st....right around the corner.
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