April and May snowstorms have extended the season at Mammoth Mountain, but temperatures are forecast to rise in coming weeks.
Anyone looking to enjoy the snow should act fast, because temperatures are forecast to rise in the next few weeks, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.
The snow on the ground is thanks in part to robust but unbalanced winter precipitation that passed through the region. In October, the wet season got off to a strong start as, and the rain and snow continued through the end of the year. Then everything went completely dry for the next three months. “It’s been a tale of two winters,” said meteorologist Scott McGuire of the weather service’s Reno office. “A drought for three months and a very active beginning and an active spring.”
Rain and snowfall in the higher elevations picked up again in April and May, which is why Mammoth Mountain is able to enjoy an extended ski and snowboard season. A pair of cold systems that passed through the region in May helped bring down temperatures and keep the snow on the ground, McGuire said. Temperatures will rebound in the next next week, hitting the 80s for western Nevada valleys and 60s to low 70s for the Sierra communities with no rain in the forecast, according to the weather service.
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