Hey everybody, welcome back to the Blister podcast on the Blister Podcast on the Blister Podcast Network.

I'm Jonathan Ellsworth and you can check out everything.

We're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com.

Today we've got Joel Gratz, the founding meteorologist and CEO of OpenSnow, back on the show to talk about snow and snow forecasting and what's new in the world of weather modeling and how AI is changing, well, yes, virtually everything in this space.

Now, if you've listened to any of our previous conversations with Joel,

you will know that he is an extremely passionate skier,

and locating Deep Pow might be the only thing that Joel is more obsessed with

than developing better and better forecasting

tools to more accurately find that deep pow.

And I think that this conversation that you're about to hear also works really well

as a follow-up to the conversation that Joel and I had almost exactly one year ago,

where he dove into the pros and cons of various weather models. And yes, there are many different types of weather

models out there, just in case that is kind of news to you. So if you missed that conversation,

it is Blister Podcast episode number 336, and I'd encourage

you to check it out.

And we will also post links to the two other podcast conversations that I've had with Joel,

because there is a lot of good stuff in those two.

Now also, Joel is going to be at our Blister Summit in 2026, so if you are an open

snow user, you can go make some turns with the guy behind your weather forecasts. Blister

Summit 2026 is taking place at Snowbird in Utah from April 13th through the 17th.

And to name just some of the brands that are going to be there, allowing you to demo their new

gear and ski with a bunch of their athletes and meet their product designers and the like.

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