Allow me to officially welcome you to the start of Winter! Even though it has been snowing and relatively cold here in Jackson Hole for three months already! Remember those first snow storms in the mountains at the end of September? Despite that, This creates the shortest days of the year in Jackson Hole at … Continue reading Winter Solstice 2013 →

Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey After a pretty good drought the last week or so, it looks like the weather pattern is finally changing to get the Pacific Northwest & the Rockies back into some new snow. Low pressure center developing over British Columbia on Sunday, December 1st, will favor the Washington Cascades and northern Idaho & … Continue reading Back to a Snowy Weather Pattern for Early December →

Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey Usually by now, I will hear some utterance to the effect, “Oh, it’s an El Nino year”, or, “I heard we are gonna have another La Nina”. “El Nino” and “La Nina” have become buzzwords for ski towns like Jackson Hole El Nino has become synonymous with low-snowfall winters and La Nina … Continue reading What does a “No Nino” Winter Mean? →

Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey Nice dump of snow for Jackson last night, with about 5 inches in a couple of hours at my house near Snow King Mountain.  At 7:00 pm there was no snow, by 9:00 pm I was shoveling the deck. As I write this at 5:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning, there is another … Continue reading Good Dump of Snow for Jackson to End October →

Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey Pretty good snowstorm for the western Wyoming mountains Thursday/Thursday night. But a really good snowstorm for the rest of Wyoming for Friday & Friday night. Winter Storm Warnings and Blizzard Warnings issued for much of the eastern half of Wyoming. Some snow for the Colorado Rockies with this storm, but the Plains … Continue reading Good Early Snowstorm for Wyoming →

Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey The big storm that brought rain and snow this week to the Northwest and the Northern Rockies will be moving across the central Rockies and the northern Plains the next 24-hours or so. What it left behind was fairly impressive, with record September snowfall at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon of … Continue reading What the Big Storm Left Behind….. →

Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey Seasons are definitely changing this week, with word of a “big storm” heading our way, which began its hype on Monday. Sometimes the mere mention of the word “snow” in the forecast will set off a 4-alarm warning, among skiers especially, even in September! This will actually be the second storm this … Continue reading That “Big Storm” …… →

Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey The First Day of the Fall Season doesn’t get here until Sunday, September 22nd,  but we will see a change in the weather pattern from what has been relatively warm to relatively cooler beginning Wednesday. There will be a series of storm systems of different sizes and shapes working out of the … Continue reading Fall Weather Approaching →

Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey Big Rain in parts of the Western US this week, with the Four-Corner’s States seeing the brunt of the precipitation all week long, in Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado. Then the Front Range in Colorado was hit especially hard the last two days. The large area of Low pressure that has … Continue reading Wet September in the Rockies →

Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey This past week I have been caught using the “F-word”, a lot. I try to refrain, but I suppose it is inevitable, after all, “Fall” is just around the corner. It is still August, and technically still the Summer Season for another 3 weeks. However, the last few days it is not … Continue reading Outlook for Winter 2013-14 →