June is shaping up much like it did back in the Summer of 1988, with hot, dry, and windy weather rapidly escalating the fire danger. Big, rapidly growing fires this season already in Colorado, Utah, and Southwestern Wyoming should be all the reminder we need to be extra careful this Fourth of July Week. (See … Continue reading Fire Weather Season →

Back on June 4, 2012 we had wind gusts in Jackson Hole of 51 and 59 mph recorded at the Airport and in town, respectively, at around 4:30 p.m. These gusts were due to a few dry thunderstorm cells that moved up from northern Utah and southwestern Wyoming, traveling from south to north, over Snow … Continue reading Wind in June →

Almost 80 degrees yesterday and likely topping 80 degrees in Jackson today, calling for a double-take on the calendar to make sure it is really only early June. When you consider that the average high temperature in Jackson is in the upper 60’s the first few days of June, upper 70’s or lower 80’s seems … Continue reading May & Early June Running both Hot & Cold →

After a nice warm and dry start to the normally wet and cool month of May, we are back to a cool and showery weather pattern for the Memorial Day Weekend in the Rockies. At least through Sunday, rain or snow showers are to be expected each day here in Jackson Hole, with highs only … Continue reading Summer Weather Outlook →

For the past two weeks, during part of my “Spring Break”, I was involved with teaching avalanche and weather forecasting courses to military meteorologists here in Jackson Hole. I spent last week with the US Air Force’s 10thCombat Weather Squadron, based out of Hurlburt Field in Florida. The week before, I was with the US … Continue reading Avalanche & Weather Forecasting for Military Meteorologists →

Sunday morning’s snow was kind of a cruel April Fools joke, especially after the nice afternoon we had on Saturday, the last day of March! High temperatures on Saturday in Jackson Hole topped out at 63 degrees. The high Sunday afternoon was 43 degrees. Courtesy of a cold front that went through overnight Saturday night. … Continue reading April Weather See-Saw →

Tuesday, March 20th……..Welcome to the First Day of Spring 2012! Today is also the day that MountainWeather.com launches the mobile version of the website. Created and developed for MountainWeather by Gliffen Designs of Jackson Hole, the same great web folks who designed the new version of the main MountainWeather.com site a little over a year … Continue reading New mountainweather.com MOBILE site →

Wednesday, Feb. 29th, 2012……………A nice combination of features on the weather maps today, all lining up to become a good dump-producer for Jackson Hole & the Tetons today. And then Swinging south over Utah and Colorado tonight & Thursday.Low pressure center at the surface over the Northwestern US today, this will be moving across the … Continue reading Good Dump Producer →

We have had a lot to make up for with snowfall this winter, with a slow start to the season. Snow storms have been fewer and farther between than last winter, but this past week’s snowfall has almost caught us up to where we should be this time of year. It has generally been a … Continue reading Snowfall Playing Catch-up and Gaining! →

Surprisingly, we have managed to pick up roughly 20 inches of new snow in the Teton Mountains since Valentine’s Day (Totals for Feb. 13 thru 19) with weak Low pressure systems wandering around the Western U.S. While we have spent the better part of the last 3 weeks without a significant jet stream flow over … Continue reading Northwesterly Flow or a “Dirty Ridge” →