A warm Ridge of High pressure that has been building inland over the western U.S. the last 24-hours will get flattened out by a Trof of Low pressure that will be moving across the Northwestern U.S. the next 24-hours. Very HOT in the Southwestern U.S. on the last day of March 2011……75 in Moab, 79 … Continue reading Weather Rap for the First of April…..no foolin’ →

There’s some good news, and some bad news, and some good news again…. about the flow across the Pacific over the next 5 to 7 days. The first good news is, a Low pressure system this weekend will bring snow Saturday night and Sunday to Jackson Hole. The bad news is, as we go into … Continue reading Flow Across the Pacific →

Concern about radiation particles being carried across the Pacific and into the western U.S. from Japan has become a popular topic. Despite assurances that radiation amounts will be very low by the time any of that makes it to the West Coast, the flow in the upper levels of the atmosphere is setting up to … Continue reading Nuclear Spring →

Comparing snowfall totals this winter to last winter, through early March around the Jackson Hole area, shows that we have had about 7 more feet of snowfall this winter than we did last winter up at around the 9500-ft. elevation. Total snowfall for the season so far at the bottom of Rendezvous Bowl at JHMR … Continue reading Snowfall and Snowdepths, so far… →