Groundhog’s Day Weekend 2019 looks like it will be a snowy one for the mountains of the Western United States…measured in feet of accumulation in some places! Three separate Low-pressure centers will develop and combine to give the weekend a one-two-three punch, beginning in the Sierra Nevada mountains Friday night, February 1st, extending inland to … Continue reading Groundhog’s Day Snowstorm →

Friday Jan. 18, 2019 The Low-pressure center that brought good snowfall across the mountain of the Western U.S the last couple of days has moved east into the Plains States.  A Ridge of High pressure is now building along the West Coast today, and that Ridge will move east across the Rockies over the Martin … Continue reading Snow Update for MLK Weekend →

A Low pressure center on the West Coast has been spinning moisture over both Northern & Southern California the last couple of days. Now it is rotating some of that moisture inland in a stronger Southwesterly flow aloft. That Low is helping to break down the High pressure that has been parked over the interior … Continue reading New Snow Ahead of MLK Weekend →

The big, strong Ridge of High pressure that has been parked over the interior of the Western United States this first week of  the New Year will finally be breaking down today and that will open the door to some Pacific moisture to move inland Sunday & Monday, January 6 & 7, 2019. Sunday: Warmer … Continue reading Snow on the Way →

A good portion of the Rockies and Plains States will be waking up to start the New year with some very cold temperatures. A cold Trof of Low pressure at all elevations in the atmosphere has moved south from Canada in a Northerly flow. Below is a temperature forecast map for 6:00 AM (Mountain Time) … Continue reading Cold New Year’s 2019 →

Welcome to Winter! The Solstice was December 21st, 2018, at 3:23 pm MST.  One cool feature of this year’s Solstice is a full moon, or almost full. The peak of that full moon is on Saturday, Dec. 22nd. Scroll down to see updated snow accumulation forecasts for Christmas. Snow on Ground This year on the … Continue reading The Solstice, Santa & Snow →

The Climate Prediction Center, CPC for short, since late this past summer has maintained a pattern of keeping the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies under the category of “Equal Chances”, for having above normal or below normal precipitation during the winter months os 2018-19. That covers the three-month period, December through February. This same trend … Continue reading Updated Winter Outlook →

Finally, a change in the weather pattern after a week of High-pressure for Jackson Hole and a good portion of the Northwestern U.S. A cold Low-pressure system is moving into the Pacific Northwest today (Tuesday December 11, 2018). This will bring significant snow & wind to the Cascades & southern BC today & tonight. That … Continue reading Fresh Snow Coming →

Some Snow for the Tetons Total snow accumulations predicted for today (Friday) thru Saturday morning for the Teton mountains are between 6 and 10 inches. See map below from the NAM model run by NexLab.  Click on the next map to see a loop of accumulating snow from 8 am today thru Noon Saturday, from … Continue reading Snow: First Days of December →

Low pressure systems out in the Gulf of Alaska and along the West Coast will bring moisture inland across the Western United States on Thanksgiving Day and into the weekend. Expect some decent snow accumulations from the higher Cascades and Sierra Nevada Mountains to the Tetons of Wyoming & Wasatch of Utah and also into … Continue reading Thanksgiving Weekend Snow →