A minor system comes in from the northwest on Tuesday.  Here are the model forecasts: 3” – WRF Model 2” – Canadian Model 1” – American and European Models On Wednesday, a closed low goes south of our patrol zone with hopefully a little wrap-around / upslope snow.  Here are the model forecasts: 3” – […]

A little trivia.  What location in the United States holds the record for the most snowfall in a 24 hour period?  The Cascades?  No.  The Chugach?  No.  Our patrol zone?  Yes!  76” of snow fell at Silver Lake during a 24 hour period spanning April 14 and 15, 1921, which remains to this day as […]

Two sets of moisture, one coming from the northwest and the other from the west southwest look to join forces on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, and will bring snow to our patrol zone.  There may be a bit of upslope Wednesday, with temperatures steadily dropping.  Here are the various model forecasts from Tuesday afternoon […]

Today through tomorrow looks dull – we are briefly under a ridge of high pressure (i.e., pleasant weather), which will switch to more zonal flow (i.e., typical but not snowy weather) on Saturday.  Both days will have a decent amount of sun.  Then on Sunday, there is a wildly confusing weather pattern, with moisture coming […]

A system to our south looks to drive somewhere between a dusting (per the American, UK Met, and European Models) to several inches of snow (per Canadian and WRF Models) tonight.  Then, a cold system currently just off the coast of British Columbia comes roaring into our patrol zone Tuesday evening bringing cold temperatures and […]