We’re looking at a beautiful weekend ahead (if you consider beautiful to be bluebird and warm and not puking snow) with highs around 40s. Saturday should be sunny and Sunday should be mostly sunny. And, if you believe it, maybe not too much wind this weekend.
Then, a storm hits us on Monday (probably?), and I am thoroughly confused by it. As such, I’m just going to say what the models are predicting snow-wise and not try to explain the storm.
The American and Canadian Model are both calling for 8” of snow between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. The Canadian Model has the snow continuing from Tuesday to Friday, with a total of 5”, while the American Model has a lull from Tuesday morning to Thursday afternoon, and then predicts 3” on Thursday and Friday.
The European and Ikon Models don’t see snow starting in earnest until after midnight on Monday evening and tapering off Tuesday night, with a total of 5” of snow. Then the European Model is calling for 6” more by Friday while the UK Met Model is calling for 7” more by Friday.
Cheers.
-Jordan (Friday 2/28/25 afternoon)
Geeky Notes:
References to the American Model are to the American (GFS) Model grid including Brainerd Lake with an average elevation of 9,439’. References to the Canadian Model are the Canadian (GDPS) Model grid including Brainerd Lake with an average elevation of 10,253’. References to the WRF Model are the CAIC WRF Hi-Res Model point forecast for Eldora Ski Area with an elevation of 9,189’. References to the European Model are to the European (ECMWF) Model on a point with my cursor at my best estimate of Eldora Ski Area. For big picture overviews, I tend to rely on the American Model, not because I think it is the most accurate, but because (i) it is free and (ii) I like its interface.
