Highs this weekend are in the low 40s, with increasing clouds on Saturday. Clouds and a bit of snow on Sunday. Here are the model forecasts for Sunday:
3” – WRF Model
2” – American Model
1” – Canadian Model
Dusting – European Model
There’ll be a closed low that may impact our patrol zone on Tuesday. Take these numbers with a huge grain of salt (could be much higher or nothing), but here are the model predictions:
7” – American and Canadian Model
4” – European Model
Retrospective Discussion:
Eldora got 9” of heavy snow, which is great. So European Model was spot on, with the UK Met just a bit high and Icon just a bit low. Canadian was low, American, Peaks, and WRF Model were crazy low.
Cheers.
-Jordan (Thursday 2/26/26 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 European Model are the European (ECMWF IFS) Model grid including Brainerd Lake. 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 Icon and UKMet Models are to the 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.
