Warm Week, Snow This Weekend, Snow (Hopefully) Next Week

Welcome to March, the second snowiest month of the year on average in our patrol zone.  After a warm week, a complex system from the west is over our patrol zone this weekend through Monday.  The snow looks to begin on Friday afternoon (with rain at lower elevations).  Here are the various model forecasts for […]

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Warm Temperatures For a While With Next Snow a Week Away

A bit more snow is possible today (Friday).  High temperatures will warm each day from today through Tuesday, and will likely stay warm through Thursday at least.  Looking at the edge of forecast fairyland, the American, Canadian, and European Models all predict our next chance of snow coming around Friday (3/4) and lasting out to […]

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Cold and Snowy

We’re in for a week of bitter cold and snow (with the heaviest snow likely on Tuesday).  It’s a complicated forecast, and scroll down to the model forecasts if you want to skip my pontificating. While typically the colder it gets, the better powder we can expect as cold temperatures drive snow crystal dendrite growth, […]

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Potentially Big System Next Monday (2/21) Onwards

Quick forecast (and a bit early) as unfortunately I don’t have time to do a more thorough forecast.  Boring weather from now until Monday (2/21).  Looks to be a partly cloudy weekend with strong westerly winds. Then a large and complex system moves over most of the western U.S. from Monday to Wednesday (per Canadian […]

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Snow on Wednesday, Snow Again Early Next Week

Current warm weather will soon depart as an interesting system pulling moisture from both the northwest and the southwest looks to cross our patrol zone late on Wednesday.  Hard to tell how big (or small) it will be as the exact location of the low, shape of the low, and how quickly the low departs […]

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