A system barrels in from the northwest today (Friday).  There will be an upslope component of this storm starting Saturday afternoon, with a low pressure centered probably just east of the four corners.   Upslopes are great for our patrol zone, but the easterly winds don’t look as strong as we’d like to produce a really […]

A weak system comes in from the west northwest on Tuesday, but looks like it decides just to hang out over Colorado until Friday (which is rather odd compared to most systems) when a much stronger system from the west northwest looks to hammer us on Friday through Sunday.  For the first system (Tuesday to […]

The current system that produced a half a foot of snow for our patrol zone (and probably much more near the continental divide) is on its way out with another inch or two of snow possible. The next system barreling down from the northwest likely to hit us Friday afternoon / evening, hot on the […]

Hold onto your ski helmets, for the first time in forever, the models are actually calling for enough snow to have to take off your second glove to count up the inches, and maybe one or two ski boots too!  Even the groundhog saw his shadow this morning, so I’m in a great mood!  Let’s […]

A ridge of high pressure lasts through Friday.  A small system comes in from the west on Saturday.  With this weekend’s avalanche class, I’ll provide both model forecasts for the Saturday system for our patrol zone and for Berthoud.  They are: Patrol Zone: Canadian, WRF, and NAM Models: 1.5” European Model: 1” American and UKMet […]