Snow and Cold

A complicated system looks to hit our backcountry patrol zone on Friday / Saturday.  One part of it is coming from the north bringing cold and moisture, another part coming from the southwest bringing moisture but maybe not far enough, and a weak low pressure may form over the mountains as well (i.e. it’s too […]

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A Touch of Snow at the Start of the Weekend

A system from the north northwest looks to go to our east on Friday into Saturday morning, which may bring a touch of snow.  Here are the model forecasts: 2” – Canadian Model ½” – American, WRF, and European Models Saturday skies should be clearing from the system as the day progresses, with highs around […]

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Thursday / Friday Snow

A system from the southwest looks likely to go a bit too far south to solidly hit our patrol zone on Thursday (but should bring some much needed moisture to the San Juans, Sangres, etc.).  Likewise, a system from the west northwest looks to head towards our patrol zone around Friday, but it looks to […]

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Light Snow

Happy New Year!  There’ll be a bit of spillover snow on Thursday afternoon to Friday morning.  Here are the model forecasts: 2” – Canadian and WRF Models ½” – American and European Models This weekend looks to be mostly sunny with some high clouds, with highs in the mid to upper 30s.  Sunday looks to […]

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Sun This Week, A Dusting This Weekend

We’re under a ridge of high pressure this week, so weather for the first half of this week will be boring, with slowly warming temperatures and lots of sun.  Then, a system comes in from the southwest late Wednesday bringing some clouds for the rest of the week, but the snow mostly peters out before […]

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