Forecast summary: Warm.  Sunny.   Darn it! Forecast discussion: Short and boring forecast.  While there may be a touch of snow today (Saturday) and a touch more tomorrow (Sunday), after that it will be warm and sunny for at least five days, and probably longer.  Today, the Canadian, NAM, and RDPS Model are calling for 2” […]

Forecast summary: An inch of snow perhaps this afternoon, 3-6” of snow on Thursday through Saturday morning, then warm and pleasant. Forecast discussion: Today (4/21) and tomorrow morning (Wednesday) a weak trough (i.e., wet and unsettled weather) is over our region.  The Canadian Model, the European Model, and the NAM Model are calling for 1” […]

Forecast Summary: Thursday was awesome.  Very light snow on Saturday and Sunday.  Low confidence in any forecast beyond Sunday. Forward (Why This Week’s Storms were Awesome and Why We’ll Actually Take Advantage of Them): Before we jump into the forecast discussion, I wanted to start with a brief discussion of how awesome the last week […]

Forecast Summary: Big snow on Thursday!  Pleasant weekend.  Possible storm early to middle of next week. Forecast Discussion: On Thursday, a powerful system descends on us from the north northwest.  There’s a strong jet streak component to this system, which means the models will undoubtedly struggle to put their fingers on how much snow we’ll […]

Forecast Summary: Nice today and tomorrow, snow on Sunday, light snow Monday to Wednesday, possible big storm on Thursday. Forecast Discussion: Today and tomorrow will be our last warm and sunny days for a while.  Considering we want a deep snowpack for summer skiing, this is good news. A powerful system moves in from the […]