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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

A system today comes down from the north, bringing cold temperatures and a quick shot of snow.  There may be more snow in the foothills than in our patrol zone.  Here are the various model snow forecasts for our patrol zone: 3” – Canadian and European Models 2” – American and WRF Model 1” – […]

I’m back from Antarctica and South Africa.  (If anyone is curious, an article on our skiing in Antarctica is here: Colorado Fourth Grader Skis Antarctica on Way Towards Breaking World Record – SnowBrains.)  Thanks to Ben for keeping the forecasts up in my absence!  Much appreciated. Interesting weather mostly stays to the east of us […]