Category: Forecasting

Final days of February; A look into March

Tomer’s Take Storm #2 is exiting Colorado. Next stop is the Northeast ski areas Thursday night-Friday. Tiny wave of light snow races through MT, ID, WY, UT, CO through 2/25 then high pressure rebuilds. Storm track shifts into the PNW and B.C. 2/25-3/1. It grows to include northern ID and western MT. Then it gradually […]

Western snow then what’s next? A look into March

Tomer’s Take Storm #2 is currently sliding through UT and into CO and NM with heavy additional accumulation through 2/24. My Bullseye Collection includes Crested Butte, Aspen/Snowmass, Silverton Mountain, Purgatory, Telluride, and Wolf Creek. Then high pressure rebuilds 2/25-3/1. Storm track shifts north and favors Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, and eventually ID, MT, and WY. […]

Western Snow: Two Storm Combo

Tomer’s Take Colorado bullseye spots: 8-10″ in the last 24hrs reported at Aspen/Snowmass, Crested Butte, Telluride, Silverton, and Wolf Creek. I’m forecasting another 1-2+ feet by Thursday morning. Wolf Creek might be the biggest winner with almost 4 total feet. Arctic air continues filtering in-between storm systems. Taos: 1-2 feet total by Thursday afternoon. Lull […]

Snow forecast next 8 days

Tomer’s Take 12″/24hrs new reported at Jackson Hole and now temps plummet. I’m forecasting 6-10″ for the Wasatch through 2/24 and temps plummet. Biggest totals of 2-3 feet occur in Western and Southern Colorado by 2/24. This favors Aspen/Snowmass, Crested Butte, Telluride, Purgatory, Silverton Mountain, and Wolf Creek. Taos, NM is also in-line for about […]

This Week: Big Totals and Cold

Tomer’s Take Two-storm combo and Arctic blast for parts of the West. Lull in the snowfall between storm #1 and storm #2. Arctic air plunges south. Biggest totals in Colorado over a 3.5-day period. Western Slope and Southern Mountains get 2-3 feet favoring Aspen/Snowmass, Crested Butte, Telluride, Silverton, Purgatory, and Wolf Creek. Less at all […]

Western storm system and Arctic front

Tomer’s Track Heavy snow next week across parts of the Intermountain West – especially Colorado with 1-3 feet. About a foot for the Wasatch and Tetons. This is a two-storm combo with an Arctic front. Here’s my mountain weather forecast video: 2/19-2/24: Forecast snow plume for Crested Butte, CO:

Big totals next week and Arctic blast

Tomer’s Take 2-3 day dry break across the Intermountain West (IW). Two storm combo hits the IW 2/20-2/23. An Arctic front accompanies this storm cycle. Air temps plummet early next week aiding in snow efficiency. 1-3 feet possible across parts of CO. A foot or more across the Wasatch and Tetons. What follows this storm […]

Snow forecast next 8 days

Tomer’s Take Storm #1 is sliding through MT, WY, ID, UT, CO, NM on 2/16 ending early 2/17. A dry 2-3 day break follows this storm system. Storm #2 arrives 2/20-2/23 (possibly lingering into early 2/24). Will it be followed by high pressure or another storm system into March1? Data is split and confidence is […]

Lenticular Magic

My friend Scot Stewart shot the video and photo below on 2/13/2022. These types of “spaceship clouds” are called lenticular clouds. They can also be called standing wave clouds. They’re created and maintained by strong winds aloft over mountainous terrain. I’ve talked a lot about lenticular clouds in past mountain weather safety courses. Typically they […]