Tomer’s Take A minor, fast cold front delivers a few snow showers on Tuesday in parts of WY, CO, and NM. Light accumulation. High pressure rebuilds through 3/28. The exception is the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, northern ID, and northwest MT where the storm track continues. A storm system hits CA on 3/29 then moves […]
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From major to minor
Tomer’s Take At one point, the current Western storm system looked like it might develop into a major snowstorm in Colorado. Now it’s minor. High pressure rebuilds 3/22-3/27. A new Western storm system hits California on 3/27 then moves east into UT, ID, WY, MT, CO, NM on 3/28-3/29. That’s followed by an active storm […]
Western storm system 3/19-3/22
Tomer’s Take The next Western storm system hits the West Coast today 3/19. Then it moves east into ID, MT, WY, UT, CO, NM. Storm is trending weaker overall. In Colorado and New Mexico on 3/21, earlier notions of a strong, deep low pressure are becoming less likely. Then high pressure rebuilds. Water vapor satellite […]
Next storm system
Tomer’s Take The next storm system hits the West Coast late 3/18 into 3/19 then moves east. It hits ID, WY, MT, UT on 3/19-3/20. It hits CO, NM afternoon of 3/20 into early 3/22. High pressure rebuilds on/after 3/22. Infrared satellite shows the storm track and next storm system lined-up for the West. 3/19-3/22 […]
Snow forecast next 8 days
Tomer’s Take Heavy snow continues in Colorado and New Mexico 3/17. This is a warmer storm system so grand totals may underperform. Next storm system hits MT, ID, WY, UT, CO, NM 3/19-3/22. This storm system might be a couple degrees colder. Totals might be bigger. Is there another storm behind this? Maybe but confidence […]
Juicy storm system for Colorado
Tomer’s Take A juicy, sloppy March storm system hits Colorado 3/16-3/17 with big totals at Winter Park, Loveland, A-Basin, Keystone, Breckenridge, Cameron Pass, and Eldora. A second storm system hits CA, UT, ID, WY, MT, CO, NM 3/19-3/21. Northeast: 3/19-3/20 storm system is trending warmer with rain/snow. Water vapor satellite shows the storm track and […]
La Nina continues into Summer
Water temperatures in the Equatorial South Pacific are running about 1.0C colder than normal. The latest forecast calls for water temps to stay colder than normal into Summer – through June-July-August. The blue bars in the graph below represent La Nina. Here’s a look at the model spread over time. We’ve been locked into La […]
Ides of March
Tomer’s Take Storm track continues to hit the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia through 3/23. Two different storm systems spin-off from the PNW and roll south though CA, UT, ID, WY, MT, CO, NM. 1st Storm System: 3/15-3/17. This is a warmer storm system. 2nd Storm System: 3/19-3/21. Then high pressure rebuilds. Two warmer storm systems […]
Snow forecast next 8 days
Tomer’s Take Storm track favors PNW, B.C. for big totals through 3/24 with a few different storm systems lined-up. Storm track sends southern wave of snow into CA, UT, ID, WY, CO, NM 3/15 through 3/17. This is a warmer storm system so snow levels could be a touch higher. Another storm system hits same […]
The Week Ahead
Tomer’s Take Sleeper snow hits UT, WY, and CO 3/13-3/14. 2-8″ by early 3/14. PNW and B.C. get brunt of storm track and 2-3 different storm systems through 3/20. A piece breaks off and hits CA, UT, WY, CO, NM late 3/15 through 3/17. Another storm hits CA on 3/19 then moves into the Intermountain […]