Category: Skiing

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 […]

Two Western storm systems lined-up

Tomer’s Take Two storm systems will be separated by a 2-3 day dry break. First storm system: 2/15-2/17 Second storm system: 2/20-2/23 Second storm system appears stronger, colder. End of February: High pressure might rebuild across the West. Water vapor satellite shows the storm track and high pressure dislodged but the first western storm system. […]