Snow and Pattern through end of February; Deep Bullseyes

Tomer’s Take: An active pattern for the West is shaping up 2/19-2/25. A Northwest Flow (NWF) sets up early then two different areas of low pressure deliver colder air and widespread heavy snow with a few deep bullseyes. Looking ahead, the end of February and early March are trending active with lower than normal atmospheric pressures across the Intermountain West.

Purgatory Resort in Colorado is reporting 37 inches in 3 days. Skies have cleared with a beautiful day on tap.

Current Setup

Infrared satellite shows an active northern and southern branch of the jet.

Forecast Pattern

Forecast jet stream valid 2/16-2/21. A trough is sliding through the Rockies plus a NWF.

Forecast jet stream valid 2/25. Notice the trough and area of low pressure across the West. Active weather continues.

March 1

Forecast mid-atmospheric pressure anomalies valid March 1. Lower than normal pressures across the West suggest an active pattern.

Forecast Timing

Forecast radar/satellite valid 2/16-2/21.

Alta, UT

2/19: 1″

2/21: 14″

2/22: 14″

2/23: 4″

2/24: 10″

2/25: 4″

2/25: 4″

Crested Butte, CO

2/19: 1″

2/21: 10″

2/22: 14″

2/23: 4″

Jackson Hole, WY

2/18: 3″

2/19: 3″

2/20: 12:

2/21: 3″

2/22: 10″

2/23: 6″

2/24: 3″

2/25: 1″

Forecast Totals

2/16-2/18:

2/19-2/25:

Notice the deep bullseyes.

2/16-2/25:

Central + Northern Mountains, CO grand totals.

2/16-2/25:

Wasatch grand totals.

2/16-2/25:

The bulk of this accumulation occurs 2/22-2/24.

2 thoughts on “Snow and Pattern through end of February; Deep Bullseyes”

  1. Randall

    *Update from Ohio*
    Looks like the RINO gov Dewine ordered the blow up when he didn’t have the authority as he wanted to please Norfolk/So in getting the tracks re-opened a.s.a.p. The PA gov is not happy as they are about .25 miles away from E.Palestine, OH.

    The company testing the water up there is the same one that did the environmental testing in Louisiana when the oil was leaking in the gulf during Obama years. They also botched the Chinese drywall problem in Fla. Not a lot of faith with these cronies telling us the water is safe. They even arrested a journalist without cause and just yesterday dropped all charges.

    I’ve seen videos with backyard chicken flocks all dead, fish in the streams all dead, etc. It’s only time before the entire Ohio River Valley is contaminated along with PA as the winds are blowing east.

    Also, there was a movie already made about this. In 2021, a Netflix flick call “White Noise” was filmed in E. Palestine, Ohio! Guess the plot? Yep, a trail derailment and explosion.

    “The first half of the movie is all almost exactly what’s going on here,” Ratner said Wednesday, four days into their evacuation. You can’t make this stuff up folks. Sad really.

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