The heaviest snow continues to fall in the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, and western Alberta. Sunshine Village is reporting a foot of new snow in the last 48 hours.
The storm system currently hitting the PNW will send a cold front south into the lower 48 on Tuesday-Wednesday. It’s a fast-moving, moisture starved cold front.
The jet stream will dip south with this cold front. Strong wind is likely Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday across the Intermountain West. I’m forecasting gusts of 30-70mph over the high peaks and ski areas.
There is a second storm system lined-up for the West and Intermountain West between Friday-Saturday. It has a touch more moisture than the first storm system but it still looks minor to me.
Here’s my snow forecast for 27 ski areas over the next 8 days, click to enlarge:
My raw forecast data, click to enlarge:
MVM- Most Valuable Meteorologist = Chris Tomer
Looking at your predictions for Wolf Creek and they are getting skunked besides that one early dump. Wondering how this la nina differs from last years? W.C. got a lot of snow last season, especially early and mid season.
My guess is that the ridge can’t trap moisture if there is no moisture to trap. Genius I am. Cheers!
Hi Randall, this is pretty typical of a La Nina pattern. Southern CO tends to be drier and warmer than normal. This is not always the case (Fall 2020 is a good example). But, overall NM and Southern CO tend to be drier than normal during La Nina Winters.
Chris
This is getting scary, Chris.
?? yea baby it’s snow in sunshine , on the mountain we are into two plus feet , and it’s still puking, at some point I will send you a few pics
Outstanding, Jim! Love hearing this. Chris