Forecast Discussion
Snow today for Montana, Wyoming and Colorado today. This is a small system that is moving southeast, through Montana and Wyoming, splitting into an upper and lower system in Colorado.
This is not a big producer, as you can see from the chart. I’m expecting 3-5 for Big Sky and Jackson Hole. Jackson Hole opens for the season on Friday.
Colorado
Snow arrives this afternoon, around 2 to 3 o’clock. Warm temperatures, around 30° with wind from the south, changing to northwest, as the system arrives. I’m expecting 3 to 5 for Steamboat, Vail/Beaver Creek, 2-3 for Aspen, Breckenridge and Winter Park. Arapahoe basin in the 1 to 2 range.
The next storm is still on track and arrives Friday and Saturday. The models have a better solution now. The first wave will be similar to the current system today and follow a similar path. The second wave digs farther, possibly hitting Lake Tahoe. The storm is still a long ways out, so I don’t want to get your hopes up in Tahoe yet. We have seen these systems go “poof” before.
The projected map for the next storm is below, followed by our long range forecast predictions. We are beginning to see our forecasted storms show up on the models. More about that later.
Long-Range Forecast thru December 21st
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Forecasted Areas
Pacific Northwest Cascade Mountains
Crystal Mountain, Mount Hood Meadows, Timberline, 49 Degrees North, Bachelor, Mt Baker,
Lake Tahoe Sierra Mountains
Heavenly, Palisades Tahoe, Kirkwood, Dodge Ridge, Donner Ski Ranch
Utah Wasatch Mountains
Alta, Park City, Deer Valley, Brighton, Snowbird, Brian Head
Colorado Rocky Mountains
Aspen, Aspen Highlands, Snowmass, Vail, Beaver Creek, Winter Park, Keystone, Arapahoe Basin, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Powderhorn, Ski Cooper, Telluride, Crested Butte, Silverton, Wolf Creek, Eldora, Loveland
