Jan 23, 2025
Surface thru Feb 7th
GFS 24 hr Snow thru Feb 7
Euro and GFS ensemble model run thru model range (click/animate)
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Short Term Snowfall from National Weather Service
Forecast Discussion
The next system moves into the Pacific Northwest tonight taking a south-southeast track dropping into Lake Tahoe, Utah and Colorado. The models are still struggling, it seems, but for Utah and Colorado the snow begins around 8pm tomorrow night with Lake Tahoe early Saturday morning.
This first wave will behave like the last few storms that have moved thru the Rockies, with the northern and divide ranges faring the best. In Utah, the northwest flow favors Alta, Snowbird and Brighton (Little Cottonwood) with leftovers for Deer Valley and Park City (Big Cottonwood). Expect 4-8 for Alta and Snowbird with 2-4 for Deer Valley and Park City. I’m not expecting much for Solitude and Snowbasin, maybe 1-3 on the high side.
For Colorado, the bulk of the precipitation for the northern, divide and central mountains will be on Saturday and Saturday night. This should be a decent storm for the Denver metro and DIA so travel impacts are likely. Snow totals will likely be in the 6-10 range for Beaver Creek, Vail and Steamboat, with 4-8 range for Aspen, Winter Park, Eldora, Loveland and Arapahoe Basin. For the southern mountains, the snow should hit Saturday night with 2-4 likely for Powderhorn, Telluride, Wolf Creek and Silverton.
On the back side of this storm, the cut-off system is expected to move through south of the Four Corners, this should bring additional snow showers to the southern ranges on Tuesday or Wednesday.
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