The Trifecta is dumping precipitation across the west. Snowbird Utah is one of the early winners. Snowbird and Alta are a couple of resorts on my “Watch-list” for this season. Based on conditions, I pick out a few areas that I intend to visit.
California has been bone dry for quite some time. No rain, a lot of fires–just about 2.5 million acres burned in California alone. Not to mention the Lake Tahoe fire that charred a number of ski resorts. So this moisture is really needed.
This first map is the total precipitation for the water year, last year. If you look closely you can notice a typical La Nina pattern.
You can see from the map where the rain fell. Compare the chart above to the water year prior below:
Now lets look at the moisture from the present storm system. Below are the last 3 days. This is an indication of the changing pattern for this winter. This storm, and a couple others, are going to fill in the gaps of previous years.
The next storm after the Trifecta is on its way, its a small wave that will hit the west coast Wednesday. A larger system will follow on the 19th. We will track these storms and keep you up to date. Thank you for spending a few moments reading the blog. As always if you have any questions please ask them in the comments section or shoot me an email to Mike@FutureSnow.CO.
Mike
