We just had a strong new storm move through the Pacific NW…dropping a foot plus of new snow at resorts from Washington down through Tahoe and even the lower Sierras down through Mammoth had several inches of new snow. That is some pretty good snowfall considering that the first day of spring rolled through on Friday.
Check out this storm on the GOES satellites…
The main storm front has been steamrolling the west coast for the past 24-36 hours and is now moving off to the east to pummel the Rocky Mountain resorts. Current forecasts charts are calling for 1’+ of new snow to hit resorts like Vail/Beaver Creek, Steamboat, and Telluride. There will be plenty more powder falling across ski areas in Idaho, Utah, Montana, and Wyoming as well but it looks like the heavier moisture/snowfall will hit through the Central Rockies.
This storm does eventually move further east through the middle of the week and will drop snow across the Midwest and a few of the areas around the western Great Lakes region. The majority of the energy will pass up into Central Canada but it will be a considerably calmer storm as it moves past the higher elevations of the Rockies.
Long range for the week…we can expect some scattered snow flurries to follow in the wake of the bigger system, particularly in the Pacific NW and Northern Mountain areas…it won’t be a super significant amount of new snow but it will continue to shake down as we head toward the second half of the week. Eventually those storms will start to warm up and we could see slightly rainy conditions as we head toward next weekend.
If you are in the Pacific NW I think that you should try and get some fresh tracks on Monday/Tuesday…since the weather will finally break, and while it won’t be super sunny the winds and snowfall will be a lot more manageable.
The Rockies resorts will probably want to wait till midweek after this bigger (now spring) storm moves off to the east.
Ah good times…make sure to check back for a new forecast next Monday!
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