Significant snowstorm currently occuring in the west

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Snow overspread many areas of the western U.S. last night as well as portions of the midwest (where 6-12 inches is possible in many areas from the U.P. of MI to central MN to the state line between ND and SD). <BR> <BR>Snow seems to be winding down in the Lake Tahoe region. Snowfall from last night around Lake Tahoe appears to not quite reached the magnitude of the storm that hit on Friday night and Saturday. Based on liquid precip amounts I would imagine the mountain areas picked up 4-8 fresh inches on top of the 2 to 3 feet that fell over the weekend. Check out Alpine Meadow's website for a few small pics: http://www.skialpine.com <BR> <BR>In the Jackson Hole area, things are slow to get going so far, but tonight orographic lift should kick in and I would expect 5-10 inches by Tuesday morning based on liquid amounts of .3-.8 and a 12-15 to 1 ratio. <BR> <BR>Up into Montana in the Bridger Bowl and Big Sky region...it looks nearly identical in precip amounts to Jackson Hole. 5-10 inches looks good there as well...with isolated 12 inch reports in areas that do well with a northwest flow. <BR> <BR>In Colorado, the NWS continues the Winter Storm Warning for the southern Rockies down by Telluride, with only an advisory in the north, but I'd probably flip that around. With liquid precip amounts of .8 to 1.5 in the north...up to two feet by Tuesday evening on areas that do well with a flow out of the west (Buffalo Pass near Steamboat comes to mind). 4-8 down in southern Colorado. <BR> <BR>In Utah: still up to two feet looks good. Snowband has pushed into the Wasatch mountains and the eastern suburbs of SLC. It is absolutely dumping in the Cottonwood Canyons right now. Cool link with live cam images of the area: <A HREF="http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Saltlake/camera/mosaic/WasatchMountains.html" TARGET="_top">http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Saltlake/camera/mosaic/WasatchMountains.html</A> <BR> <BR>Enjoy the snow. <BR> <BR>-Scott
 
Well, well, well...Scott "Doppler 2000" Braaten lives up to his nickname on these boards. <IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/clipart/wink.gif"> Scott, that post was a thing of beauty, and not just because of the good news that it carries. I think that I speak for many users when I say that we hope that you post your analyses quite frequently.
 
Hmmmmmmmmmm ! <BR> <BR>The question now is really to know when the .... will it finally come into the East ?? <BR> <BR>Nice to see you here often ! (and congrats for the first post in the West since... uhh... a long time ago)
 
Ya, I agree, I especially liked the snow to water ratios and all, I am a weather freak when it comes to skiing and snow, and I didnt even have to check other sources your post said it all
 
Frankontour wrote: <BR><BLOCKQUOTE><HR SIZE=0><!-Quote-!><FONT SIZE=1><B>Quote:</B></FONT><P>and congrats for the first post in the West since... uhh... a long time ago<!-/Quote-!><HR SIZE=0></BLOCKQUOTE> <BR>How true! However, it illustrates very well something I've been trying to make a point of over the past few days: posting in the correct forum. Really, regulars on the Eastern side of the board will note that quite a few posts over there have been related to Western items -- Loveland/A-Basin's opening efforts, Montana terrain, Mammoth Mountain tidbits, etc. I'm as guilty as the next person for doing this myself and perpetuating the problem. However, the logic of the threads will be much easier to follow if it's in the right topic forum. <BR> <BR>I'm not out to try to police this place...everyone here does a wonderful job as it is, and the signal/noise ratio is about as good as I've found on any snowsports-related Internet venue. I just believe that a little help from the regulars will make this all a bit more user-friendly, and now that we're reaching a critical mass with postings and conversations (and that's during the off season -- I can't wait to see this winter!), it makes more sense to try to get the regulars on our side as this continues to develop.
 
Thanks guys for the comments. Hopefully I'll have time to continue to look at this stuff, but as ski season closes in I probably won't have time to look at weather on a national scale but only in the northeast. <BR> <BR>Not to toot my own horn, but after I posted that the NWS in Grand Junction did flip and issued an Advisory tonight for the San Juans, and put the Winter Storm Warning in the northern and central Colorado Rockies for up to a foot and a half of new snow. <BR> <BR>-Scott
 
Yes, that report is very helpful and I hope to see more of them. It could save me some time once we get going to focus on the areas getting recent snow. Hopefully I will have something to put out on my <A HREF="http://bestsnow.net/snowrpts.htm" TARGET="_top">http://bestsnow.net/snowrpts.htm</A> page by Nov. 15. <BR> <BR>I also believe western reports need to be posted here. My Mammoth comments in the eastern section have generally been in response to questions about Intrawest management.
 
Wolf Creek will be opening on Nov. 7th with about half of the terrain. So far they have 40 inches from the storm without tonights totals. Should be at least another foot. Wow is all I have to say. <BR>porter
 
Tony, <BR>I love reading your season progress reports. Keep up the great work. I hear Mountain High and Boreal have opened up in the Sierra. There is no doubt you will have enough snow to talk about with the couple of feet that has fallen in the Sierra so far, the 2-4 feet in the Wasatch and 1-3 feet in the Colorado Rockies....the latter two regions will add significantly in the next 24-36 hrs. <BR> <BR>Sorry if the updates of the snowfall in the Wasatch are getting old, but they are getting hammered and I absolutely love huge storms. <BR>Alta has picked up 13 new inches through 5pm today and it is absolutely puking out. Early in the afternoon I saw reports from the SNOWTEL automatic reporting sites that had snow falling at a rate of up to 5 in/hr in the Alta/Bird vicinity. Here's the forecast for the Wasatch through Wednesday morning...look at all that snow: <BR> Heavy snow warning through tonight. <BR>Tonight. Snow. Heavy at times. Accumulation 8-14 inches. Except 12-18 inches in the cottonwood canyons. Lows at 8000 feet near 15. <BR> <BR>Election day. Snow showers. Accumulation 4-8 inches. Highs at 8000 feet in the lower 20s. <BR> <BR>Tuesday night. Mostly cloudy with a 60 percent chance of snow showers. Accumulation 3-6 inches. Lows at 8000 feet 10-15. <BR> <BR>-Scott
 
Oh yeah, forgot to add that Mammoth Mountain picked up a foot or so of new snow last night. I didn't think the snow would get down that far south. Oh well, that's a good surprise. Mammoth opens on the 6th and it looks like they will have a pretty good opening. <BR> <BR>-Scott
 
Ish, it was time that I look to RSN <BR>Both Boreal ridge and Mountain High are already open !!! <BR> <BR>Mountain High today and don't know for Boreal... will check that now
 
i don't know if anybody believes the farmers almanac(i think that's what it's called), but those interested in dumps for the east: i believe i remember reading FEBRUARY....the whole friggin month. hopefully there's some before that for ya though. oops. sorry. now i'm posting about the east in the west chat.
 
Whoa! What the heck happened to the snow in Little Cottonwood Canyon last night? Even at 10pm last night the models were still showing ample moisture and with a little wind some good orographic lifting should have occurred. Forget that 12-18 in the Cottonwood Canyons...Alta recieved 2 inches of new snow overnight. Major bummer. I'm still reviewing radars from last night trying to see what happened. <BR> <BR>On the note about the Farmer's Almanac; <BR>Here is what the "Old Farmer's Almanac" is saying about Nov 03-March '04 for the northeast: <BR>"Winter will be two to three degrees colder than normal, on average. Expect especially cold temperatures from November through early January, with the coldest temperatures in mid-December. Temperatures from mid-January through March will be relatively mild. Snowfall and precipitation will be near normal, on average. After widespread snowfall in late November and early December, expect below-normal snow through January. February will be a snowy month, and early March will be marked by heavy wet snow, at least inland." <BR> <BR>For the inter-mountain west: <BR>"Winter will be quite a bit milder than normal. Temperatures will average three to five degrees above normal. Despite relatively mild temperatures on average, it will be cold in early to mid-November, late December, and early February. Expect a drier than normal winter with below-normal snowfall. Precipitation will be 30 to 50 percent below normal. The snowiest periods will be in mid-November and early February." <BR> <BR>THey have the cold in early to mid November right in the west, and in the upstate NY region they say cold from mid november-mid december which could be right on as well. <BR> <BR>Check out your own region here: <BR><A HREF="http://www.almanac.com/weather/index.php" TARGET="_top">http://www.almanac.com/weather/index.php</A> <BR> <BR>-Scott
 
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