During the first week of September, the 7-10 day forecast showed a good chance for snow over western Canada. And that’s exactly what we saw between about September 13-16.

Lake Louise

Revelstoke

CMH Cariboos

Whistler

And in southern British Columbia, I didn’t find snow on the webcam at Red Mountain Resort, but I did catch a rainbow that appeared after a passing shower!

All of the images above are captures from webcams that we show here on OpenSnow. You can view the webcams for each mountain for free, and All-Access subscribers have the option to view a time-lapse of the past 24 hours.

Looking ahead, the forecast for the next week (September 17-24) shows more of the same with 6+ inches of snow for parts of British Columbia and Alberta, extending into northern Montana.

I am highlighting this early-season snow because it gets us excited for the season ahead. Don’t read anything into it, though, as snow during September is a regular occurrence and has little or no correlation with snowfall during the rest of the season.

The extended 10-15 day forecast (for September 25-30) shows a good chance that cooler air will hang around the west and northwest. This likely means that western Canada and the Northern Rockies of the United States will see another few chances for high-elevation snowfall.

For a forecast like this, beyond 10 days, I like to show the temperature prediction rather than a snowfall prediction because the 10+ day temperature forecast is more reliable than the 10+ day outlook for snow.

I’ll be back on September 23 with the next update. Perhaps I’ll be able to share more snowy photos…

Thanks for reading!

JOEL GRATZ

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