US and Canada Daily Snow

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By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 7 years ago January 7, 2017

Winter is cranking!

Summary

The western US is experiencing fantastic powder days with storm-after-storm bringing lots of moisture from the Pacific Ocean directly into the central Rockies.

Short Term Forecast

Last week, many mountains in California, Utah, and Colorado experienced their best powder days of the past few years with many, many feet of fresh snow.

Looking ahead through the middle of next week, the central Rockies will continue to be in the path of deepest powder. Unfortunately, this storm series will start will rain in California, but cooler temperatures will prevail.

While the powder continues in the west, the northeast will see a cool weekend and then a warmer storm during the middle of the week.

Extended Forecast

Looking ahead to the following week, January 16-20, the coolest temperatures will shift toward Alaska with warmer weather across the lower 48 states.

This weather pattern doesn’t preclude us from experiencing more powder days, but I don’t yet know which areas of the western US or Canada will stay cool enough for significant snowfall. Stay tuned!

JOEL GRATZ

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Joel Gratz

Founding Meteorologist

Joel Gratz is the Founding Meteorologist of OpenSnow and has lived in Boulder, Colorado since 2003. Before moving to Colorado, he spent his childhood as a (not very fast) ski racer in eastern Pennsylvania.

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