Friday will start out dry and sunny with increasing clouds in the afternoon along with warmer temperatures as highs reach the upper 20s to low 30s above mid-mountain.

A disturbance arriving from the northwest will lead to a round of snow moving through on Friday evening. Jackson Hole will pick up a quick 1-2 inches overnight before dry weather returns again by Saturday morning.

Here is the forecast radar for 8pm on Friday when this band of snow is projected to move through.

Saturday is looking dry and sunny with highs in the low 20s above mid-mountain. The next storm will then arrive later on Sunday with snow arriving in the afternoon and continuing through Sunday night. Models are still in relatively poor agreement regarding the strength and details of this storm.

I'll hold onto my forecast of 2-5 inches of snow through Monday morning, most of which will fall after the lifts close on Sunday night when we see our best storm energy as the jet stream passes over Northwest Wyoming. Plan on hitting the slopes on Monday morning to catch some fresh turns. 

Cloudy skies, cold temperatures, and additional snow showers and flurries can be expected during the day on Monday. Additional accumulations will be light since winds will be out of the due north – not a favorable direction for terrain-enhanced snowfall in the Tetons. 

The next chance of snow will be on Wednesday (January 20th), but most models are projecting the storm track to be a bit too far east for Jackson to see anything more than light snow.

Starting next Friday or Saturday (January 22nd-23rd), the storm track will set up in a more favorable manner as a trough of low pressure sets up along the West Coast, opening up the door to better storm potential with a more direct source of Pacific moisture. No guarantees this far out, but I'm eyeballing next Saturday the 23rd for our next chance of seeing a decent storm.

Heading into the final week of January, we'll continue to see the West Coast trough become established as the dominant pattern.

This pattern will favor stronger and more frequent storms arriving from the west/southwest. We might not see snow every day during this timeframe as storms could occasionally miss us to the south, but overall the pattern is looking much better for late January compared to what we have experienced recently.

Thanks for reading and check back each morning for daily forecasts!

ALAN SMITH

Snow conditions as of Friday morning:

New Snow – Past 24 Hours:
* 0" (Upper Mountain), 0" since lifts closed
* 0" (Mid Mountain)
* 0" (Base Area)

New Snow – Past 48 Hours:
* 6" (Upper Mountain)
* 3" (Mid Mountain)
* 1" (Base Area)

Base Depth:
* 62-65" Upper Mountain (9,580 ft.)
* 50" Mid Mountain (8,180 ft.)
* 18" Base Area (6,510 ft.)

Terrain:
* Lifts Open – 13 / 13
* Trails Open – 108 / 133
* Latest Update

Snowpack compared to 1974-2020 average:
* 90% of average