Forecast for Tuesday to Friday

There will be multiple storms during the next week, and they will all follow the same general storm track.

We’ll see moderate powder days over the Northwest, the Northern Rockies (Montana, Wyoming, Colorado), and then storms will track over the upper Midwest (Northern Michigan) and then over to the Northeast.

Over the Northwest and Northern Rockies, while no single storm may produce a lot of snow, the powder could be sneaky good thanks to consistent snow from multiple systems.

Over the Northeast, the main storm on Wednesday into Thursday will take a more northern track and this means that many resorts will see rain on Wednesday (except for far northern New England) and then snow will return on the backside of the storm on Thursday.

Forecast for the weekend

The snow forecast for Saturday and Sunday shows a similar pattern to what we’ll see during this week, though amounts could be less. If this forecast holds, the best powder could be along the spine of the Rocky Mountains, from Alberta, Canada to parts of Montana, Wyoming, and Northern Colorado.

The outlook for January 28 – February 1

This is the real-life version of the movie Groundhog Day where the weather pattern seems to be the same day-after-day-after-day.

The outlook through the end of January shows a trough of cold air and stormy weather covering the eastern 2/3rds of North America, just like we'll see during the next 5-7 days.

This means that the best chance for snow through the end of the month should be along the spine of the Rocky Mountains and also over the Upper Midwest and maybe the Northeast if storms can stay far enough south and east to keep the warm air and rain toward the coast.

Thanks for reading and look for the next forecast on Thursday, January 24.

JOEL GRATZ

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