Forecast for Monday to Wednesday (Feb 25 – 27)

The good times will keep on rolling in the west with another significant storm on tap. Last week, the deepest snow was in the southwest. During the beginning of this week, from Monday through Wednesday, the deepest powder will fall in a stripe across Oregon, Idaho, southern Montana, northwestern Wyoming, and also Northern California, including Lake Tahoe. The other story will be Monday morning powder in northern New England.

Forecast for Thursday to Friday (Feb 28 – Mar 1)

The second part of the week will not generate as many headlines because the total forecasted snow amount will be lighter. But we’ll still have respectable 6-12 inch totals in Oregon, northern California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado. To the east, it’s likely that some area of the mid-Atlantic will see snow around Thursday, though the exact location of the snow is uncertain (hence the dashed line in the graphic below).

Forecast for The Weekend (Mar 2 – Mar 3)

We will watch for powder in two areas this weekend. The northeast will likely see a significant storm, though as usual with these systems, the exact track will determine if most mountains see intense snow, light snow, or a mix of rain and snow. At least the potential for a lot of snow exists. And in the west, moisture should return with snow hitting California on Saturday and spreading through more of the central and southern Rockies on Sunday.

The Outlook for March 4 – 8

The big message that is contained in the multi-model average temperature outlook for March 4-8 is that the central and eastern part of the US will get cold. In terms of snowfall, we should see systems continue to hit the west coast and move east but I continue to have low confidence in the exact storm track or which regions could see the most snow. Stay tuned!

Thanks for reading and look for the next forecast on Thursday, February 28.

JOEL GRATZ

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