US and Canada Daily Snow
By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 5 years ago October 24, 2019
Already riding powder and the outlook for November
Summary
The northern Rockies have seen enough snow to provide early-season powder turns, and the same areas will see more snow through the end of October. Then the weather pattern should make somewhat of a shift as we head into November.
Short Term Forecast
October Powder
Let’s get after it! Areas in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada to Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado in the United States have seen significant snow in October. That means it’s time to enjoy the early-season powder!
Forecast for Thu, Oct 24
On Thursday, the only game in town for most areas of Canada and the United States will be a fast-moving storm that will bring snow to some of the eastern mountains in Colorado and New Mexico. Snow accumulations should be 4-8 inches with 10+ inches in a few spots.
Forecast for Fri, Oct 25 – Sun, Oct 27
Over the weekend, the next storm will slide from north-to-south along the continental divide, bringing snow to Canada, Montana, Wyoming, and likely just getting into Colorado. This is not a storm track that favors deep accumulations at most mountains, though we’ll take the snow any way we can get it.
Extended Forecast
Outlook for Mon, Oct 28 – Fri, Nov 1
The last week of October will be interesting and there is more than the normal amount of uncertainty in this week-ahead forecast.
Most models agree that the coldest air should stay over the middle of the United States, though some storminess could hang back far enough west, to bring snow to Colorado. I have low confidence about this possible Colorado snow, and accumulations could be anything for a few inches to double-digit totals. We’ll just have to wait and see.
Outlook for Sat, Nov 2 – Wed, Nov 6
The first five to six days of November should bring a shift in the weather pattern with cooler air pushing over the northeast, which would allow for many mountains to get their snowmaking systems running at a high capacity.
That said, about one week ago, the longer-range outlook also showed cold air heading to the east, and then the forecast changed to keep the colder air a little farther west. The upcoming forecast, like most that look out beyond 7-10 days, contains a lot of uncertainty and I hope that we’ll be able to lock it down a bit more by the time of my next update.
Thanks so much for reading, and check back for my next post on Monday, October 28th.
JOEL GRATZ
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