Stormy and snowy through mid-February

US and Canada Daily Snow

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By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 4 years ago February 10, 2020

Summary

We will start the week with the deepest snow in Colorado, New Mexico, and northern New England. Looking ahead to the holiday weekend, additional storms will hit the West and the Northeast though I have low confidence in the details.

Short Term Forecast

In The Flow

Last Thursday and Friday (February 6-7), resorts in northern Colorado enjoyed 48 hours of snowfall with periods of 2-3 inch-per-hour accumulations thanks to narrow bands of intense snow. Total accumulations reached 30-40 inches. One of the lucky mountains was Eldora, where the powder was deep and blower on Friday afternoon.

Forecast for Mon, Feb 10 – Wed, Feb 12

We’ll start the week with three areas of snowfall. The deepest snow should be in parts of Colorado and across New Mexico on Monday and Tuesday. The northern areas of New England will see snow on Monday, and Montana and interior British Columbia should also get in on the action with at least light totals.

Forecast for Thu, Feb 13 – Fri, Feb 14

The Northeast will see another storm on Thursday. Snow totals could be significant, though as always, we’ll have to see where the rain/snow line ends up to know how far north we need to go to chase the snow. Over the west, the Northwest will get stormy once again, and I still have very low confidence in the details of the forecast.

Forecast for Sat, Feb 15 – Sun, Feb 16

Late in the holiday weekend, the Northeast should see more snow from the third storm of the week. And throughout the holiday weekend, the Northwest and parts of the Rockies could see two storms, though it’s unclear whether these systems will stay over the northern areas or head south in the central and possibly southern Rockies.

Extended Forecast

Outlook for Mon, Feb 17 – Fri, Feb 21

Next week’s weather pattern should be similar to this week’s pattern. Storms will drop through the Northwest, head into the Rockies, and exit North America through the Northeast. Most models agree with this general scenario, though of course, the way to find powder days is to know the details of each storm, and we’ll need to wait at least another few days for these details to crystallize.