Heavy snow for the East and West Coasts on Monday

A Nor'easter is bringing heavy snow to the Mid-Atlantic and New England early this week. Meanwhile, a storm is also impacting the Pacific Northwest with heavy snow falling across British Columbia in particular.

Recent deep snow totals across the West

The West will continue to see an active pattern this week, on the heels of a powerful storm cycle that brought deep totals to California over the past week. Mammoth Mountain was the big winner of the recent storm cycle and hit triple digits with 107 inches of snow reported in only 3 days, and 113 inches reported over 4 days.

While California stole the show in terms of massive snow amounts, other areas also did very well in this pattern. Sun Valley, Idaho picked up a very impressive 62 inches of snow over from January 27th through 31st, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming (43 inches) and Snowbasin, Utah (38 inches) also received heavy amounts during this time. 

Forecast for Mon, Feb 1 – Tue, Feb 2

A powerful Nor'easter will bring heavy snow to the Mid-Atlantic and New England on Monday and Tuesday. In the West, British Columbia and the Northern Washington Cascades will be the most favored for heavy snow on Monday and Tuesday, while areas farther south will experience higher snow levels and some rain issues. Tahoe will get in on the action with a good round of snow on Tuesday to freshen things up again after their recent dump. 

Forecast for Wed, Feb 3 – Thu, Feb 4

The Northeast will see lingering snow early on Wednesday before drying out on Thursday. The early week storm in the West will eventually swing inland and across the Rockies on Wednesday, while on the back end, snow levels will fall across Oregon with precipitation changing back over to snow before tapering off. The next storm will arrive from the northwest on Thursday with more snow for British Columbia.

Forecast for Fri, Feb 5 – Sat, Feb 6

A storm will move from northwest to southeast across the Northern Cascades and into the Northern and Central Rockies on Friday and Friday night, followed by a secondary wave that will bring more snow to areas along the Continental Divide from Alberta to Colorado on Friday night and Saturday. Another storm will impact the Upper Midwest and the East on Friday and Saturday, but rain could be an issue at times for much of the East as warmer air enters the picture.

Outlook for Sun, Feb 7 – Thu, Feb 11

A northwest flow storm track will continue across the West with additional weak to moderate storms possible across the Northwest and Northern/Central Rockies. A more active pattern is now expected across the East as well with additional storms possible for both the Mid-Atlantic and New England.

Thanks so much for reading! Check back for my next post on Wednesday, February 3rd.

ALAN SMITH