Early Week Snowfall:

A storm brought snow to British Columbia and portions of the Northern Rockies on Sunday and Monday with snow totals including 14 inches at Whistler and 10 inches apiece at Sun Peaks, Fernie, 49 Degrees North, Whitefish, and Bridger Bowl. Snow conditions have been quite good across this region.

Across the East, a storm brought heavy snow to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Lower New York on Monday night with preliminary snow totals on Tuesday AM including 13 inches at Shawnee, 12 inches at Blue Mountain, and 12 inches at Mountain Creek. Additional snowfall will likely be reported on Wednesday AM's 24-hour reports as snow continued into the day on Tuesday.

Forecast for Wed (Feb 14) to Thu (Feb 15):

A storm will impact the West during this period with heavy snow expected from the Oregon Cascades into the Tetons of Wyoming, while Central Idaho, Southern Washington, and Southwest Montana will also do well. The forecast has also trended snowier further south into the Sierra Nevada Range where Tahoe is now expecting a solid round of snow.

Across the East, a storm will bring snow to the Great Lakes region on Wednesday night and Thursday, before spreading into the Mid-Atlantic and Western New England by Thursday afternoon. 

Forecast for Fri (Feb 16) to Sat (Feb 17):

Snow will linger across the Rockies into Friday with a little bit of the action reaching Colorado. The next storm will then approach the West Coast on Saturday with light to moderate snow developing across the Cascades and BC Coast Range.

Another storm will move across the East during this period with snow possible across portions of the Mid-Atlantic and New England. There is still some uncertainty in the storm track, however.

Forecast for Sun (Feb 18) to Mon (Feb 19):

The storm approaching the West Coast will deepen southward with most of the moisture and energy slamming California, and the result will be heavy snowfall across the Sierra Nevada Range including Tahoe. Residual moisture will also reach the Southern Cascades (Oregon) and Central Rockies (Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado) with light to moderate snow expected.

Outlook for Tue (Feb 20) to Sat (Feb 24):

The storm track will favor the Sierra and the Central Rockies during this period, while Southeast Alaska is also expected to see storms return with more regularity. The East also looks to remain in an active pattern with additional snow chances along with near-average temperatures.

Thanks so much for reading! Next update on Friday (Feb 16).

Alan Smith 

NEW: Powder Vision

In addition to our new "Live Snow" data that shows hourly snowfall from nearby weather stations, we built a system to estimate the amount of snow that accumulates on a snow stake camera so that you can track hour-by-hour snowfall for the last 24 hours.

Many ski resorts have snow stake cameras and this allows us to (try to) figure out how much snow falls each hour. We're calling this "Powder Vision".

1. Go to any ski resort screen in OpenSnow with a snow stake camera.
2. Tap the "Snow Report" tab.
3. View the latest snow stake camera snapshot and hour-by-hour snowfall for the last 24 hours.

We have over 60 snow stake cameras available right now and we do our best to add new cams to OpenSnow if we can host them.

Powder Vision and Live Snow are available on OpenSnow.com and in the OpenSnow app with an All-Access subscription. All-Access includes 10-day snow forecasts, high-resolution weather maps, expert local analysis, custom snow alerts, iOS widgets, and much more.

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