Last week, many mountains in California, Utah, and Colorado experienced their best powder days of the past few years with many, many feet of fresh snow.

Looking ahead through the middle of next week, the central Rockies will continue to be in the path of deepest powder. Unfortunately, this storm series will start will rain in California, but cooler temperatures will prevail.

While the powder continues in the west, the northeast will see a cool weekend and then a warmer storm during the middle of the week.

Looking ahead to the following week, January 16-20, the coolest temperatures will shift toward Alaska with warmer weather across the lower 48 states.

This weather pattern doesn’t preclude us from experiencing more powder days, but I don’t yet know which areas of the western US or Canada will stay cool enough for significant snowfall. Stay tuned!

JOEL GRATZ

Powderchaser Steve is forecasting each week so you know when and where to find the best powder days across the western US. Follow him here: http://opensnow.com/dailysnow/chase