If you’ve been reading about snowfall for the past 10 days, you’ll remember that the trend has been for a lot of snow in the northwestern US and western Canada.

That trend is not going to budge for the next 10 days, as the highest powder potential will continue to be in the northwest.

The storm track through mid-March will push from the northern Pacific Ocean through the northwestern US and then across to the mid-Atlantic and up the east coast. 

In western Canada, we can see that 3-5 feet of snow should accumulate during the next 10 days.

The 10-day temperature trend roughly mirrors the storm track, with cooler-than-average weather to the north and warmer-than-average weather to the south.

Some of the longer-range models show a shift in this pattern during the second half of March, but my experience is that the actual pattern change often comes later than the models predict, so it could be closer to the end of March.

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for the next update on Sunday, March 12th!

JOEL GRATZ

The Chase

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