Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will be dry and mostly sunny, then there will be four-ish storms in late December. The first storm on Monday and Tuesday will bring light snow to the northern mountains, the second storm on Wednesday and Thursday will bring snow to most mountains, and then more snow could fall later in the week and around New Year's Eve.

When the weather gets active, and I mean a continual fetch of water, it makes forecasting tricky. My overall assessment on chasing powder is "Big Numbers" for the PNW and Western Canada, decent numbers for the Sierra, and Northern Rockies. Some resorts in Canada and the PNW might score 3 feet by end of next week. The end of the month offers colder and deeper solutions for the Rockies.

High pressure will lead to mild conditions over the West on Friday and Saturday, but the pattern will gradually trend cooler and more active early next week with snow chances ramping up. The East will see cold temperatures over the next 5 days with periods of light snow, followed by a warm-up after Christmas.

Thanks for reading this summer! For the rest of this week, a cold front moving across the Central Rockies will bring showers & t-storms to WY, CO, & NM Wed-Thu while the West Coast states will see a late-season heat wave. Next week, isolated to scattered showers & t-storms develop across the West with continued mild temps. Heading into mid-month, the PNW will trend wetter and cooler.