The warm temperatures and heavy rain have led to resorts closing and limited operations to start the work week, but winter will make a comeback later in the week and in the long range, too. Storms return on Wednesday night, with a transition back to snow and colder temperatures later in the week. These don't look like major snow events at this time, but things will be looking wintry once again.

After a steady stretch of chase opportunities in the past 30 days, we are entering a summer-like temperature pattern (80F in Denver on Thursday). WT-! Colder air moves into the PNW later this week, which should return snow to BC and the Cascades. Long-range models look decent for more snow in the Sierra and perhaps the Rockies. April could boom.

An upper-level ridge will bring warm spring conditions to the Western US to start this week as a colder storm system in the Eastern US brings light snow to the northern tiers. Spring in the West will be brief with a large storm system at the end of the week that will bring initial warm air and rain to the Northwest, but backside cold air with lowering snow levels and snow into the weekend.

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.