A prolonged stretch of warm and dry weather will continue across the Western U.S. over the next couple of weeks, while Canada and Alaska will see periods of rain and snow. The Eastern U.S. will see cooler air arrive this week, and the higher peaks of New England could get dusted with snow on Thursday. This will also be a great week to enjoy fall colors across both the West and East.

Our warm and dry weather pattern will continue for most of the next two weeks, with just occasional times of showers and light snow on the peaks. We are forced to look far into the future for signs of storms, and right now, signs are pointing toward potential storminess between about October 20-30th. So the waiting game continues…

Foliage is popping in the Rockies! Colors are changing very quickly. The OpenSnow new "Fall Colors" map and our official chase forecaster "Powderchaser Steve" hits the road to verify the best places to see brilliant colors. In some cases this chase could last several weeks.

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.