Dry and seasonal through next Friday. A storm could move through at some point between the 16th and 20th. A drier pattern is possible for a few days leading up to Christmas Eve. A stormier pattern is possible from around Christmas through the last week of December.

It's snowing heavily in the central and northern Cascades of Washington with temps rising. The Rockies are scoring terrain openings, especially WY, UT, and Colorado. PMW moisture moves over Idaho and Wyoming and to some extent southern MT. Alaska is getting crushed.

A powerful storm produced deep snow totals at Banff and Lake Louise this week with moderate totals for the BC Powder Highway. The storm is now working its way through the U.S. Rockies late this week. Heavy snow fell in the Northern Rockies on Thursday and will spread into Utah and Colorado on Friday. Next week is looking dry for most areas, except for Alaska which will see heavy snow.