We are entering a generally prolonged period of drier-than-normal weather in Utah as high pressure blocks storms along the Pacific coast. We will have a chance for light snow to begin this weekend with a brush-by storm, but otherwise, our chances at big storms look low until at least the end of the month.

After our last impressive storm cycle, which brought up to 50 inches to central Montana (Showdown), 24 inches to the Wasatch, and 10-20 inches to northern Colorado, we are stuck in a blocking ridge, perhaps through the end of January. There is one storm to watch for the weekend that pushes over interior BC and the eastern Rockies. The Ridge might buckle towards the end of the month.

A series of weaker storms will track across the Great Lakes and Northeast this week, resulting in consistent snow showers that will add up to sneaky good totals over time from Michigan to Vermont. The West will enter a dry period overall, with light snow for the Rockies expected at the end of the week as an arctic cold front moves through.

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.