TODAY'S SKIGOGG OF THE DAY
Friday's NWS Western Weather Advisories
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL CONTINUES IN PARTS OF THE ROCKIES, WHILE THE WEATHER IS FAIRLY QUIET IN OTHER PARTS OF THE NATION WITH MAJOR SKI RESORTS.
WYOMING
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SNOWY RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING...
LARAMIE
458 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2012
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS
AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE LARAMIE
VALLEY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE SNOWY RANGE.
* WINDS/VISIBILITIES...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH
TONIGHT TODAY. LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE.
* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHEN
APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS.
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WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-
502 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2012
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS
MORNING...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS
MORNING.
* SUMMARY AND TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES
OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING.
* SNOWFALL SO FAR...10 TO 14 INCHES.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY WILL BE BELOW A QUARTER MILE IN
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AROUND SOUTH PASS. AREAS OF NORTHEAST WIND
AT 20 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTH PASS.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON HIGHWAYS 28 WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO SLICK
AND SNOWPACKED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY WHEN THE ROAD REOPENS.
TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLOWER TRAFFIC AND ADDED TRAVEL
TIME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
COLORADO
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SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...
BERTHOUD PASS...****BRECKENRIDGE****...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...
EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...
INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...
WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
549 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2012
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY...
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE SNOW
HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 16 TO 24 INCHES CAN
BE EXPECTED.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL
BE POOR AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BLOWING
SNOW.
* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT
LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT
AS ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
KEEP EXTRA FOOD...WATER...A FLASHLIGHT...AND DRY CLOTHING IN YOUR
VEHICLE. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT
FOR HELP TO ARRIVE.
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NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-
INCLUDING...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...
WESTON...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...
TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...CANON CITY...
PENROSE...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD
517 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2012
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS
MORNING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS
MORNING.
* LOCATION...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 11000 FEET...
THE WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND
FREMONT...SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...PUEBLO AND OTERO COUNTY.
* CAUSE AND TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
BRINGING SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
EXPECTED THROUGH MIDMORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES.
* IMPACT...ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA DURING THE
TIME OF THE ADVISORY...LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AND
CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY ANOTHER ROUTE.
NEW MEXICO
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WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
1034 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST
FRIDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
MST FRIDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 3 TO 5
INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 7 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE OVER HIGHER PEAKS AND RIDGES OF THE SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE RATON RIDGE.
* TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON
FRIDAY BEFORE DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. NORTH
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP FROM
RATON PASS EASTWARD FRIDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL
LOCATIONS.
* LOCAL IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE AREA...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN CAPULIN
AND RATON...AND FROM EAGLE NEST TO ANGEL FIRE AND THE EAST
SIDE OF TAOS...INTERSTATE 25 OVER RATON PASS...HIGHWAY 38
BETWEEN EAGLE NEST...RED RIVER...AND QUESTA...AND HIGHWAY 518
BETWEEN MORA AND VADITO.
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ROEMER———-A LOOK AT THIS WINTER’S SNOWFALL FOR SKI AREAS SO FAR AND WHY IT HAS BEEN A SUB-PAR
SEASON FOR MOST U.S. SKI AREAS
The biggest snowstorm of the season is coming for parts of the Catskills, Adirondacks, Vermont
with at least 1 foot and in some places possibly 2 feet or more at places like Jay Peak and
maybe Stowe, etc. into Quebec. Some models are further east with the storm, which if
it happens would favor New Hampshire and Maine as well, but the best chance should be
over places like Whiteface Mountain throughout much of N/C Vermont and S. Quebec.
But, until now, see my study below as to why the winter so far, has not been very good
in most areas.
THE AO AND NAO INDEX
Incredibly, all 50 states had some snow on the ground as of about 10 days ago, but that does not mean that
U.S. skiing has been consistently good. In fact, the opposite and an anomaly.
A LOOK AT STORM TRACKS THE LAST 90 DAYS..
WINTER TO DATE SNOWFALL (AS OF FEBRUARY 15TH)
The best consistent snow of winter has been over the SW U.S., consistent with El Nino as well
as western Canada, of course-I.E. Whistler’s historic early start. Also, not shown here, it has
been one of the best ski season in many years for Virginia and the Carolinas, even better than all
of Vermont, the Adirondacks, Maine and New Hampshire. The lowest snowfall has
been over the N. Rockies, Utah, parts of Colorado and of course New England.
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