by meteorologist Jim Woodmencey
The ski season is officially over now. Ironically, the deepest snowpack of the season in the mountains often occurs after the resorts are closed. That has been the case at least for the past two winter seasons at Jackson Hole, and for the majority of winters here the last 10 to 15 years. In this … Continue reading State of the Mountain Snowpack April 2018
This post will compare snowfall and water amounts in the Town of Jackson and the Teton Mountains to last winter’s epic snow and water amounts, as well as, to the historic averages. Most of the contents of this post were recently published in the Jackson Hole News & Guide. Town Snow and Water In the … Continue reading Winter 2017-18 Jackson Hole
In the seven-day period following Valentine’s Day this year, the Jackson Hole valley became blanketed in snow again, after enduring what I will call a “brown-out” during late January and early February. Six inches of settled snow depth was reported at the Jackson Climate Station at the end of last week. The mountains picked up … Continue reading Wild Weather Februarys
This is my annual summary of the weather for Jackson, WY for the year 2017. At the bottom of this post a re-cap of the weather highlights from 2017 in Jackson Hole. All data included in this weather summary is taken from the Jackson Climate Station. The historic averages and totals are from the official … Continue reading Jackson Hole 2017 Weather Review
During the last week of December 2017 the computer models performed so poorly, by grossly over-forecasting snow accumulation over the northern Rockies, that I was about to give up on them. This week is a different story, they all handled the situation this second week of January very well. If anything, they under-forecasted snowfall amounts … Continue reading Models Get This One Right
In my 25 years of forecasting the weather for Jackson Hole and the Teton Mountains, I have never experienced a forecast period that was as big a bust as this past week. Between the Christmas and New Year’s Weekends, as much as two feet of snow was forecast, and less than 6 inches accumulated. In … Continue reading “No-show” Snowstorms December 2017
Many people have asked me, “How much of a temperature drop did we have during the Eclipse?” What’s your guess? Well, according to the thermometers used at the Jackson Hole, Wyoming & Driggs, Idaho airports, the drop was probably not as big as you guessed. Jackson Hole Airport: Temperature went from 60.8 degrees F at … Continue reading Eclipse Temperature Drop
Cloud Cover over the United States on August 21st Below is a compilation of historical Satellite images, taken around noontime MDT (1800 UTC), on August 21st each year for the last 10 years (2016 -2008). These are Infra-red, color enhanced satellite images. The brightest purple colors indicate the warmest temperatures, and thus where the satellite … Continue reading August 21st Clouds from Satellite Images
POSTED: August 15, 2017 A word from meteorologist Jim Woodmencey on the 6 to 10-Day Outlook Maps: As it might relate to the Eclipse date of August 21st… The outlook for the days immediately surrounding the Eclipse are now showing that most of Oregon, all of Idaho and western Wyoming fall under the “Normal” category, … Continue reading Solar Eclipse Weather: Outlook T-minus one week
A word from meteorologist Jim Woodmencey on the August Outlook Maps: As it might relate to the Eclipse date of August 21st… The outlook for the month of August, as a whole is for warmer than normal temperatures along the entire path of the Eclipse, across the U.S.A. From Oregon to Wyoming, warmer than normal … Continue reading Solar Eclipse Weather: First Outlook