Today is the Winter Solstice, as the Winter Season officially began here in the Rocky Mountain time zone at 4:12 a.m. this morning. And so far at least, the World hasn’t ended today! Also thought of as the “shortest day of the year”, our shortest days actually last about a week. The length of day … Continue reading Winter Solstice & White Christmas →

With only a few days left until the official start of Winter on December 21st (or the end of the World, as the Mayans are calling for!), we are already well into the Winter Season with plenty of snow around Jackson Hole to guarantee a White Christmas for the valley. In the mountains, there is … Continue reading A Good Snow & Blow Session in Mid-December →

Below is the Updated graph of settled snow depths at Rendezvous Bowl as of Saturday morning December 8th 2012. Compared to average and year’s past. This is the deepest snowpack at this location on this date in the last 15 years! Posted by meteorologist Jim Woodmencey

Update this morning to yesterday’s post:  With  a foot of new snow at around the 9,500-ft. elevation the last 24 hours, the settled snow depth at the bottom of Rendezvous Bowl at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort is now deeper than it has been on this date (Dec. 8th) in the last 15 years, with … Continue reading Deepest Snowpack in 15 years! →

Finally, a little white for the valley in early December. It is amazing the difference we are seeing between the upper elevations and the valley floor this early winter season. At the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort at the bottom of Rendezvous Bowl (around 9500-ft.) there was 52 inches of settled snow depth on December 7th. … Continue reading Mountain Snowdepths Above Normal →

It’s Thanksgiving, and technically Winter is still a month away. And the weather pattern that would bring winter on in full is still not quite there yet for the Rockies. Lots of snow the last few days in the Cascades, where cold air and the jet stream have been hanging out. And a  little new … Continue reading The Jet Stream Dictates our Weather →

A cold low pressure system brought us almost a foot of new snow in the mountains up at around 10,000-ft. in the Tetons over the last 24-hours, and this would certainly qualify as our first good snowfall of the season. It also looks like we had about ¾ of an inch of water in the … Continue reading First Snow & Winter Outlook Update →

Cold Canadian air pushed down through Wyoming on Wednesday, with high temperatures almost 20 degrees cooler in Jackson Hole than they were the day before, on Tuesday. Highs in Jackson Tuesday were in the lower 70’s, on Wednesday we were in the low to mid 50’s. Low temps this morning (Wed. Oct. 4th)  changed even … Continue reading Cold Air Wake Up Call →

Cold air pushing down through Montana this morning, with snow down along the east side of the Continental Divide down to fairly low elevations, like around Pendroy, MT located northwest of Great Falls and just east of the Rockies ( Web cam pic below). US Hwy 89 Near Pendroy, MT And snowing down into Southwest … Continue reading First Blast of Cold Canadian Air →

This past Saturday, September 22nd, was the Autumnal Equinox and the official end of summer and start of the Fall Season. Almost as if on cue, good fall colors can be seen over the Rocky Mountain West. This last week in September and the first week in October seem to be normal timing for peak … Continue reading Fall Colors on Schedule →