The Climate Prediction Center or “CPC” (a division of NOAA and the National Weather Service) is responsible for producing our long-range outlooks. For the next three months they are showing that the Pacific Northwest will be about the only place in the USA that has a good probability of experiencing below normal temps. Nowhere in … Continue reading Second Half of Winter Outlook →

Saturday February 2nd, 2013 is Groundhog’s Day! A very important day to a weather person! Groundhog’s Day really has nothing to do with a rodent seeing his shadow, and in the Rocky Mountains it would be rare to not have at least six more weeks of winter. The real significance of Groundhog’s Day is that … Continue reading It’s Groundhog’s Day! →

Finally some warmer temps and a little fresh snow on Thursday. And it looks like more snow will be possible for Jackson Hole over the weekend, especially on Sunday. I like the way things look to be shaping up. After a long period of High & Dry & Cold in early January, the changes are … Continue reading Welcome Changes in the Weather →

Merry Christmas! The Wx Access Map for Jackson Hole (Wx is shorthand for Weather, by the way) is designed so that you can access both current weather observations and forecasted weather for specific locations in the Grand Teton & Yellowstone Park region. The coverage area on this particular map, if you scroll out, extends from … Continue reading The Weather Access Map for Jackson Hole →

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 →