There’s an old saying about the seasons in Jackson Hole, “We get nine months of winter and three months of bad skiing”. Which would apply to most ski towns in the Rocky Mountains and the Western U.S. this year. Fact of the matter is, the first snowfall in the Teton Mountains came back on September … Continue reading Nine Months of Winter →

This week I will highlight all the various sources of snowpack, water, and flood reports available via the internet so that you can stay on top of the run-off conditions this Spring. Most of these sources of information can be found on the www.mountainweather.com site, with a little poking around. Information specific the Jackson Hole … Continue reading Snowmelt, Water, and Flood Potential →

Wet snow and mud slides in May are not an unusual occurrence, especially after a big winter’s snowfall that is followed by a very wet spring. Bare ground or a snowpack that is being saturated with water due to melting snow become well lubricated and poised to move downhill. Big landslide and snowslide events have … Continue reading Springtime Avalanches and Landslides →

With precipitation records being broken in many parts of the country this past April, and severe weather events that included devastating tornadoes in the Midwest and Plains, flooding along the Mississippi and many other rivers, all in all it was a wet and wild April to behold. Map of Total Precipitation amounts across the US … Continue reading Wet and Wild Weather in April & Early May →

While on my spring break this past week I had the distinct pleasure to be able to work with some members of the United States Air Force Combat Weather Unit on an avalanche course here in Northwest Wyoming. Arriving on the heals of one of the biggest winters ever in Jackson, and still experiencing “full” … Continue reading Avalanche Education for the Military →

As blasphemous as it sounds, that’s enough powder for one season. Who isn’t ready for some warm, sunny weather, and some good corn skiing? Corn skiing has nothing to do with making turns on a slope in Nebraska, if there even are any slopes in Nebraska? It’s about the optimal spring skiing condition. It’s about … Continue reading Waiting for a Good Crop of Corn →

About the only question remaining for Jackson Hole is, when is winter going to quit?In the Tetons the first significant snowstorm of the year in the mountains happened on September 10, with about a foot of snow above the 9,000-ft. elevation.(Photo below left of Ranger Ron Johnson near Paintbrush Divide Sept. 10, 2010) Here we … Continue reading Will it be 8 or 9 Months of Winter? →

A warm Ridge of High pressure that has been building inland over the western U.S. the last 24-hours will get flattened out by a Trof of Low pressure that will be moving across the Northwestern U.S. the next 24-hours. Very HOT in the Southwestern U.S. on the last day of March 2011……75 in Moab, 79 … Continue reading Weather Rap for the First of April…..no foolin’ →

There’s some good news, and some bad news, and some good news again…. about the flow across the Pacific over the next 5 to 7 days. The first good news is, a Low pressure system this weekend will bring snow Saturday night and Sunday to Jackson Hole. The bad news is, as we go into … Continue reading Flow Across the Pacific →

Concern about radiation particles being carried across the Pacific and into the western U.S. from Japan has become a popular topic. Despite assurances that radiation amounts will be very low by the time any of that makes it to the West Coast, the flow in the upper levels of the atmosphere is setting up to … Continue reading Nuclear Spring →