From fishing, boating, hiking and climbing, to softball, soccer and golf, summertime activities can frequently expose us to the dangers of lightning. Knowing the dangers and what to do if caught outdoors in a thunderstorm, may help you avoid being zapped this summer. So, as I do every year, I’ll review some lightning safety tips … Continue reading Be Lightning-Safe this Summer →

Is this going to be the endless winter? Today is officially the last day of Spring. Friday at 9:54 AM MDT the Summer Solstice occurs and in the Rocky Mountains of Montana, Wyoming & northern Colorado, Summer 2019 is going to begin with some fresh snow! Click Image below to see the forecast snow accumulation … Continue reading Snow on the Summer Solstice →

A very cold Low-pressure system will be rolling across the Pacific Northwest & Northern Rockies this week, just in time for the first day of summer.  The Summer Solstice is this Friday, June 21st and afternoon high temperatures will be running about 15 to 20 degrees below normal. And, yes, we may even see a … Continue reading Very Cold Summer Solstice →

Update Saturday morning, June 8th: (scroll down to read post from Friday) Forecast verifying pretty well, seeing snowflakes in the Town of Jackson this morning. Snow on the ground down to around the 6,500-ft. elevation. Grand Targhee is showing over 10 inches of new snow overnight and early this Saturday morning. Screen shots from webcams … Continue reading Snow in June →

Weather is changing across the Western U.S. for the weekend…..Warm air in place ahead of a cold Low-pressure center positioned off the Pacific Northwest coast this morning. Isolated areas of early morning Thunderstorms started popping up at sunrise. An indication that the atmosphere is already quite unstable. Satellite & Radar Images, plus lightning strike map … Continue reading Weather Pattern Changing →

In General: The weather across the western U.S. this Memorial Day Weekend won’t be all bad, but it would be hard to call it “good”. One large, cold  trough of Low-pressure will move east of the Rockies Friday. Thursday’s jet stream map below, showing how far south the Low & the jet have been this … Continue reading Memorial Day Weekend Weather →

Snow is not all that unusual in the mountains of the Western United States in late May. However, snow to low elevations is a more rare occurrence. A series of cold Low-pressure systems have been marching across the West since this past weekend. These Lows have brought unusually cold air inland, producing measurable snowfall in … Continue reading Record Late May Snowfall →

Large Low-pressure system on West Coast will continue to cycle clouds and precipitation in and over the Western U.S. and Rockies through the weekend. Rain at lower elevations & snow in the mountains, generally above the 6000-7000-ft. elevations. Current Situation Below are this morning’s Satellite & Radar Images: Friday May 17, 2019 Weekend Forecast Below … Continue reading Weekend Weather Rap: 17 MAY 2019 →

As I have done for many years now in my column for the Jackson Hole News & Guide, I’ll review the winter season’s snowfall and see how it compared to past years. In case you missed it, this February had record-breaking snowfall, both in the valley and the mountains. That month alone is what truly … Continue reading Winter 2018-19 in Jackson Hole →

UPDATED: Friday March 8th, 2019…… The final snowfall calculation was just updated and submitted by the NWS for the  Jackson Climate Station for the month of February 2019 …..turns out, Jackson’s total snowfall was within one inch of the all-time monthly snowfall record, in any month! Final total that goes in the books for February … Continue reading So close to being the Snowiest Month Ever in Jackson →