After the slow start to the snow season, it looks as though the Western Mountains are set to get plastered by the white stuff as a series of Pacific lows swing onshore.

Good chance pretty much every Western mountain above 6,000ft from Cascades to Southern California’s San Gabriel Mountains To the Colorado Rockies will see a foot or more of snow from today through Monday.

Ample moisture streaming in.

Enough cold in place!

Heavy snow is coming down in the Sierra and the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains.

Nasty scene on I-80 through the Sierra this afternoon.

A snowy Saturday evening up at Big Bear.

As the system crosses the Rockies, we’re likely to see another N Plains snowstorm.

A healthy GFS 10 day snow forecast thanks to not just one but a series of storms rolling in.

Could this pattern be setting the stage for a cold outbreak towards Dec 10th? GFS is certainly hinting!

Fits with the long term idea as December looks cold in the West.

True Southern Drought Relief?

This pattern also looks favourable for some decent rains right over the worst of the Southern drought region where six southern states are in exceptional drought (highest level). In location in northeast Alabama has not seen rain in 89 days!

See today’s video.

I continue to fight sickness so appreciate your patience in the lack of US posts in particular. I feel worst first thing and last thing.

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