Mountain Weather 1/15/2016

CB Avalanche CenterWeather

Date: 01/15/2016

Moist northwest to west flow with several embedded shortwaves will keep snowy weather in the forecast through the weekend. The first pulse left us with upwards of 8″ of low density fluff in favored locations, The next pulse is moving in this morning from the northwest, showing decent moisture and precipitation upstream. Winds will swing around to the northwest as this system drops 3-5″ of snow today, perhaps more in favored locations. Saturday brings a lull in the action before another shortwave arrives Saturday night with continued light snowfall.