Date: 03/06/2019

Boy oh boy, the next round of snow has arrived and it is looking pretty good. Snowfall started very early this morning and will continue through Thursday. The low-pressure system is still out in the Pacific but moisture is streaming into the area under southwest flow. Expect moderate snowfall today and tonight with a hard-hitting pulse tomorrow between 3am and 9am. Snowfall totals by Thursday afternoon will be 20 to 30+ inches. Winds will be strong starting from the southwest and moving more west by tomorrow. There will be a break in the snowfall Thursday night and Friday morning, but by Friday afternoon the next system moves in and the snow will begin to pile up again.

• Today

  High Temperature: 31 to 36
  Winds/Direction: 15 to 25 G40, SW
  Sky Cover: Overcast
  Irwin Snow: 6 to 10″
  Elkton Snow: 6 to 10″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 6 to 10″

• Tonight

  Low Temperature: 20 to 25
  Winds/Direction: 15 to 25 G40, WSW
  Sky Cover: Overcast
  Irwin Snow: 10 to 14″
  Elkton Snow: 10 to 14″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 10 to 14″

• Tomorrow

  High Temperature: 27 to 32
  Winds/Direction: 10 to 20, W
  Sky Cover: Overcast
  Irwin Snow: 4 to 8″
  Elkton Snow: 4 to 8″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 4 to 8″

Date: 03/05/2019

The Crested Butte area will get a short reprieve for the second day in a row from accumulating snowfall. Today you can expect filtered sunshine and moderate westerly winds. A weak ridge slid into the area but will be short lived. A moist Pacific storm is just off the coast of California and set to make it’s way inland. This system will begin impacting the area tonight and will produce a healthy shot of snowfall on Wednesday through midday Thursday. Weather models are predicting total accumulations, by the end of the day on Thursday, from 10″ to 20″. As soon as this system moves out on Thursday evening, a second snow maker looks to steam into the area on Friday. The pow train appears to be rolling through Crested Butte again…all aboard.

• Today

  High Temperature: 25 to 30
  Winds/Direction: 10 to 20, W
  Sky Cover: Partly Cloudy
  Irwin Snow: 0″
  Elkton Snow: 0″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 0″

• Tonight

  Low Temperature: 16 to 21
  Winds/Direction: 7 to 17, WSW
  Sky Cover: Overcast
  Irwin Snow: 1 to 3″
  Elkton Snow: 1 to 3″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 1 to 3″

• Tomorrow

  High Temperature: 31 to 36
  Winds/Direction: 14 to 24, G40
  Sky Cover: Overcast
  Irwin Snow: 5 to 8″
  Elkton Snow: 5 to 8″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 6 to 9″

Date: 03/04/2019

Pheww…the past few days produced some pretty nice snowfall and water numbers. Today you can expect the snowfall to taper off and end sometime during the middle of the day as a weak ridge tries to build into the area. This weak ridge will be short-lived as the flow turns SW’erly on Tuesday ahead of the next approaching storm. Monday PM and Tuesday appear to be dry days. The next system looks to impact the area starting on Wednesday with impressive moisture! Models are already putting out some big numbers for Wednesday and show light snowfall continuing into the weekend. I hope your backs are feeling good because it looks like your going to need to do a lot more shoveling during the second half of the week.

• Today

  High Temperature: 22 to 27
  Winds/Direction: 10 to 20, WNW
  Sky Cover: Decreasing clouds
  Irwin Snow: 1 to 2″
  Elkton Snow: 1 to 2″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: tr to 1″

• Tonight

  Low Temperature: 6 to 11
  Winds/Direction: 6 to 16, WNW
  Sky Cover: Partly Cloudy
  Irwin Snow: 0
  Elkton Snow: 0
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 0

• Tomorrow

  High Temperature: 26 to 31
  Winds/Direction: 5 to 15, W
  Sky Cover: Partly Cloudy
  Irwin Snow: 0
  Elkton Snow: 0
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 0

Date: 03/03/2019

Oh baby, it is happening out there! Yesterday afternoon and last night produced intense snowfall, at times, with 12+ inches at most mountain locations. Storm totals for the past 48 hours are impressive with SWE totals ranging from 1.5″ to 3.6″; this multi-day storm looks to be the largest thus far this season. For today you can expect continued snowfall although the most intense rates will have likely already happened yesterday and last night but 4 to 7 inches during the day is possible across the forecast area. Ample moisture and good wind directions will keep the snow production going through early Monday morning. Winds will continue to blow fast enough to transport snow from the WSW.

• Today

  High Temperature: 25 to 30
  Winds/Direction: 10 to 20, W
  Sky Cover: Overcast
  Irwin Snow: 4 to 7″
  Elkton Snow: 4 to 7″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 3 to 5″

• Tonight

  Low Temperature: 12 to 17
  Winds/Direction: 7 to 17, WNW
  Sky Cover: Overcast
  Irwin Snow: 2 to 4″
  Elkton Snow: 2 to 4″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 2 to 4″

• Tomorrow

  High Temperature: 23 to 28
  Winds/Direction: 10 to 20, WNW
  Sky Cover: Mostly Cloudy
  Irwin Snow: 0 to 1″
  Elkton Snow: 0 to 1″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 0 to 1″

Date: 03/02/2019

Here we go folks, the big dog was just getting warmed up and homie is ready to sing! Yesterday afternoon and last night provided a lull in snow accumulations. Overnight winds increased to 20-40mph from the SW with stronger gusts. The Western US remains under westerly flow with blobs of moisture pushing across and bringing snow with them. Early this morning available moisture is on the increase along the CO/UT border. We’ll see that moisture pushing into Colorado today with snowfall becoming heavy late this afternoon. Heavy snow looks to continue into early Sunday. Accumulating snow will continue on Sunday before the moisture tap eases going into Monday for some dry weather by Tuesday.

• Today

  High Temperature: 27
  Winds/Direction: 12 to 22 G30, WSW
  Sky Cover: Overcast
  Irwin Snow: 6 to 9
  Elkton Snow: 6 to 9
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 5 to 8

• Tonight

  Low Temperature: 20
  Winds/Direction: 5 to 15 G25, W
  Sky Cover: Overcast
  Irwin Snow: 7 to 10
  Elkton Snow: 7 to 10
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 4 to 6

• Tomorrow

  High Temperature: 27
  Winds/Direction: 10 to 20 G30, W
  Sky Cover: Overcast
  Irwin Snow: 5 to 7
  Elkton Snow: 5 to 7
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 5 to 7

Date: 03/01/2019

Zonal westerly flow continues over the western US. Blobs of increased moisture are passing through and bringing snow showers each time. Taylor Park actually pulled off just about as much snow as Schofield Pass last night. Orographics will play a big part in where the snow stacks up the deepest, but we are seeing more widespread snowfall than I expected thanks to strong winds and the jet stream aloft. We’ll see a good pulse of snow today, with a break tonight, then the next big pulse looks to come in on Saturday. Light snow showers will linger into Monday with total storm accumulations for this whole time period looking to be in the 1 to 2 feet range. High-pressure ridge builds and brings drier weather for early next week.

• Today

  High Temperature: 25 to 30
  Winds/Direction: 12 to 22 G30, WSW
  Sky Cover: Overcast
  Irwin Snow: 5 to 7
  Elkton Snow: 4 to 6
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 4 to 6

• Tonight

  Low Temperature: 18 to 22
  Winds/Direction: 10 to 20, WSW
  Sky Cover: Overcast
  Irwin Snow: 1 to 3
  Elkton Snow: 1 to 3
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 1 to 3

• Tomorrow

  High Temperature: 25 to 30
  Winds/Direction: 10 to 20 G30, WSW
  Sky Cover: Overcast
  Irwin Snow: 6 to 8
  Elkton Snow: 6 to 8
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 6 to 8

Date: 02/28/2019

Counting flakes on the webcams this morning! The problem is, that the same flakes look to be making a couple of rounds past the webcam before they hit the ground. So, we’ll just have to wait a little longer for the Pow to come back. The lower 48 is under westerly flow. Blobs of increased moisture continue to pass by in the near forecast with some chances of snow, but nothing really exciting. There isn’t much for storm energy on Thursday or Friday so the snow that falls will largely be driven by orographics. The moisture tap starts increasing Friday afternoon and into Sunday for what looks like some game on pow. The pressure gradients across the western US starts to sag and bring in more storm energy helping increase snowfall rates for the main event Friday night into Saturday.

• Today

  High Temperature: 28 to 33
  Winds/Direction: 10 to 20, WSW
  Sky Cover: Mostly Cloudy
  Irwin Snow: 1 to 3
  Elkton Snow: 1 to 3
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 0 to 2

• Tonight

  Low Temperature: 20 to 22
  Winds/Direction: 10 to 20, W
  Sky Cover: Mostly Cloudy
  Irwin Snow: 3 to 6
  Elkton Snow: 2 to 4
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 1 to 3

• Tomorrow

  High Temperature: 28 to 30
  Winds/Direction: 12 to 22 G30, WSW
  Sky Cover: Overcast
  Irwin Snow: 4 to 6
  Elkton Snow: 4 to 6
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 2 to 4

Date: 02/27/2019

For today expect mild temperatures, increasing winds, and increasing cloud cover. A short wave disturbance is being pushed towards the area tonight by a low-pressure system in the Pacific. This first wave of moisture Wednesday night does not look to be very productive but will give a little refresh to surface conditions. On Thursday there will be a short lull in snowfall but things will ramp back up Thursday night as the next round of moisture hits the area. The upcoming weekend is looking snowy for Crested Butte. The snowfall has been incredibly consistent this winter and that trend looks to continue over the next few days.

• Today

  High Temperature: 28 to 33
  Winds/Direction: 12 to 22, WSW
  Sky Cover: Partly Cloudy
  Irwin Snow: 0″
  Elkton Snow: 0″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 0″

• Tonight

  Low Temperature: 13 to 18
  Winds/Direction: 13 to 23, W
  Sky Cover: Mostly Cloudy
  Irwin Snow: 0 to 2″
  Elkton Snow: 0 to 2″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 0 to 2″

• Tomorrow

  High Temperature: 28 to 33
  Winds/Direction: 8 to 18, WSW
  Sky Cover: Mostly Cloudy
  Irwin Snow: 2 to 4″
  Elkton Snow: 2 to 4″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 2 to 4″

Date: 02/26/2019

Another zonal flow day is on tap with mild air temps that will raise a few degrees higher than yesterday. Winds speeds at upper elevations are currently blowing in the teens and are forecasted to be there for the day. We may see a few more clouds in the sky as well. The system in the Pacific is scheduled to begin impacting the area on Wednesday night as a hit of moisture is ejected eastward. Accumulations Wednesday night look to be a trace to an inch or so, but by Thursday night widespread moisture looks to set in with a nice refresh of surface conditions for Friday morning, maybe somewhere in the 6-inch range. Currently, models are showing wet and unsettled weather from Thursday night into early next week.

• Today

  High Temperature: 27 to 32
  Winds/Direction: 5 to 15, WSW
  Sky Cover: Partly Cloudy
  Irwin Snow: 0″
  Elkton Snow: 0″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 0″

• Tonight

  Low Temperature: 11 to 16
  Winds/Direction: 5 to 15, WSW
  Sky Cover: Partly Cloudy
  Irwin Snow: 0″
  Elkton Snow: 0″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 0″

• Tomorrow

  High Temperature: 28 to 33
  Winds/Direction: 8 to 18 G40, W
  Sky Cover: Mostly Cloudy
  Irwin Snow: 0″
  Elkton Snow: 0″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 0″

Date: 02/25/2019

The Crested Butte area will continue to sit under a zonal flow with the jet-stream and moisture well to our north. Today will be much like yesterday but with a few more high clouds. Expect temperatures to rise slightly as warmer air makes its way into the area. A strong inversion is currently set up with -14 at the Gunnison Airport and CBMR showing 14 at mid-mountain. A change in the weather is expected for Wednesday night and Thursday as a short wave and associated closed low will begin to impact the area and produce accumulating snowfall. This system looks to favor the central and northern mountains of Colorado with a WNW flow. We will be able to put some snow totals for this system tomorrow.

• Today

  High Temperature: 26 to 31
  Winds/Direction: 5 to 15, WSW
  Sky Cover: Partly Cloudy
  Irwin Snow: 0″
  Elkton Snow: 0″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 0″

• Tonight

  Low Temperature: 7 to 12
  Winds/Direction: 4 to 14, WSW
  Sky Cover: Partly Cloudy
  Irwin Snow: 0″
  Elkton Snow: 0″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 0″

• Tomorrow

  High Temperature: 30 to 35
  Winds/Direction: 12 to 22, WSW
  Sky Cover: Partly Cloudy
  Irwin Snow: 0″
  Elkton Snow: 0″
  Friend’s Hut Snow: 0″