Supply: maps.weatherbell.com
This forecast was ready at 12 p.m. MST on Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Snow began falling throughout a lot of the Northern Rockies simply because the clocks struck midnight on New Years Eve, and can proceed to steadily fall till a minimum of Thursday morning. This spherical of snow is the results of a moisture-laden storm that’s passing instantly over Idaho this morning, and can regularly transfer into Montana later as we speak earlier than shifting out completely Thursday evening.
The route of this storm produces a novel mixture of chilly temperatures and westerly move, which is able to lead to greater snow totals for slopes which might be uncovered to the west. This can be a bit uncommon as a result of storms which might be this chilly sometimes have moisture flowing in from the northwest, and produce greater snow totals for mountains which might be uncovered extra to the north. This move route will favor the Boise Mountains and the Tetons, specifically, as a result of each ranges are a lot greater than every other terrain to their west. Snow ranges might be low sufficient that each one resorts ought to see solely snow, with none rain mixing in, all through Wednesday and Thursday.
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Forecast Snow Totals Jan 1- Jan 2:
- Tamarack (ID): 4-8″
- Schweitzer (ID): 1-3″
- Solar Valley (ID): 2-5″
- Large Sky (MT): 2-5″
- Jackson Gap (WY): 10-22″
- Grand Targhee (WY): 15-25″
Northern Idaho will barely see a break between that first storm and a second which arrives on Friday and Friday evening. This second storm is far completely different than the primary in a couple of key methods: move is out of the northwest, temperatures are a couple of levels hotter, and precipitation is far much less organized, however will proceed for lots longer. In actual fact, this storm will create circumstances that enable for a minimum of some snow showers to proceed over the mountains at instances by early subsequent week. Based mostly on all of these components, it will carry widespread mountain snow to all the Northern Rockies, however will most likely be an even bigger storm for Northern Idaho than wherever else.
Friday and Saturday will see the heaviest snow from this storm, with pretty regular snow falling throughout a lot of Idaho and Northwest Montana. Anticipate scattered snow showers within the Tetons throughout that point, with all the Northern Rockies seeing some gentle snow showers right through Monday or Tuesday.
Forecast Snow Totals Jan 1- Jan 7:
- Tamarack (ID): 10-18″
- Schweitzer (ID): 4-10″
- Solar Valley (ID): 6-12″
- Large Sky (MT): 8-16″
- Jackson Gap (WY): 22-36″
- Grand Targhee (WY): 28-44″
