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- 2010: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
February 2012
- February 22 Short Wave Tempo Picking Up With Series Of NW Sliders Headed Our Way.....Pattern Change For Precipitation Still In the Cards For Early March.....
- February 21 Rising Heights...A NW flow aloft and High Clouds The Next Few Days....Warming is Expected the Next Few Days…Then Chilly, Blustery Weekend with Some Snow Showers possible Saturday through Mid Morning...
- February 19 Some Over Running Monday with lots of clouds.....Slight chance of a Few Showers....Fair and Breezy Mid Week with NW Flow Pattern for the Upcoming Week.
- February 18 Weather To Become Unsetteled Today With Snowshowers Developing by Noon and Continuing Through Tonight......Expect Mainly Trace Amounts.....Milder Weather Returning by Midweek.....
- February 17 Beautiful Day Friday then Colder and Breezy through the Holiday Weekend.....Snow Showers in the offering.....Expect a Stronger System Next weekend.
- February 15 Mammoth Mt Picks up 12 inches Past 24 hours....Snowshowers expected throughout the day......Next System This Weekend.....
- February 14 Mammoth Mt picked up 10 inches Storm Total......Next Wx System Tracking South, a bit further east...amounts in the 3 to 6 inches range expected over upper elevations Wednesday.....Cold showery pattern likely to continue this weekend
- February 9 Snowfall Headed For Mammoth Mtn.....Colder 1st half of Next Week......
- February 8 A Gradual Pattern Change....1st to Cold and showery....then possibly to wet, 4 week of February and beyond...
- February 6 Upper Block Firmly in Place with a Weak Under-Cutting Attempt by the Westerlies.....Some Light Snow Possible Tuesday with Majority of Precip Expected along the California Coast South & Westward......Possible Major Change in Pattern Showing Up Very End of February.....
- February 1 Weakening Secondary Front bringing some Snowshowers to Mono County this Morning......Expect a few Cooler-Breezy Days.....
January 2012
- January 30 Strong Positive Phase PNA Pattern to Develope over Eastern Pacific.....Coupled Air Sea Climate Models....Back Peddle on Break Through of Westerlies For Ca......Dry Pattern Likely to Continue......
- January 28 Short Term and 7 day Forecast Continue Dry.....However Some Interesting Possibilities Developing With MJO Over The Next 7 to 15 Days
- January 27 Temps Cooler Friday and Seasonal Weather Saturday.....Looks Like Another Dry 5 to 7 Day Period Ahead...
- January 24 Another Extended Period Of Dryness Expected For The Far West.....A possible system about the 1 or 2nd.....A Change in the Pattern Possible the 2nd Week of February
- January 23 32 inches of New at the Main Lodge as of 10:00am....Another 2 to 4 inches Expected Today......30 to 40 inch Prediction Looks Good....
- January 22 More Snow on the Way!......And another 2 to 3 Feet expected by Monday Night.....Winter Storm Warning Hoisted.....Beginning at 7:00PM Tonight.....
- January 21 Cold Wet Storm Just What The Doc Ordered....18 Inches Of New At Main Lodge....An Estimated 2 to 3 Feet From McCoy Station Up...More Snow On The Way!!!!
- January 18 Wet System For Friday Looking Colder Now With The Possibility That It May Be Snow In The Town Of Mammoth.....
- January 17 It's Almost Showtime As Moist Subtropical Fetch Heads For The West Coast......
- January 14 Cold Windy Pattern Setting Up For Sunday-Monday As Pattern Changes Force Arctic Air Into Pacific Northwest......Wind Advisories Hoisted For Mono County......Over Running Precip Begins Thursday Into Friday Over Milder Air....
- January 11 ALTHOUGH ANOTHER DRY WEEK IS AHEAD...MORE SIGNS POINTING A RETURN TO WINTER BY 2ND HALF OF NEXT WEEK....
- January 8 Chilly Inside Slider Brought Welcomed Cooling For The Snow Makers.....Expect Another Mild Dry Week Ahead....
- January 7 Current Strato-Warming "In Process"and the flip of the QBO to Easterly Suggests That Arctic Air Will Decend Upon NA..
- January 5 Pattern Change still on track for about the 15th.....Odds beginning to increase for precip between the 15th and the 18th.....big question is.....what happens afterwards.....
- January 2 Another Dry Week Ahead As We Begin The New Year.....Mid Month Pattern Changes Still In The Picture...But Nothing Conclusive.....
December 2011
- December 27 December will be one to remember and will likely finish off on a dry note with mild temps in the Central Sierra and Partly Cloudy Skies......Changes still offered in the Climate models for the Far West By Mid January....
- December 21 Shot of Arctic to Bring Winter Chill.....Just In Time For The First Full Day of Winter......This Holiday Weekend Looks Dry.....Something Looming Late Next Week to Keep Weary Eye on.....
- December 20 Little Change in the Short Term W/Two more shots of cold air headed our way.....Pattern Change Beginning Christmas with Overrunning a possibility Next Week.....
- December 18 "Night of Lights".....Spectacular! Weather Cold Enough For Snow Making through Much of Next Week.....A Look Down the Road....
- December 16 Cutoff Low to Spin over Northern Baja Today then gets the Boot ENE Sunday Night.....Strato-Warming showing up at 10HPA over the next 10 Days.....
- December 12 MJO Falls Into the Circle of Death....Weakness over the Desert SW to Keep Southern Branch Of Upper Jet Active thru So-Cal and AZ.....Strato-Warming Beginning.....
- December 10 Colder next week and unsetteled...snow showers a good bet early then again Thursday.....MJO still active and moving east....
- December 7 Although Mother Nature Not Cooperating Much....Its Been Cold And Mammoth Mt Continues to Make Snow......
- December 3 With the Current Very Cold Dry Conditions..... Excellent Snow Making Conditions Prevail Both Day and Night!.....Mammoth Mtn Really Laying It Down And Expanding Skiable Runs!!
November 2011
- November 30 Windy...Cooler Today with Cold Front flushing through by the end of the day....Upslope Snowshowers Thursday...Chilly weekend.....
- November 29 One more nice day today then winds and cooling to begin Wednesday with dry cold front flushing through Mammoth Late afternoon Wednesday as Blocking pattern develops over Eastern Pac.....
- November 28 Subtropical flow up from the SW to keep lots of high clouds in the area today.....Otherwise warm mild pattern to shift to cold dry pattern 2nd half of week......MJO may be moving into more favorable area week 2......
- November 23 Snow Showers possible Thanksgiving Day....Then Fair...Breezy...But Dry Over the Holiday Weekend.......
- November 22 Weakening system to bring some snowshowers to the high country Thinksgiving......Global Pattern going through Major Transition.....+Phase PNA pattern the likely result......
- November 21 Beautiful Clear Day in the High Country with 12 inches of new at the Main Lodge with additional over the Crest......Next Splitting System Turkey Day!
- November 20 Snow Continues to Fall in the High Country.....Back of Front Just Moving Through Fresno at 8:30am
- November 19 Sunday System is Now Forecasted to Get Much Closer to The Coast......Good News.....4 to 8 inches possible on Mammoth Mtn Sunday..............
- November 18 Windy....Then Split Flow Pattern..........Heavy Snowfall Not Looking Good Anytime Soon......
- November 17 The Mammoth Weather Forecast.....6 feet of Wind.....and a Few Inches of Snow!
- November 16 One More Nice Day Today...Then Winds To Rapidly Pick-Up Thursday Night.....High Wind Watch Late Thursday Night Into Friday AM
- November 14 Weather to Remain Mild in Mammoth Through Wednesday.....then Cold Stormy Pattern to Develop into the Weekend
- November 12 Offshore Weather System Brings Up to 5 inches of New on Mammoth Mt......Big Change in Pattern Coming Next Weekend as MJO/ Heads for Phase Space 1
- November 10 Little in the Way for Snowfall is Expected this Weekend as Closed Upper Low Heads Southeast well off shore.......MJO and GDSM Favor Stormy Weather Beginning Next Weekend Into Possibly Thanksgiving.....
- November 8 Overall Pattern Looks Dry for Mammoth with Little Snowfall East of the Crest for Friday/Night..........
- November 2 Cold Digging Upper Trof to Bring Mostly Light Amounts of Snowfall to the High country....Weather to Remain Cold Through the Weekend
October 2011
- October 25 The Cooling is Here.....Good-Bye Early Summer Temps.....Start the Snow Guns Cliff!
- October 22 Last Really Warm Weekend as Quick Shot of Great Basin Cold Air Advection Brings An End To The Mid And Upper 60s This Year......Pattern Will Remain Dry Through Months End.....Snow Storm of Significance possible, about the end of the first week or 2nd week of November.
- October 18 Warm to Mild Weather to Continue For Mammoth Through the 27th.....
- October 16 Some Upper Jet Enhanced Showers Cruzing Across the Northern Sierra this Morning.....Shower activity is well north of Mammoth....Weather to remain very nice through Tuesday low 70s....
- October 12 Indian Summer Weather to Continue for Quite a While.....Daytime Temps Some +5 to +10 above Normal....
- October 10 Quick Shot of Warm Advection Moisture for the High Country Today followed by strong transitory Upper Anti-Cyclone mid-week for some warm weather......both 00z and 12z Monday's GFS has energy out of phase coming off Asia later this week into next weekend so Dweebs leaning toward splitting Trof scenario Saturday....for Central Ca....ATM.....
September 2011
- September 30 Cooler showery weather through Saturday.....much cooler......Snow possible Wednesday and Thursday
- September 27 Late Summer weather to return for a few days then showers Saturday and possibly Sunday.....MJO moving into Phase Space 6 then 7 may indecate stronger trof later next week for first good dusting and chillier weather...
- September 25 Last weeks on again and off again thunder and showers has ended....a approaching cool front flushes remaining moisture out of area.....warmer next week as Ca gets a quick shot of height rises.....chances increase for precipitation next weekend as Hillery moisture flurts with approaching trough.....
- September 24 One more chance of Showers and Thunder today and into the evening hours Saturday then Breezy and cooler Sunday.....The weather looks dry and warm next week....
- September 23 The Arrivel Of Fall To Bring More Summer Like Weather with Isolated TSRWS Through Saturday...Then Dry Fall Trof Breezes The High Country Up and Drys it Out....Cool Brezzy Weather Sunday....Warmer WX Next Week
- September 20 Summer comes to an end Thursday as Mid Summer weather continues....Thundershowers possible into Thursday.....Cooler over the weekend with a few showers Sat/Sun...just in time for Octoberfest.......Hilery may effect Baja, Ca into Southern Half of California by October 1st....
- September 18 Warmer weather for the upcoming week as Summer goes out like a Champ on Friday!.....Record highs not expected to be broken over East Central California.....
- September 16 A Passing Trof to Bring Cooler Weather For Friday...Then a warm-up weeks end into the next.....Roasty-Toasty Pattern Change Coming By the 23rd.....
- September 14 Rain on the wain for the high country...with just partly skies for the weekend......models back off on chilly air plunge for next week over the countrys mid section...
- September 13 Another Day of Scattered Thunderstorms for Mono County......Although Main Shower activity was north of Mammoth Monday.....Focus will shift further south today for a better chance for southern Mono County......1st plunge of Arctic Air headed for Midwest.....
- September 12 More Thunder and Heavy Rain Potential Today and Tomarrow......Flash Flood Watch for Mono County This afternoon....
- September 11 Upper Low Spins Near Kern County......More Rain and Thunder Expected
- September 8 September Surprise.....Upper low developing over Great Basin/Ca this morning to spin up, moisten, then move SW to the coast the next few days.......Showers and Thunder will Begin Mainly Friday, with periods of precipitation Day and Night through the weekend
- September 6 Drier Air Mass over Mammoth Today......It Should Be A Warmer Day.....Then a gradual increase in thunderstorms the 2nd half of this week...
- September 4 Upper Low west of San Diego working in combo with continental southern Four Corners upper high.....is channeling up some monsoon moisture.....air mass less stable this afternoon and Labor Day for some isolated thunder....Weather will continue to be highlighted by above normal temps....
- September 2 Fab Weekend shaping up for Mammoth....some monsoon moisture lurking for Labor Day...long range calls for the continuation of warmer then normal temps....
August 2011
- August 31 A little cooling the next few days followed by a warm up over the weekend.....The longer range shows above normal temps continuing......
- August 30 It's The End Of August And The Rumors Are Once Again Flying About The Biggest Winter Ever!
- August 22 Warmer then normal temps to highlight the weather in the Eastern Sierra this week......a few isolated Thunder Storms possible Tuesday and Wednesday PM.....
- August 18 Absolutely Beautiful Weather To Continue In The High Country.....Some Thunder Possible Next Week.....
- August 16 Warmer Weather On The Way......Possible Thunder by Early Next Week
- August 10 Nice Weather is expected Today Saturday Then Breezy and Eventually Cooler Weather Sunday and Monday......Warmer Weather Expected Next Midweek....
- August 6 Fair weather to continue for the High Country with a little warmer days....Some afternoon Cu possible next week...
- August 1 Dry Weather Returns To The High Country with Seasonal Temps.....Light Zephyr Breezes To Rule The Late Afternoons And Early Evening Hours.....
July 2011
- July 29 Monsoon II Update: Upper high now set up near the 4 corners area with good surge of monsoon moisture over SE Inyo County, moving NNW toward Mono County......
- July 25 Dry Conditions to continue throughout the Eastern Sierra through Thursday with seasonal temps......Monsoon Moisture expected to begin making its way into the high country by about Saturday....
- July 19 Will Upper Level Trofing Finish Off The Month of July?......Heat In the Mid West and Troffing In The Far West All Part Of The Same Pattern.....
- July 15 Temperatures should bottom today Friday then warming to near normal early next week....the period Saturday through Wednesday will be dry.
- July 12 Cooler Breezy Weather The Word as Longer Range Models See-Saw About When Monsoon II Returns.....
- July 9 Drier Airmass Ends Thunderstorms Threat For The High Country....Seasonal Temps This Weekend Then Cooler Next Week
- July 8 Monsoon Moisture pretty much flushed out now as thunderstorm threat in slight chance catogory.....Expect dry & breezier weather next week with cooler then normal temps......
- July 6 Thunderstorm Activity is Expected to Peak Today in the High County.....Warm Dry Weather this Weekend and Beyond......
- July 5 Monsoon Moisture will continue to surge northwestward today....better chances for rain today and especially Wednesday....Dryer weather by weekend....
- July 2 Minor Gulf of California Surge Developing Sunday Pm into Tuesday adding to 1st Monsoon surge this year....
- July 1 Above Normal Temperatures Arrive In Eastern California Today With A Chance Of Thunder By Sunday.....Mammoth is set for its first string of 80+ degree days beginning today!
June 2011
- June 29 4 to 6 Inches of Fresh Powder Today Above 10,000 feet.....Top to Open Thursday!
- June 26 Warmer the next two days then breezy and cooler Wednesday, as cold core low moves through northern and Central Ca...Still looking for toasty holiday weekend....
- June 24 Upper Level Block Over NW Territories Has Forced Upper Jet South.....Resulting In Cooler Temps For The High Country Through Wednesday...Warmer Weather is Expected For The Holiday Weekend....Monsoon Moisture Lurking To The South Over The Holiday
- June 20 Summer Solstice To Arrive With A Bang....Hot Temps Throughout Eastern Ca.....Some Cooling Expected By The Weekend.....
- June 19 Cooler Father's Day With Resort Temps in the Low 60s......Big Warm-Up Underway Monday!
- June 17 Nice Pleasent Weekend Shaping Up With Slightly Below Normal Temps.......Big Warm Up 1st Half Of Next Week Followed By Cooler Weekend
- June 15 Heat To Peak Today...Then Breezy and Cooler Thursday Into Friday...Expect a Fair and Dry Weekend With Seasonal Temps.....A Warm Up Is Expected Early Next Week
- June 13 A Taste Of Summer By Mid Week!......Then Cooler over the Weekend as Trofing Returns.....
- June 8 There is No Denying it......70s On The Way For The High County Next Week!
- June 7 Temperatures to gradually recover this week with some risk of afternoon showers....Above normal temps to arrive late next week?
- June 6 Mammoth Mt. Reporting 3 to 6 Inches Of New Past 24 Hours.... Scattered Showers Expected The Next Couple Of Days.....
- June 5 Stationary Upper Low Getting Ready To Make Its Move East....Get Ready For Some Serious WX...Late Today/Tonight!
- June 3 Tricky Forecast This Weekend As Upper Low Stalls And Wobbles Offshore
- June 2 Brief update this Morning......It will be cold with highs near 40 at resort levels today.....New guidence showing next WX maker center....coming into California early Monday AM....
- June 1 The updated outlook consedes that the train of closed lows will continue at least another week....possibly two
May 2011
- May 29 5 inches of new fell on Mammoth Mt over night.....expect snow showers today
- May 28 Chilly Unsetteled Weather Today With Strong Winds and Snow By Midnight The Highlights....
- May 27 4:00 PM Update Indecates Developing Active Front With Better Snow Fall Potential
- May 24 High Latitude Blocking Over The NW Territories Combined with Long Wave Ridging North Of Hawaii Will Keep The Upper Jet Suppressed Into Northern Ca In The Mean
- May 18 Another 8.5 inches fell upon Mammoth Mt over night.....Snow showers possible today with highs in the 30s.....Warmest day this week to be Friday with a chance of showers returning this weekend......Models beginning to trend milder by Holiday Weekend?
- May 17 Snow developing later this evening with heavy snow after midnight...another foot possible over the crest by Wednesday pm.....Break Thursday and Friday then more unsettled weather this weekend.....
- May 12 Persistant long wave trof over the Eastern Pacific to give long stretch of unsettled weather beginning Saturday through middle of next week
- May 10 Nice break again Mid Week to be followed by more unsettled weather this weekend...The enhanced phase of MJO maybe at work....
April 2011
- April 29 Chilly Weekend to be Followed by Above Normal Temps Next Week......Models Not In Agreement Beyond Next Friday.....
- April 27 Do Big Sierra Winters End Abruptly?......or do they just fade away........
- April 26 Last Cold Front of April to Move Through Early Friday Morning...Strong Gusty Winds Thursday Afternoon w/Slight chance of showers Thursday Night......Fishing Opener Forecast Thursday AM.
- April 24 Dreaded Northwest Upper Jet Headed into Northern Ca Tonight......High Wind Watch in Effect for Monday......Showers to continue through Monday Ngt
- April 21 More Snowfall on Mammoth Mountain with over a 1/2 Foot on the ground of New......WX to remain unsettled this week....
- April 19 Zonal Flow Across The Pacific.....Unsettled WX to continue next 5 days.....
- April 18 Active Pattern To Continue Most Of The Week......Cooler then normal temps and periods of light snow over the highest elevations, on and off
- April 16 Zonal flow pattern in the 3 to 5 day means to bring periods of unsettled WX to the Eastern Sierra next week.....Monday looks wet with over 6 inches of new snow possible over the crest by evening.....
- April 14 Not so Fab weekend coming up with more upper elevation wind than earlier throught.....Northwest flow aloft with embeded impulses to plague Mammoth for the forseeable future....
- April 12 Weather to become windy, cooler and unsettleled Wednesday with snow showers...Fab Weekend coming up with warmer then normal temps.....
- April 10 Sunny Skies for the Eastern Sierra with a short wave ridge over head......It's offical, 606.5 inches for new benchmark and 41 year snowfall record.....4th wettest year since 1970!
- April 8 Mid level and upper low stacked very near Mammoth this morning.....snow showers should increase as low drifts south today.....PC-Milder WX Sunday....
- April 7 Snow Continues to Fall in the Mammoth High Country.....a foot of new in the Village at 10:00am......Ski Patrol 600 inch benchmark likely achieved.....
- April 5 Models trending a bit wetter today for the early Thursday Am storm......600 inch, 41 year record getting closer!
- April 5 Active pattern returns Wednesday Night into Friday as nose of 130knot jet moves into Central Ca Wednesday PM....Snowfall to increase after midnight Wednesday
- April 4 Winds on the increase again Tuesday into Thursday as several short waves head our way......More Snow On The Way!
March 2011
- March 27 Mammoth Mt Breaks 41 year snowfall record this weekend......Weather pattern to ridge up by midweek....winds to begin calming down by Tuesday.....Spring will be in the air this week.....
- March 26 Mammoth Mt Breaks All-Time 41 Record for snowfall at Patrol Site.....Ski Patrol indicates that at least 3 to 4 inches has fallen over night to cross that 2.5 remaining inch record......Still well over a foot needed for 600 inch mark...
- March 25 Mammoth Mountain 3 inches from all time record....Patrol says 576 inches on plot!
- March 24 Last in the series of powerhouse systems to move into the Sierra this afternoon followed by a moderate system Saturday PM and a small system Sunday PM.....pattern to become dryer next week and warmer into April
- March 23 New series of storms to push snowfall seasonal totals toward 600 inches......1st in series in progress!
- March 22 Mammoth Mt exceeds 500 inches....next target, the notorious 600 inch winter!
- March 20 Full On Dump In Process In Mammoth....up to 3 feet already over the Crest and up to another 3 expected by Monday......Mammoth Mt closing in on a 500+ inch winter!!!
- March 19 New Storm to Wallop the Southern and Central Sierra Late tonight and especially Sun/Ngt!
- March 18 Series of Storms Headed for the High Country......Mini Bomb to Spin up Saturday PM
- March 17 Up to a foot of fresh snow fell on Mammoth Mt yesterday with 6 inches at the village......enjoy the break today...before another system moves in Friday afternoon
- March 16 Moderate snow falling in Mammoth Lakes at the Moment......up to 6 or 7 inches in town and up to a foot over the upper elevations......
- March 15 "Series of storms to ride upper jet into California through much of next week"
- March 14 Couple of inches of new snow fell over Mammoth Mtn Last night with a inch or so in town.....upper jet still to the north of us and is where the most activity is.....amplifacation over the central pacific to push upper jet into Central Ca by Wednesday with larger storm possible for weekend
- March 12 Little Change in the pattern through Tuesday....Then long awaited southward shift in the upper jet begins about mid-week.....
- March 8 Storm Track Takes a Hike To The North For A While With Mainly Dry Breezy WX Fronts To Deal With....Some Snow Showers Possible This Weekend
- March 4 Fair today with light winds...next round of warm air advection snowfall into the high county late Saturday night....
- March 3 MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN PICKED UP ANOTHER 12 TO 18 INCHES STORM TOTAL......NEXT SYSTEM LATE IN THE WEEKEND LOOKS SIMULAR IN STYLE ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE A BETTER PRECIP PRODUCER.....UPDATED TIMING VIA HOVMOLLER
- March 2 Mammoth Mountain Reports 4 to 6 inches this morning with another foot forcasted by Thursday.....An Active pattern is likely to continue for the next week or two...
February 2011
- February 28 Snowfall Amounts Bumped Up A bit For Wednesday/Thursday
- February 27 Chilly Morning With Low Temps As Low As -14 This AM.....Milder Weather Ahead with Light Snowfall Possible Wednesday.....
- February 26 Mammoth Mt Picked up 3 to over 4 feet of powder, Storm Total....Snow Showers Today.....Next Storm Mid Week
- February 25 Arctic Air Continues to Plunge/Modify down the West Coast....While Heavy Snows Pound the Central Sierra
- February 25 Heavy Snows Pound The Eastern Sierra with 2.5 to 4.5 feet expected over all....Snow Machine just getting started with Miracle March a Possibility
- February 23 Arctic Born Storm to test forecasters abilities along the coastal sections of the Bay Area northward as Snow Levels may drop below 1000 feet Friday.....Up in the Sierra, this will be a powder event with very cold temps Friday night into Saturday.
- February 21 Increasing Clouds Today....Snowshowers Possible Late Today and Tonight.....Champagne Power Alert For Next Weekend!
- February 20 Blue Bird Morning in Progress....Storm Total On Mammoth Mt 5.5 to 7.5 Feet!.....Over 3 Feet in Town
- February 18 21 inches at the Village at Mammoth and Counting.....
- February 17 Thursday Afternoon Update>>>>
- February 16 Mammoth Lakes Expeciencing Heavy Snowfall This Morning....The Focus Now Moves On To The Next Storm.......
- February 15 1st Major System Moving In After Midnight with 2 to 3 Feet Expected By Thursday AM On Mammoth Mountain.....Next System Looking Interesting For Friday/Night
- February 14 Champagne Powder Alert....Weather Change To Bring Greatest Snow On Earth To Mammoth Mt.
- February 13 Main focus for the short term is on the winds the next few days...then heavy snow on Wednesday/Ngt
- February 12 Upper level winds on the increase this morning as short wave passes to the north......warmer today with increasing high level moisture Sunday afternoon
- February 11 Last really mellow day today then winds on the increase as well as temps this weekend.....Storm/Timing still good for next week!
- February 9 Cold inside slider brought some light upslope last night.....Light Mono Lake effect probably helped......Nice weekend shaping up with light winds followed by Storm Tuesday
- February 4 Ensemble members rapidly increasing trend toward wet pattern for California by Mid Month...Subtropical tap/connection very possible with set up....
- February 3 Moderating temps over the weekend......Continued dry through the middle of next week....Pattern Change Still Looks Good
- February 2 Burr! The Chill Is On....Mammoth Marmot Says 6 More Weeks Of Winter!
January 2011
- January 30 Storm Total up to 15 inches on Mammoth Mt!
- January 30 Snowfall on the Mountain Up To 9 inches at the Main Lodge....6 Inches Near The Village....More inThe Way....
- January 30 9 inches of fresh powder at the Main Lodge at 9:30am
- January 29 SMALL LITTLE SYSTEM TO BRING LIGHT AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL TO MAMMOTH SUNDAY.....WESTERN EDGE OF ARCTIC AIR MASS INVADES EASTERN CA TUESDAY.....MODELS STILL HINTING AT LARGE SCALE CHANGES 2ND WEEK OF FEBRUARY
- January 28 Weak Little Upper Low Getting Nice Kick From Upstream System Near Dateline....Longer Range Models Are Suggesting Change!
- January 27 East Coast Storm to Move Off Shore Opening Up The Wave Length A Bit....Snow Showers Possible Sunday.....Retrogression Now In The Cards.....
- January 26 No Change In The Current +Phase PNA Pattern Across The Western Hemisphere....Small Feature May Give The Sierra Some Snow Showers Weeks End
- January 24 Hemispheric Pattern To Remain Very Stable 4 Wave....No Significant Change This Week
- January 21 One more Great Basin slider before upper ridge moves into California Tuesday for above normal temps and very light winds.....temperature inversions will rule by mid week......MJO is at peak now in the favorable teleconnecting area....models hinting change....
- January 20 Cooler today with decreasing winds over the crest.....milder Friday then next inter mountain slider Saturday to bring more upper elevation wind and cooling....The strong MJO no help in changing current pattern so far....
- January 18 Dry Dry As Far As The Eye Can See...PNA Pattern Likely To Rule The Western Hemisphere The Next 1 To 2 Weeks! (Wednesday AM MJO Update)
- January 17 High temperature records fall in big numbers......MJO Update
- January 17 Another Fair Week Ahead With Cooler Weather By Mid-Week Again.....MJO On The Move As Well
- January 15 Continued Breezy Over the Crest Through Monday......Cooler By Wednesday.....MJO Stalls over the Maritime Continent
- January 14 JANUARY THAW CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AND POSSIBLY TUESDAY......CHILLY INSIDE SLIDER STILL IN THE CARDS FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK....UPPER LEVEL WEST COAST RIDGE TO BREAK DOWN THE 2ND HALF OF NEXT WEEK
- January 12 Warmer, Milder Weather On The Way.....MJO Still Rising!
- January 11 Looks Like A Week Of Nuisance Weather...Then MJO rising next week.....possible stormy period the end of January into the first week of February.
- January 9 Cooler Weather and Quite Breezy Over The Upper Elevations Sunday
- January 8 High Cloudiness Invades Mammoth This Afternoon With Dry Cold Front On The Way.....Warm Advection Snowfall Still On The Way For Tuesday And Beyond.....
- January 7 Northwest Slider To Bring Cooler Air To Mammoth By Sunday....Some Light Snow Possible Tuesday Into Thursday...Then January Thaw A Possibility Thereafter.....
- January 5 Mid Latitude System Lurking Toward The Middle of Next Week!
- January 4 High Pressure Aloft Builds Into The Golden State For Some Spectacular Weather....Warmer Temps On The Way..then Breezy and Cooler Saturday and Sunday!
- January 3 2nd Half Of Snow Forecast Busted For The High Country....Nice Break In The Weather Coming Up Beginning Tuesday
- January 2 Some Changes In The Longer Range Charts Today
- January 2 Another Winter Storm Warning Hoisted For Our Region.....This Time For The Owens Valley Too!
- January 1 Happy New Year....and it is Snowing Again in Mammoth!
December 2010
- December 31 The Dweebs Will Be Ringing In The New Year!
- December 30 It's Official December is the wettest month of all since 1970
- December 29 Its Official......Wettest December On Mammoth Mt On Record!
- December 27 More Snow On The Way For Mammoth!
- December 26 Building Upper Ridge Over The Eastern Pacific Spells Cooler Weather This Weeks Second Half....More Snow On The Way!
- December 25 Splitting System To Bring Quick Shot Of Snow Tonight....Then Showers In The Morning....
- December 24 Christmas Day Eve Storm to bring a good chance of "Light Snow" for the Town Saturday Night-Sunday AM
- December 23 Blue Bird Morning.....Watch out for Ice Falling From The Trees The Next Few Days!
- December 22 A Mammoth Power Outrage!! Edision, Bury Your High Voltage Power Lines!
- December 21 Wet Pattern Winding Down Over The Eastern Sierra With Only A Few Small Storms To Deal With....
- December 19 Sunday 1:00pm Hydrology Summary.....24 Hour period.....
- December 19 Another Major Surge of Moisture into Mammoth today then Hose to Shift South into Southern Ca Monday into Wednesday.....more snow for Mammoth through Mid Week
- December 18 Snowfall Rates To Increase Again tonight! The Night of Lights should be Spectactular!
- December 17 Snow Now Falling In Mammoth
- December 16 Mammoth Readies Itself For A "Mammoth" series of Storms!
- December 15 Very wet system headed into the sierra Friday night and should continue through early Sunday am
- December 14 Pattern change underway with first system to bring light to moderate amounts to the high country tonight.....then major storm for the weekend into next week!
- December 13 First system in the series to move through Mammoth Tuesday/Night....Followed by wet snowy weekend
- December 11 Fab Weekend Followed By Fab Snowfall Later In The Week
- December 9 Moisture Fetch To Lift North With The Upper Jet Friday Night.....Very Nice Weekend Ahead!
- December 8 More Nuisance Weather On The Way This Week....Leading To A Fair Mild Weekend
- December 7 Western Pacific Jet May Come To Our Rescue....Next Week
- December 6 No Doubt About It....Major Blocking Has Developed Near The Dateline And Northern Atlantic.....Subtropical Ridge To Keep Most Storms Well To Our North
- December 5 Snowfall To Become Moderate Tonight.....10 to 15 inches over Mammoth Mt. by Sunrise Monday
- December 4 12z Saturday GFS Model coming in a bit dryer this morning.....
- December 3 Unsettled weather to continue with a good shot of fresh snow Sunday night into Monday AM....upper elevations (9000+)could receive between 15 and 20 inches
- December 2 Weather to remain unsetteled through the weekend....."Wind Advisories" Hoisted for today
- December 1 Neusence weather pattern through weekend to bring snow light snow or snow showers to the high country
November 2010
- November 30 Pattern change to bring milder temps along with over running clouds...some light snowfall possible toward weeks end
- November 29 Short Wave Ridging To Bring Welcome Warming This Week.....Then A Chance Of Light Snow By The Weekend
- November 27 Snowy Saturday......Clearing Then Cold Tonight!
- November 26 New System To Move Into The Sierra Saturday.....Then Fair and Cold Sunday
- November 25 Happy Thanksgiving from the Dweebs!!
- November 24 Sunny, Cold and Breezy Today.....Warmer Temps Thursday and Friday
- November 23 Cold and Snowy The Rest Of The Day...Then Clearing Tonight and Fair For The ThanksGiving Holiday
- November 22 Its Cold! The Snow Is Deep.....And Another 1 to 2 feet Is On The Way!
- November 21 Steady Heavy Snowfall Has Turned To Showers Now As Long Wave Shifts Into The Great Basin
- November 20 A break in the action today then snow becoming heavy again over night into Sunday AM
- November 19 Getting Ready for a Mammoth Blizzard!!
- November 17 Updated snowfall QPF and Snowfall For Weekend Storm
- November 17 Last Mellow Day Today...Then Winds On the Increase Tonight....Storm May Now Linger Into Tuesday
- November 16 Another two days of mild weather then winds on the increase Thursday leading to cold snowy weekend
- November 14 Mammoth to enjoy highs in the 50s the next 5 days, before 1st major storm makes its way into the sierra Friday
- November 13 Fair Dry Weather Expected Through Wednesday With Warmer Temps.....Gusty Winds Over The Crest Will Continue.....Storm Still Lurking For Next Weekend
- November 12 SOME WARMING THIS WEEKEND.....THEN STRONG GUSTY NE WINDS TO RAKE THE CREST.....RETROGRESSION OF THE EASTERN PACIFIC HIGH STILL IN THE CARDS FOR LATER NEXT WEEK
- November 11 GUSTY WINDS OVER THE CREST TODAY...CHILLY WEATHER WILL MODERATE OVER THE WEEKEND....FAIR WEATHER IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY...THEN RETROGRESSION OF THE LONG WAVE PATTERN THE 2ND HALF OF NEXT WEEK
- November 10 Cold inside slider pattern brings chill to the sierra
- November 9 INSIDE SLIDER TO BRING SNOWSHOWERS WEDNESDAY AND COLDER TEMPS
- November 8 STORM SYSTEM LEFT MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL IN MAMMOTH
- November 7 Winter Weather Advisories Hoisted for this Afternoon
- November 6 Up to 15 inches possible over the upper mountain by Monday AM
- November 5 Getting Down To Business
- November 3 Heat wave for two more days
- November 1 Recap and the winter outlook
October 2010
- October 28 Quick update
- October 27 Snow wagon coming?
- October 26 A storm cleanup day
- October 25 Storm door remains open
- October 25 Storm Report - Oct. 25
- October 24 Wet Sunday
- October 23 Sunday will be wet
- October 22 Wet system inbound
- October 21 The cake is still in the oven
- October 20 System will be unimpressive in Mammoth
- October 19 Mid October overview
- October 8 Quiet weather week ahead
- October 6 Blue bird on Friday
- October 5 Storm report
- October 4 Rain and the outlook
- October 3 Sunday update
- October 2 Moisture arriving
- October 1 Looking ahead
