Here on the first official day of astrological fall it’s time to look ahead at what the late fall and winter season forecasts hold (at this relatively early date) for the snowpack building season soon to start in earnest in the northern Rockies.
As we’ve been noting now for years (if not a decade and change), the forecast weather pattern for the northern Rockies appears to be overwhelmingly strongly correlated to the ENSO cycle (more below). Current data appears to suggest a La Nina pattern is setting up and will remain strongly in place until mid to late spring 21, which historically has meant colder and wetter weather is on tap for the northern Rockies, a nifty combination when the goal is laying in a bountiful snowpack to support stream flows in 2021.
Temperature Forecasts November 20 through April 21
Precipitation Forecasts November 20 through April 21
The Current ENSO Predictions (Mid-September 20)
For those who need to brush up on their understanding of the ENSO cycle, read Why Do We Care About El Nino and La Nina?
Here’s to a bountiful northern Rockies snow season…
