Winter Forecast – No Record Snow

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration came out yesterday with their winter 2018 long range forecast which calls for warmer-than-normal conditions across much of the northern and western United States through February. Additionally, says Tim Troutman of the National Weather Service Riverton office, snowfall will likely be slightly less than average. However, Troutman quickly adds since Jackson Hole is on the line between average and below average predicted areas, conditions may not be all that dry.
Troutman says the forecast is based upon an El Niño that has been setting up in the eastern Pacific.
Still, if storms do track into our area and bring more nearly normal snowfalls, Troutman says it is not likely we will see the kind of winter we saw when we received large amounts of snow a couple years ago.
 

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