Kayla

First day above freezing here since the 22nd. Currently 36F. Models are definitely looking a bit more promising for the week of Jan 7th-15th. At this point though I really don't care if we get some Arctic air or not, we just really need some snow in the area.

What about me...?

Had a bit of break in the snow mid day here but it has picked up again with great dendrite growth. Overachieving storm, especially in town. About 6-7" in town and still coming down. Currently 23F. Merry Christmas!

Kind of the dream (unrealistic?) scenario... Arctic air pushing in along with the southern energy. Playing with fire.

12z GFS is continuing the idea of high latitude blocking in the long term and the first push of Arctic air into into the lower 48 this season. Question is, does the southern energy stay backed off?

Really nice dump in town as well and still coming down! https://www.americanbankmontana.com/bozeman-webcam

Finally!! About 4-5" so far and still coming down heavily! Currently 26F.

It's looking pretty likely at this point that we'll avoid our first brown Christmas here in 43 years. Should see 3-6" of snow by tomorrow morning. Will be nice to see things white again. Praise baby Jesus!!

I'm not sure if I spent more than a couple minutes outside that day to snap a couple pictures. Life threatening type of cold. Warm enough for a nice run/hike here today, should be pushing 50º so about 75 degrees warmer today than this time last year!

One year ago today. I miss snow.

-24F / -45F day one year ago today at BZN. Good enough for a -54 departure. Absolute Insanity. We sit elevated from the valley floor but still pulled off a -17F / -40F day.

Yep...only 6 months away!!

Pretty wild that last years blast produced a -20F / -39F day in Bozeman. Good enough for a -29.5F mean temp. Coldest day on record by a whole 2 degrees. I'm still struggling to wrap my head around that. Something that even 1983, 1989 couldn't pull off. Of course the duration of 1983 was next level.

So green!

Bozeman saw another 57" of snowfall Jan-Mar of this year. My backyard saw 87" in that same period. 2022 was the third snowiest year on record for Bozeman with 146" of snowfall in the city. 2023 should end up with about 80". 30 year snowfall average is up to 95" now.

I think that's what is pretty remarkable about this season so far. Seeing both Northwest AND California mountain regions doing so poorly. Only saving grace for the west coast is that they've seen plenty of rainfall with more to come. Interior regions not so much!

Going to take a Christmas miracle to avoid seeing the least snowiest Nov-Dec on record here. Bozeman has only seen a whopping 2.2" snowfall (with 0.71" of precip) since Nov 1st. Just last year we had 54" in the same period. All-time record warm December also looks to be a lock along with the Nov-Dec period. I knew this winter was going to be bad but this has been downright ugly. We'll be right back into a severe drought soon if things do not turn around soon.

Really sorry to hear. So great to hear that you are holding those memories close to you and that you can share that same love and kindness with your own children this holiday season.

Yeah the data I referenced was from FCA. Even I have forgotten just how bad 2018-20 was in December. If it weren't for February/March 2019 it would have been a pretty brutal stretch. It's definitely rare, hopefully the Saturday system saves us!

Sorry to hear about your pup Tim. It's always so hard losing a pet that becomes part of the family but it sounds like he had an incredible life.

Snowless Christmas is not quite as uncommon as you might think in Whitefish. 2020, 2019, 2018 all saw an inch or less of snow on the ground on Christmas day. 2019 was completely snowless. It's a lot more uncommon in Bozeman, its been 43 years since the last snowless Christmas. The little system moving in this weekend might save us from our first brown Christmas in Bozeman since 1980 (2004 came very close to being snowless as well).

I'm referring to that precip in WV looks upslope induced to me. Obviously you're getting downslope'd but without the Appalachians that area would also see a whole lot less precipitation develop was my point.

Without them you wouldn't see upslope induced precipitation either.

At least it shows some actual precipitation for here on the 23rd. Been incredibly hard to come by since late October.

Ha yeah...sorry I meant 1980-81. That late Dec 1983 airmass was a beast!