Snow Forecast
6 Day Snow Forecast for the Resorts (AJAX, Highlands, Snowmass, Buttermilk) ”A Trace equals a Dusting to a Half Inch.”
Today (2/22) - 0″.
Late Tonight into Thursday (2/22 – 2/23) – 5 to 7″ Resorts, 2 to 4″ Downtown Aspen/Snowmass Village, 1 to 3″ Downvalley.
Friday (2/24) – 0″.
Saturday (2/25) - 0″. Dry during the day.
Saturday Night into Sunday (2/25 – 2/26) - 5-7″.
Monday (2/27) - 1-3″. Lots of uncertainty this far out!!
I have some good news…I can only hope the extended guidance is even somewhat close. It appears some major payback could be coming!! I will keep an eye on it!!
32 comments
tony welgos says:
November 30, 2011 at 1:30 am (UTC 0 )
I will keep track of your predicitions and see how good you guys are. I wiil believe in you on what I see. I think that is a fair way to judge your work. Tony
By the way, I try to tell all people that I know about your web site. I have a good feeling about this, please don’t let me down.
aspenweather says:
November 30, 2011 at 1:39 am (UTC 0 )
Thanks T,
A lot folks are doing the same thing and thankfully they have been pleasantly surprised!! I appreciate your word of mouth my friend.
Cory
aspenweather says:
November 30, 2011 at 4:32 am (UTC 0 )
You won’t be disappointed !! Keep checking in!
Brad Krevoy says:
December 2, 2011 at 12:13 pm (UTC 0 )
Good luck you guys with the new website. I check it every day from Los Angeles, and I might suggest you update daily before you leave work for the day at 6 pm. The other suggestion is you consider a wind report for the airport to increase your popularity for travelers into and out of Aspen, which will increase your advertising from aiport vendors like airlines, taxe and car services, etc. Further, you should have a web sites to link into of Aspen and the surrounding areas. There currently are 3 — for you to link to (aspen ski corp official one, aspen square and a travel site).. And I have a private web cam looking at Ajax from the top of the Isis Movie Theater where I live, and I know of a few more private ones. You should also make a daily deal with the Aspen Ski Corp (I can intro you to the CEO if you dont know him), Aspen Plum and KSPN and other radio stations to increase your revenue.
Good luck, as you guys have a great chance to make this work.
Best Brad Krevoy 310 721 7677 cell
aspenweather says:
December 3, 2011 at 4:19 pm (UTC 0 )
Thanks a lot brad we really appreciate the help! Cory will be sending you an in depth email this weekend to pass along to the CEO of ski co! We can also provide temperature forecasts for snowmaking as well. That’s key for how much personnel ski co needs certain nights so on and so fourth!! Thanks again and look forward to meeting with you and ski co soon!!! Ryan boudreau
John Young says:
December 2, 2011 at 10:27 pm (UTC 0 )
Outstanding work Cory and Ryan! Every ski town needs a site like this! It is such a privilege to have dedicated weather professionals who understand the local conditions. I hope this ends up being the go-to website for everyone in the valley. I lived in Mammoth for 3 years and the comparable site there is http://www.mammothweather.com. All the locals swore by it.
Webcams are a great idea as is all the other things Brad mentioned but I’m sure with your backgrounds you’re already tapped into them.
Thank you for the hard work!!
aspenweather says:
December 3, 2011 at 4:09 pm (UTC 0 )
Thank you John for the warm comment. We live in such a micro climate and being able to predict it correct most of the time is certainly a challege .thanks for the love brother and keep checking in with us!
Scotty "T" says:
December 9, 2011 at 4:40 pm (UTC 0 )
I’ve been coming to Aspen since my Dad first brought me here at age 12, the last year they ran the single chair at Ajax. I’ll never stop coming back.
You guys are doing amazing work. Taking the micro-approach to forecasting is so cool. It is perfect for Aspen.
Thank you VERY much.
See you on the next powder day…I’m hoping next Friday or Saturday!
T
aspenweather says:
December 9, 2011 at 6:03 pm (UTC 0 )
Scotty “T” ,
Thank you for the nice comments my friend. Whats funny about Aspen is the locals are not turned off in the least by a little detail. I can use big weather words every now and then and they grasp the concept perfectly. I have been here 6 or 7 years now and this is a very smart weather crowd who gets it!!!!
We will keep doing our thing and hopefully find some cash so I can stay glued to the computer and make sure we are on the dot!!! Chances for snow are looking better toward the middle and end of next week as it cant stay dry forever.
C ya
Cory
Digger says:
December 17, 2011 at 1:18 am (UTC 0 )
Do not dispair. I realize that everyone expects you to forecast deep pow days every day, but we all really want accurate unbiased forecasts that we can rely on. This is true even if we don’t want to hear bad news. Keep it honest and accurate and I for one will promo your folks all the way! Biking may be most excellent in Fruita as a alterrnative! SkiCo is only one option of many!
Cary says:
December 21, 2011 at 8:38 pm (UTC 0 )
Thanks for this site. Please explain why an easterly wind precludes snowfall.
Thanks
aspenweather says:
December 21, 2011 at 10:21 pm (UTC 0 )
An east wind blows from the continental divide toward Aspen. As that wind travels over the high peaks of the divide is has to blow down the mountain ranges of the divide before it gets here. Its called a downslope wind. In the atmosphere, a wind that blows down a mountain range goes through compression. When air goes through compression it warms up and dries out. The fact that it dries out acts to evaporate radar echos and clouds on this side of the divide. The stronger the downslope wind the more the air dries out. An east wind is by far our worst wind. A west wind is just the opposite for Aspen. It is forced to ascend as it gets here from out west as the terrain acquires elevation.
Hope that helps…Always remember for us that east is least and west is best.
Cory
Chris says:
December 25, 2011 at 12:44 am (UTC 0 )
It would be great if you could create a section on your website with historical snowfall numbers by month (maybe 5 years back), as well as year-to-date precip compared to prior years. This would help put things in perspective, especially for times like now when it seems really dry, but in fact relative to the past couple years we’re average/normal/below/etc.
Thanks
Cary says:
December 27, 2011 at 12:24 am (UTC 0 )
Thanks for your response regarding east winds.
Does the compressed, dry, downslope east wind mix with the moist air and dehydrate it – or does the east wind have a mass effect that physically pushes the moist clouds away?
aspenweather says:
December 27, 2011 at 2:48 am (UTC 0 )
Since the air is drying because of compression…The clouds are actually evaporating. The wind does not displace the clouds, it evaporates them instantaneously like a PACMAN man just eating them up.
John W says:
December 31, 2011 at 7:42 pm (UTC 0 )
If you guys don’t start forecasting some snow I am going to quit tracking your reports!!!!! Haha
Paul Aschkenasy says:
January 18, 2012 at 5:08 pm (UTC 0 )
Cory-
I have been following your site twice a day since I learned about it early December. I can’t rave about it enough to all my friends.
You picked a tough winter to go into business…hard to be be the bearer of bad news all the time! Keep your chin up, and keep at it.
Thanks for all of the hard work.
aspenweather says:
January 19, 2012 at 5:19 pm (UTC 0 )
Hey Paul, Thanks for the kind comments . I use to work for Brian Treadwell . I’m sure you were one of our houses I use to manage. How are things bud?? We launched the site 4 months ago and it’s growing rapidly . Couple thousand hits a day. Cory an I work 24-7 updating new information as it comes in. Keep in touch and I will let you know the date of are business launch party at the sky hotel sometime in february .
Gibby Forster says:
February 2, 2012 at 7:49 pm (UTC 0 )
I heard about your website from Tony W. I own a snowplow company and have been following your predictions the last few months.
The two of you have been extraordinary for predicting whats going to happen locally. I love the resort versus in town (Aspen / Snowmass) predictions which really helps my company tremendously. Cory you and Ryan have saved my sleep this winter by allowing a prediction one can trust. I was using the 3 traditional forecast sites that everyone uses in my business along with waking up every hour checking my web cams. Keep up the good work
G4STAR
Flipp2Hokie says:
February 8, 2012 at 1:51 am (UTC 0 )
Hello,
Just found your site on Google. I will be at Aspen Snowmass for my first time the weekend of Feb. 24th. Your long range projection sounds promising for the end of February. I keep checking back..
Mark
aspenweather says:
February 8, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC 0 )
Thanks mark for the love! You will be able to monitor the weather very soon real time from your computer. We have a hd streaming live webcam that will be up on the site soon from the private airport. There will be a yearly fee but well worth it my friend!
Sandie Ziebold says:
February 8, 2012 at 9:32 pm (UTC 0 )
My brother recommended I might like this website. He was totally right. This post actually made my day. You cann’t imagine just how much time I had spent for this information! Thanks!
jack Mack says:
February 10, 2012 at 5:56 am (UTC 0 )
Hi there,
I’ve been hooked on the site since i stumbled upon it several weeks ago. I certainly wish that some of your predictions did not come to realisation, (esp)ically the ones regarding the ‘lack of snowfall’…
We wil be flying from Sydney, Australia to LA and then on to aspen on the afternoon of the 16th Feb.. From you most recent posts it looks like we may be affected by the weather??
Would be great to keep us posted even though i’ll be refreshing the page morning and night.
Jack
P.s looks like it will be good timing snow wise.
aspenweather says:
February 10, 2012 at 9:20 am (UTC 0 )
Great timing snow wise as a decent amount will fall before you get here. Still looks rather snowy while you are here too!!
Cory
Mike says:
February 10, 2012 at 8:02 pm (UTC 0 )
I want to say thanks for providing this great website for free! I check it several times a day for the latest and greatest weather updates. It is helpful for us because we live down valley (above 7300’) but work in Aspen. It is nice to get a detailed weather forecast of both places to help us plan our commute for the day. Keep up the good work!
Digger says:
February 12, 2012 at 11:42 pm (UTC 0 )
What do you mean when you say 7″-10″ Resorts and then say 4-7″ Aspen/SMV. Isn’t Aspen/SMV the resorts?
aspenweather says:
February 13, 2012 at 12:55 am (UTC 0 )
Resorts are Snowmass, AJAX, Highlands, Buttermilk. Aspen/SMV is downtown Aspen and Snowmass Village. DV is downvalley.
aspenweather says:
February 13, 2012 at 1:28 am (UTC 0 )
Aspen means downtown 8,000ft SMV means Snowmass village 8500 ft
Neida says:
February 16, 2012 at 4:53 pm (UTC 0 )
Thx for spending some time to explain the terminlogy towards the newcomers!
James says:
February 20, 2012 at 3:02 pm (UTC 0 )
Great work on the site, truly valuable and accurate information. I will be in Aspen March 7-13. Do you think we will have better snow by then?
Gus Oliver says:
February 22, 2012 at 5:54 am (UTC 0 )
I am so stoked at how dead on you guys have been this season! Could you possibly start including snow accumulations similar to what Steamboat has had over the last 4 days?
Thanks guys
aspenweather says:
February 9, 2012 at 5:43 am (UTC 0 )
Hi Stuart,
I do a ton of private aviation forecasts and Ryan and I are used to giving out this information. Even if you are flying commercial just email me when you are thinking about coming and I will give you detailed info about the best time to arrive a few days in advance!!
Thanks for checking the site out
Cory