Majority of Western United States with Record Low Snowpack: How it Affects Ski Resorts and What it Means For the Summer This winter has been historic in all the wrong ways for the West. October gave us hope with cold temperatures and early snowfall, but then it warmed up and dried out in November. December threw much of the region into monsoon season when the jet stream pushed warm South Pacific air and moisture into the Cascades and northern Rockies. Then […] Weather Alex Wadel | February 16, 2026 1 Comment