[hwy19man]

Originally Posted by cmyden

Anyone have an opinion on the best snow forecasting websites?

There seems to be some discrepancy...

Would love to know if any of them actually have a decent track record of predicting snowfall 3-4 days in advance.

Originally Posted by kevman

I go here (http://snow-reports.ca/weather/forecast) to get an idea of what kind of precipitation is around the corner.

I haven't heard of some of those sites but a lot of their "models" are based off of publicly available data and then interpolated. In other words, environment Canada releases a 15km forecast grid for upcoming precipitation every day. A site like snow-forecast uses their "model" to interpret how much snow will fall at a given point and then apply elevation factors for temp and accumulation. In theory it's great but it doesn't take into account wind and localized things like temperature inversion. Snow-reports.ca uses the same grid to publish their maps and instead of using some bogus formula to tell you how much snow is going to fall it provides you with a general sense of where and when the snow is falling. Then you use your own local mountain knowledge to take a guess at where you should go.

I prefer the snow-forecast website but after reading kevman's post, I will be checking out the snow-reports site.