Mammoth Mountain & Eastern Sierra Recreational Weather Forecast

11-15-21 @ 4:17 PM If you’re going to be out on the hill this week… expect clouds in the area from a low pressure system to our north into mid day Tuesday. Wednesday looks to be clear with pt cloudy skies on Thursday and Friday.

For Main Lodge highs will be in the mid to upper 40s into Thursday. Winds on Tuesday will be out of the southwest @ 10 mph to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

After light winds on Wednesday expect moderate gusts Thursday into Friday.

Night time lows this week look to offer up marginal snowmaking conditions, not as much cool air in the forecast now. Lows will be in the low to mid 30s with upper 20s to low 30s above 9500 feet.

For Mammoth Lakes highs this week will be in the low to mid 50s with the Bishop Area into the mid to upper 60s with lows in the 30s at night.

Snowmaking Forecast looks like the colder air we need has been pushed back until the end of the week. At that point snowmaking crews should be able to make snow during the overnight hours through the weekend. 

Weekend Outlook Highs will be coming down into the upper 30s to low 40s Friday into Sunday under mostly clear skies with light SW winds. 

Snowfall & Snowmaking Outlook After all the off and on action with snowfall and snowmaking the last 6 weeks the action has shut down.

As of today Monday, the best shot for some light snowfall and some really cold air on Mammoth Mountain looks to be possibly early/middle of next week.

Got to love snow farming, it’s so good when the harvest comes in. Can’t till the next dumper. Stay tuned for the next exciting update – Snowman

The GEFS brings some cold air and a light dusting of snow out in the outlook period of day 8 and 9.

Snowfall Outlook Image – Below we have the GFS with 3-6 inches in areas above 9000 feet next Tuesday into Wednesday. Confidence is zero this far out, but something to watch for the time being in the outlook.