Jim Woodmencey

It was a little after 6 a.m. on July 1 when a thunderstorm perked up over the eastern Idaho and western Wyoming. This was a relatively small thunderstorm, more of

This year spring officially began on Monday, March 20, at 3:24 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time. That is known as the vernal equinox, or the start of our astronomical spring season,

In my last column, on April 5, I did a review of the extraordinarily cold and snowy winter we had here in Jackson. Within that review I suggested that because

Last Thursday, Dec. 21, was the winter solstice, the first day of the astronomical winter season here in the Northern Hemisphere. So far, our entrance into winter has not been

It has always amazed me how we all react to the weather this time of year. Right around the 1st of April, most of us have had enough of the

Before August had even ended, at least a half a dozen people had already asked me, “What’s the winter looking like, Woody?”

I’ve been calling it “The Fab Fall of 2024” after enjoying the exceptionally warm and dry weather throughout most of September and October. Now it’s time to focus on November

I spent last week in Alaska, while teaching a couple of weather courses in Juneau and Anchorage, I experienced the usual nasty weather one should expect when hanging out on

A couple of weeks ago in this column I talked about extreme weather events and how they are repeat offenders. Less than a week later, along came the first bomb

In this town, all it takes to get a skier or snowboarder excited is to hear the words “winter storm warning.” Because that means a big dump of snow is