There are several historic long range weather forecasts that have been issued for hundreds of years using folksy variables to come up with predictions that are as reliable as depending on groundhog gazing at its shadow but when it comes to skiers looking for no nonsense analysis of the of the cold hards, we rely on the skiing weatherman Chris Tomer.
Tomer’s career in mountain meteorology consulting spans 20 years and his expertise has been relied on by professional expeditions to world’s highest peaks including all 14 of the 8,000 meter peaks in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges. When Chris isn’t crunching the numbers, you can find him recreating in the mountains because he is also a passionate skier and climber.
In the following video Chris issues his expectations for Winter 2024-2025. Taking into account the jet stream setup, Northwest flow setup, La Nina effect, and sea surface temps Chris delivers and overall snow forecast for West, Canada, and Northeast.
ABOUT CHRIS TOMER:
Meteorologist Chris Tomer forecasts weather for KDVR FOX-31 and KWGN Channel 2 in Denver. You can watch Tomer Monday-Friday on Channel 2’s “Great Day Colorado” Lifestyle show 9-10am. Prior, Chris was on Channel 2’s Daybreak morning show for over 12 years.
Tomer earned a B.S. in Meteorology from Valparaiso University graduating with Honors – where he also played basketball. Tomer minored in mathematics and broadcasting.
Tomer is a fully certified meteorologist having earned the CBM and NWA Seal’s of Approval. Tomer also serves on the NWA panel of Television Seal evaluators. Chris has specialized knowledge of Mountain Meteorology.
Tomer is also a private consulting meteorologist specializing in mountain weather forecasting. His professional consulting work spans 20 years and includes working with over 250 clients climbing and skiing peaks around the world with a high success rate. His services are available for hire.
Tomer works for climbers and skiers attempting speed records, FKTs, people climbing their first big peak, and seasoned professionals climbing to new heights. Some of the jobs include all the 8000m peaks, Snow Leopard Peaks, Denali, Cassin Ridge, Aconcagua, Point 11,300 Alaska, Moose’s Tooth, Mount Hunter, Mount Alberta, and Devil’s Thumb.
Tomer provided weather forecasts to Mingma G and Team during their first-ever Winter summit of K2 in 2020.
