[shanecleveland]

I keep a close eye on snow forecasts for the Cascade mountains in Washington state as a skier and local to me near Seattle in the winter. I don't rely solely on consumer weather apps for detailed forecasts a few days out. But I have a few sources I find are very accurate.

Weather.gov is the best forecast in my experience.

And a local resource, who relies on forecasting data, is cliffmass.blogspot.com. He is a UW professor who breaks down the available models and offers a forecast of his own when there is the potential for lowland snowfall.

Both of these sources nailed the significant snow event we just had in western Washington.

Perhaps there is still just a disconnect between the simple, automated consumer forecasts and the actual prediction models that are available.