Cooling Trend, Mountain Snow

After yet another spring-like day, things are poised to slowly change as the week progresses. There are five storms lined up off the west coast that will be making landfall at a pace of about one per day, pushing abundant moisture into the southwest United States. The initial systems are expected to bring some much needed snow to the high country but only introduce clouds, cooler temps, and stray flurries to the eastern plains. By the end of the week and this weekend we could be talking about some snow here in town - but too much uncertainty remains to offer any clues on how much and when. At this point there is probably a better chance that system skips us to the west, north, then east than it actually bringing us some snow. But we shall see!
Here's a map from the Weather Channel showing abundant moisture being pushed into the southwest: