THE WEATHER

12/19/2007 Weather Discussion: A warm front quickly followed by a cold front will produce a good amount of snow today. A dry cooler air mass will usher in behind the cold front and begin to dry things out tomorrow. Long-term models show Thursday evening and Friday relatively dry. The jet will dip south once again on Saturday setting us up for the next storm cycle. Saturday’s storm currently has some strength to it with gale force winds hitting the coast from the south. Forecast from Wednesday 4pm to Thursday 4am Precipitation .5 in. Water 4-6 in. Snow Temperatures Low 24 High 32 Winds 5-15 SW Forecast for Thursday 4am to 4pm Precipitation .25 in. Water 2-4 in. Snow Temperatures Low 20 High 26 Winds 5-10 NW TRENDS AND TIMING Precipitation: Still expecting in the neighborhood of .75 - 1” of water between 4am and 4pm today. Snow should slowly convert to a showery pattern overnight and tomorrow. Precipitation should be done after 4pm tomorrow. Freezing levels: The warm front should be through the mountains by noon today. A cold front should quickly follow and thus see the temps drop over night. Freezing levels expected to lower below 2000’ by midday tomorrow. Winds: Strong frontal winds expected between fronts today. Could see ridge top SW/W winds of 40+ around noon today. The erratic winds should settle into a nice NW flow by midday tomorrow.