SPOT WEATHER FORECAST

11/24/2009 Weather Short term: Light rain with rising surface temperatures will continue today. Tomorrow will be a dry interim day before the next moves in late. Long-term: The next system will move in tomorrow night, bringing a period of rain through the night. A cold front moves in on Thursday changing the rain to snow. Snow should continue Friday with a drying trend for the start of the weekend. 24 hour forecast starting at noon on Tuesday Precipitation “ Water: lt .25 “ of Snow: 0 temperatures (F): 4000’ Low: 38 High: 44 5000’ Low: 36 High: 40 Winds speed/Direction Pass level: 0-5 SW Ridge top: 5-10 SW TRENDS AND TIMING Precipitation: Today’s light rain will slowly taper off over night. Tomorrow should be relatively dry with some sun breaks until after 4pm. The next frontal system will move over the Cascades tomorrow evening bringing light to moderate rain through the night. Freezing levels: Freezing levels will slowly rise through the day and peak around 8000’ by noon tomorrow. Freezing levels will then begin to fall but remain above pass level until sometime Thursday. Winds: Westerly flow will shift SW today. Light winds will remain out of the SW until Thursday. jdm