3/28/2010 Weather
Short term: We got some weather heading our way. The leading edge of a strong cold front is currently right on the western coast line. Light showers will continue today before the main push of moisture arrives tonight. Snow tomorrow.
Long-term: The northern jet stream will continue to drive a series of systems, with cooling temperatures, into the PNW through most of next week. Looks like a good week for powder skiing, or snowboarding if you are into that.
24 hour Forecast Starting at NOON on Sunday
Precipitation
“ Water: .75-1
“ of Snow: 7-12
Temperatures (F):
4000’ Low: 30 High: 40
5000’ Low: 28 High: 38
Winds speed/Direction
Pass level: 0-5 S
Ridge top: 5-10 SW gusty
TRENDS AND TIMING
Precipitation: Mixed snow and rain showers will continue today. The main push of moisture will arrive after 7pm tonight. Moderate to heavy rain/snow will fall through the night. Depending on the rain snow mix ratio we could have as little as 5” or as much as 10” on the ground by start of operations tomorrow. Tomorrow should be all snow and fairly heavy through the day.
Freezing levels: 5000-4000’ Freezing levels will hover +-4500’ until 4am tomorrow morning. Surface temperatures will bounce around before Freezing levels officially fall below pass level sometime tomorrow morning.
Winds: SW flow will continue through tomorrow. There is some potential for some high SW ridge top winds tomorrow morning. 50+ knot SW winds arer expected to hit the western slopes of the Cascades tomorrow. We are usually protected from these, but since they are so high, we could get some influence. JDM
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