STEVENS PASS MOUNTAIN WEATHER

2/23/2012 Weather

General Discussion: Great skiing today. It will be a relatively quiet day with more moderate to heavy snow expected tomorrow afternoon.

Long-term: Moderate to heavy snow is expected to continue into Saturday with snow showers lingering into Sunday. Monday looks to be a dry interim day with another storm expected on Tuesday/Wednesday.

Note: I will be off until early next week and will not be writing forecast through that period. See: http://www.nwac.us/forecast/weather/current/
or http://www.atmos.washington.edu/data/disc_report.html


24 hour Forecast Starting at NOON on Thursday

Cumulative Precipitation Totals:
“water by midnight= .10
“of additional water by 4am=.10
“of additional water by 12pm= .10

24hr total “of water = +.25

24hr Snow Total= 2-4

Trend and Timing:
Light snow showers will continue for the next 24hrs. The leading edge of the next front is expected to hit the mountains sometime tomorrow afternoon or evening.

Base Area Temperatures (F):
Low: 24 High: 34
Freezing level: 2000’ 4000’

Trend and Timing:
Freezing levels will spike up to near 4000’ by noon or so tomorrow. Freezing levels will then fall back below pass level just after the sun goes down.

Winds Speed (mph)/Direction
0-5 W shifting E

Trend and Timing:
Light westerly flow will shift easterly tomorrow. Strong westerly flow is expected on Saturday.