Time and Day: 1030 Wednesday
The
Snapshot: Partly cloudy today and tomorrow with dry conditions
prevailing in the mountains through Friday.
The
Science: After a few
more days of fairly benign weather, the polar jet is expected to take aim at the
PNW. This will open the door for a
strong frontal system with abundant moisture to track through the PNW over the
weekend.
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Long Range: As of now, this is how it is looking like it will
play out: Light rain reaching the
mountains late Friday afternoon with freezing levels around 5000’. Freezing levels drop to 4500’ on Saturday with
mixed snow and rain. A strong cold front arrives early Sunday morning with
heavy snow in the mountains possible.
Of course, this is still a few days out so I will be watching this closely
as the timing and details become more clear.
High pressure begins to rebuild on Monday for
another prolonged dry period to start the new month.
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Precipitation:
Water by 4am = 0 Snow equivalent =0
Total inches of water by noon tomorrow
= 0
Total inches of snow by noon tomorrow
= 0
Trends and Timing:
The atmosphere will remain dry through
Friday.
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Base Temp and Freezing levels:
Low: 30 High:
42
Trend and Timing:
Freezing levels will slowly rise
during the next 24hrs as the easterly flow gets overtaken by warmer western air. Daytime temperatures could touch 50f
tomorrow afternoon. Surface
temperatures will remain on the warm side through Friday.
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Winds:
Base: 0-10 E shifting W
Ridge Top: 5-10 E shifting W
Trend and Timing:
Winds will shift westerly tomorrow
night in preparation of the incoming system on Friday.
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