0600 Saturday:
The Snapshot: 11” (according to the
telemetry) over night, not a bad start. The wet heavy stuff makes for a good base. Temperatures will cool a few degrees today with
gusty winds and snow showers. More snow
tomorrow, with significant warming early next week.
The Science: The spike in temperature was
a bit delayed but did happen just after 10pm last night. Strong westerly flow under an unstable air mass
will keep light to moderate snow showers falling for the rest of the day.
Tomorrow’s
storm: The next front is expected to hit the west
slopes early tomorrow morning. This will
bring another round of wet heavy snow with an additional foot possible. The precipitation will get cut tomorrow night
by a building high pressure ridge. Monday
starts out dry with rising freezing levels.
4-7day
Long Range: Heavy rain, high winds and freezing levels
around 8000’ can be expected on Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperatures could hit 50f late Tuesday and
Wednesday. Significant cooling with
little to no moisture is expected for the second half of the week. Models are inconsistant with these details so stay tuned as the new week approaches.
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24hr precipitation ending at 4am
tomorrow:
Water = .5 Snow = 3-5
Trend and Timing:
Light to moderate snow showers slowly diminish
today. Tonight will be relatively
quiet with the next front entering the mountains early tomorrow morning,
after 4am.
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24hr temperature ending at 4am tomorrow:
Low: 28 High:
32
Freezing level: +-4000’
Freezing Level Trends and Timing
Freezing levels will hover near 4000’ through
early tomorrow morning. Temperatures
will briefly spike up early tomorrow morning and then slowly fall back to
around 4000’ to finish the day.
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24hr Winds (mph) ending at 4am tomorrow:
Base: 5-15 W
Ridge Top: 10-20 W, gusty.
Trend and Timing:
Strong westerly winds will slowly diminish through
the day. Winds will be lighter but still gusty with tomorrow’s storm.
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JM
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