Time and Day: 0700
Thursday
The Snapshot: Partly
cloudy this morning with a brand new inch of snow to play on. Today
will be mostly dry with some sun breaks, more moisture is on the way.
The Science: A weak ridge of high pressure has produced a
rather peaceful morning in the mountains.
The next weather feature to pull our attention is a triple point frontal
system making its way in. The leading edge of the warm front is still off the
Oregon coast and is expected to reach the Central Cascades tonight. This system is not packing a ton of energy and
is expected to weaken when it hits the mountains.
You know the
drill, warm southerly flow with mixed rain and snow, followed by a cold front, lowering
freezing levels and then taper off the snow.
Being it is spring, early morning temperatures will be near freezing
with good daytime warming - snow levels bounce between 3500’ and 5000’.
The Long Range: Snow showers
persist into Saturday with more of the same weather starting on Sunday. The fronts keep right on coming through most
of next week.
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24hr Precipitation
ending at 4am:
Today 24hr water = .25
snow = 1-2
Tomorrow’s 24hr water
= .5 snow = 2-4
Trend and Timing:
Light mixed rain and
snow develops tonight and continues into Saturday morning.
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24hr temperature ending at 4 am:
Low: 26 High:
36
Freezing level: +-4500’
Trend and Timing:
Freezing levels will
hover around 4500’ with typical daytime
warming. It is spring after all.
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24hr Winds (mph) ending at 4 am:
Base: 5-10 S
Ridge Top: 5-15 S
Trend and Timing:
The strong westerly
winds that blew last night will diminish and shift southerly today.
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jM
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