Time and Day: 0630
Wednesday
The Snapshot: Snow tapering to showers this afternoon. Snow
shower persists through the end of the
week. Saturday will be dry with some
clear periods. Warmer and wet weather arrives
on Sunday/Monday.
The Science
Current Observations: 2” of snow has
hit the ground thus far this morning, the temperature is 31f, the Rh is 100%,
the barometer has dropped to 1004mb’s, and the winds are a bit gusty and out of
the ESE.
The approaching cold front
is still to the west and is pushing a swath of heavy moisture into the
mountains. The snow will diminish and
the temperature will drop a few degrees once the front heads east of the crest
later today.
NW flow with cooler
unstable air will keep snow showers moving through the mountains tomorrow and
Friday.
The Long Range:
Saturday will be mostly dry with a warm
SW fetch of moisture entering the region on Sunday. Next week is now looking warm with rain
showers likely.
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24hr Precipitation ending at 4am:
Today 24hr water: .25-.5 snow: 3-6
Tomorrow’s 24hr water: .25 snow: 1-3
Trend and Timing:
Snow will diminish around noon today with
light snow showers persisting through tomorrow.
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24hr temperature
ending at 4 am:
Low: 28 High:34
Freezing level:+-4000’
Trend and Timing:
Freezing levels will drop to or just
below 4000’ this afternoon.
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24hr Winds (mph) ending at 4 am:
Base: 0-5 E shifting W
Ridge Top: 5-10 SE shifting W
Trend and Timing:
Weak east flow will shift westerly
through the night.
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jM
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