My new podcast is online (see below or the upper right to listen) and on it I examine the chances of snow this week and give you a short tutorial on western Washington snowstorms: why are they so rare and what does it take to get decent snow west of the Cascades.
Skies are clearing right now and expect sun and mid-40s the rest of the day.
Tomorrow morning will be quite cold, with clear skies overnight allowing the Earth to radiate heat to space. With a moist surface, we expect some fog and real threat of dangerous freezing fog.
Sunday morning will bring some snowflakes to western WA but mainly above 500 ft.
Let me show you an interesting graphic that shows BOTH rain and snow. Rain is shown by gray shades and snowfall by colors.
For the 3 hours ending 4 AM Sunday, just rain over the lowlands, with snow up on the slopes.
Those consecutive 3-inch accumulations over Abernathy Mt get my attention; we're about 9mi south at 800'. Perhaps a white birthday, of which I've had very few in my Portland/Longview lifetime!
ReplyDeleteWhat weather app includs the freezing and snow level elevations?
ReplyDeleteNorthwest Avalanche Center mountain weather report. You can see it on your phone or tablet.
DeleteCant be beat,
Skier Jay
Ain't no snow gonna happen
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to combine rain and snowfall on a map. Reminds me of Edward Tufte.
ReplyDeleteWestern Washington Snowstorms, almost as rare as Bigfoot sightings.
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