The first sigmificant snowfall over the higher elevations of the Northwest occurred during the last two days.
Consider the image from the Crystal Mountain 360 cam two days ago (the peak of Crystal is at about 7000 ft).
No snow on Crystal and little snow on Rainier below the glaciers. Nice cap cloud though...
This morning, a very different story. Crystal has some snow and the lower slopes of Rainier are now white.
What about the view from space?
Below are the visible images two days ago (left) and this morning (right) for the region covering Rainier, St. Helens, and Mt. Adams. A LOT more snow coverage this morning.
There were some beautiful snow-capped peaks this morning. Here is a picture taken earlier today by Debra Ellen Baker of Glacier, WA of Church Mountain (elevation 5693 ft). Impressive.
But now let me provide the exciting news.....some decent mountain snow is being predicted after this weekend by several forecast models.
The UW WRF model shows only a very light snowfall total through Sunday at 5 PM.
I look forward to the snow pack being replenished, not only for the obvious reasons but also to shut up the climate hysterics that are always on the precipice of their relentless doomsday scenarios. As right on cue, the local forecasters here started ramping up their rantings as soon as mid - October, when the expected rains didn't appear exactly on time. It's exhausting, and is just one of the many reasons why the broader public has mostly tuned out the MSM, in all avenues.
ReplyDeleteLocal lure -just NE of KELN- has it that I will get snow 10 days after I can see it on the ridges to my north. If the ECMWF gets it right I will see some after Nov. 2nd.
ReplyDeleteIt is 23° this morning and the only thing hitting the ground are Black Walnuts. Time to clean them out of the yard.