goatboy Posted April 18, 2008 Posted April 18, 2008 Apparently, Winter has not yet quite decided to release her icy grip on the northwest..... Here is the latest from the National Weather Service looking ahead to the coming cold front: Special Weather Statement SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1010 AM PDT THU APR 17 2008 WAZ001-503>519-181200- SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-OLYMPICS- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 1010 AM PDT THU APR 17 2008 ...UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER IS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.. A VERY COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY AND WILL LINGER THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL GIVE QUITE COOL AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WHILE DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER INTO THE AREA LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN UNUSUALLY COOL FOR MID TO LATE APRIL. AT THIS TIME OF YEAR...TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWLANDS TYPICALLY RANGE FROM LOWS 35 TO 45. ..AND HIGHS ARE NEAR 60. LOW TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 30S...WITH THE COLDER LOCATIONS FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S BY SUNDAY. HIGHS WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE 40S FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A LITTLE WARMER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY WITH HIGHS NEAR 50. THESE TEMPERATURES ARE MORE TYPICAL OF EARLY TO MID FEBRUARY. RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE ALL THREE DAYS. TEMPERATURES IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL STAY IN THE 20S AND LOWER 30S. SNOW LEVELS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WILL AVERAGE AROUND 1000 FEET...AND MAY FALL TO NEAR SEA LEVEL IN HEAVIER SHOWERS DURING THE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. ANY SNOW THAT FALLS IN THE LOWLANDS IS UNLIKELY TO STICK...EXCEPT BRIEFLY ON CARS AND GRASS. THE MOUNTAINS AND CASCADE PASSES WILL SEE ACCUMULATING SNOW FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS NEAR 1 FOOT OVER THE 2 DAY PERIOD. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL ALLOW DRIER AIR TO FILTER INTO THE AREA. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE INTO THE LOWER TO MID 50S MONDAY. NIGHTTIME LOWS WILL STILL BE QUITE COOL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH THE COLDER LOCATIONS BELOW FREEZING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. FROST...WITH FREEZING NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES IN PROTECTED AND OUTLYING AREAS WILL LIKELY CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR ANYONE WITH SENSITIVE NURSERY STOCK...ORNAMENTALS...OR VEGETABLES THAT WERE PLANTED EARLY. MONITOR THE FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLOSELY THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE FOLLOWING IS A TABLE OF RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY FOR SELECTED WESTERN WASHINGTON LOCATIONS. APRIL 18TH APRIL 19TH APRIL 20TH SEATTLE 45/1967 47/1975 49/1970 OLYMPIA 48/1973 48/1961 50/1972 BELLINGHAM 47/1973 48/1969 49/1972 FORKS 47/1970 48/1999 48/2006 HOQUIAM 47/1960 46/1955 49/1985 Link here: NWS Site I've lived in the NW since 1992. I've seen colder, stormier winters. I don't recally too many springs that felt more wintry! I have to say it's kinda refreshing and invigorating to think of all those glaciers and watershed still deep in snow....but at the same time, I'm personally kinda ready for some warming weather and dry granite.... Quote
rob Posted April 18, 2008 Posted April 18, 2008 was in the icicle today. The skies were blue, the rock was dry and the approaches were snowless. You missed it, suckas! Quote
ivan Posted April 18, 2008 Posted April 18, 2008 lingering winter is cool, especially when properly timed w/ dry weekends... Quote
jmace Posted April 18, 2008 Posted April 18, 2008 old news http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/789563#Post789563 Quote
Alpine_Tom Posted April 18, 2008 Posted April 18, 2008 My wife said that, despite what seems to me eternal rains, we're actually below average for rainfall this year, and significantly below average since November. So maybe the watershed isn't quite so primed as it seems. Quote
ericb Posted April 18, 2008 Posted April 18, 2008 My wife said that, despite what seems to me eternal rains, we're actually below average for rainfall this year, and significantly below average since November. So maybe the watershed isn't quite so primed as it seems. we store a significant portion of our summer water demand as snow. Quote
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