Weather Update

[Choada_Boy]

Hopefully the forthcoming Monsoon will be followed by a hard freeze:

 

* FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT

 

* A SERIES OF FRONTS IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION TUESDAY INTO

WEDNESDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER THE

MOUNTAINS. THE FIRST FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD RAIN ACROSS

WESTERN WASHINGTON EARLY TUESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AROUND

4000 FEET THEN RISE TO NEAR 6000 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT

IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ANYWHERE BETWEEN A HALF INCH TO ONE AND A

HALF INCHES OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE MOUNTAINS.

 

A SECOND...STRONGER FRONT THAT HAS ENTRAINED TROPICAL MOISTURE

WILL RAISE THE FREEZING LEVELS ABOVE 9000 FEET AND SPREAD HEAVIER

RAINS ACROSS THE AREA. THE COMBINATION OF A STRONG WESTERLY WIND IN

THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE IS EXPECTED

TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS ALONG THE WEST SLOPES OF THE OLYMPICS

AND CASCADES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS

OVER THE OLYMPICS AND CASCADES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING

ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED 3 INCHES WITH LOCAL AREAS ALONG THE WEST

SLOPES EXCEEDING 6 INCHES.

 

[Off_White]

Do we need a betting pool for how many hours after reopening we're going to lose the Mountain Loop Highway again?

[jmace]

I made this image this morning, you can see the great moisture available spanning the entire Pacific.

 

The high to the South will build in on Thursday cutting off the supply, the storm labelled Friday will move onto the N coast of BC while Southern regions look good.

 

Weekend is shaping up nicely so is next week but then again it is November so all bets are off

 

[jmace]

Well I suppose it would be more effective if I could spell..

[jordop]

I'm prediciting a rough few weeks at Whistler as they supposedly open Nov 27. Still 2 weeks to go I guess, but this time last year there was already 1.5m on the ground at Diamond Head.

[G-spotter]

So what if it's followed by a hard freeze there is nothing on the ground up there to freeze, it all got washed away the last week or so

[jmace]

web cams on whistler look fine to me..

[G-spotter]

Whatever, they put those webcams in front of the snow makers.