I think a snowtrek sledding trip to pilchuck should ensue this weekend before the gate closes.. .whos in?
...HEAVY SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS BEGINNING LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY...
...A CHANGE TO MUCH COLDER WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT WESTERN
WASHINGTON SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...
WEATHER FORECAST MODELS ARE SHOWING A BIG CHANGE IN THE WEATHER
PATTERN STARTING SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY AND CONTINUING
THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.
A STRONG PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE BIGGEST IMPACT OF THIS STORM WILL
BE IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS AROUND 5000 FEET LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY WILL RAPIDLY FALL TO BELOW 2000 FEET BY
SUNDAY EVENING AND TO BELOW 500 FEET LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS IN THE PASSES WILL LIKELY BE QUITE HEAVY. SATURDAY WILL BE
A MUCH BETTER TRAVEL DAY THROUGH THE PASSES THAN SUNDAY.
A VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE YUKON
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY THEN DROP SOUTHWARD INTO BRITISH
COLUMBIA LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THERE IS AN INCREASINGLY GOOD
CHANCE THAT SOME OF THIS COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN
WASHINGTON ON MONDAY.
DETAILS ARE DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT AS WE ARE STILL DAYS OUT FROM
THIS POTENTIAL EVENT. BUT WITH THIS TYPE OF SYSTEM...IT IS LIKELY
THAT THERE WILL BE SOME LOWLAND SNOW WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE
MODIFIED ARCTIC COLD FRONT. IT ALSO APPEARS LIKELY THAT IT WILL GET
QUITE WINDY IN THE NORTH INTERIOR...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE SAN
JUANS AND IN THE LOWER FRASER VALLEY AROUND BELLINGHAM. IT MAY
STAY BELOW FREEZING FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER MONDAY. LOWLAND
SNOW...IF IT OCCURS...MAY GIVE DICEY TRAVEL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
WESTERN WASHINGTON LOWLANDS MONDAY.
FORECASTS ARE LIKELY TO CHANGE AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE EVENT FOR
LATER THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. EVERYONE SHOULD CLOSELY
MONITOR LATEST FORECASTS.
