Hello everyone!

Today will feature a warm and wet conditions as a cold front approaches. Temps will get to near 40 at the coast and the mid 30’s inland.

Precipitation will start as a steady snowfall but will be quick to change to a plethora of precip types including but not limited to freezing rain, sleet, and graupel (Icy snowy pellety things). By mid to late morning, the coast will be all rain, the foothills will be mixed precip and it will still be snowing in the mountains.

By lunchtime, the coast will have rain showers, the foothills will be changing from mix to rain and in the mountains it will still be snowing. I think the mountains get 2-4″ of snow although the higher peaks will get 3-6″ before changing to sleet around 1.

The cold front hits like a wall this evening with heavy precip, high winds, and possibly thunder. Winds then turn to the WSW and usher in cooler air. Clearing skies can also be expected tonight.

Tomorrow features the last day of warm temps under sunny skies. Another cold front comes through Saturday afternoon with significantly less fanfare than this one.

We’re back below normal temperature wise next week as a piece of the polar vortex heads into southern Canada. Our next chance for snow arrives Wednesday.

-Jack