The region has started to transition to winter finally after an extended period of seasonally warm weather. It was cool and mostly clear here today but they are forecasting some snow showers to hit over the next few days. A part of that moisture has hit up north as it was snowing up on Kootenay and Rogers Passes:
Here's a snippet of todays forecast discussion which sounds promising for some more snow:
.LONG RANGE...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...MODELS ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT OF THE OVERALL BIG PATTERN CHANGE FOR THE REGION WITH A LARGE RIDGE ALOFT FORMING AND EXTENDING NORTH TO THE BERING SEA WHICH WILL BRING A COLD TROUGH TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS. THERE ARE CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE EURO AND GFS MODELS IN THE DETAILS. OPERATIONAL GFS FROM THE 12Z CYCLE CHANGED TO A STRONGER PACIFIC FRONT ARRIVING FRIDAY EVENING... AND A SLOWER PROGRESSION OF ARCTIC AIR INTO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. IT ALSO MAINTAINS A MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WHICH COULD RESULT IN MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...MAINLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. EURO MODEL BRINGS COLDER AIR TO THE AREA AND MORE QUICKLY OVER THE WEEKEND WITH A DRIER SOLUTION OVERALL. THE FORECAST WAS MOVED SLIGHTLY TOWARDS THE GFS WITH THIS PACKAGE AND WARMED TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES FOR THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK.
Wouldn't that be nice?
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