Love the new snow! – Pic taken 11/25/2023
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Sunday – 26 Nov 2023 – 3:50pm
The past…
At Stevens Field the high temperature yesterday afternoon was 30. The low this morning was 17. A couple of cold spots were in the 1 to 3 degree range this morning.
The peak wind at Stevens Field yesterday afternoon was 10mph.
| Average High | Record High / Year | Average Low | Record Low / Year |
| 44 | 64 / 1943 | 13 | -20 / 1952 |
Precipitation summary… Snowshowers lingered through much of the day yesterday. Snowfall amounts were light. 0.2” was the most reported.
Wolf Creek reported another 2” of new in the last 24 hours. That brings their storm total to 24”.
Forecast discussion…
There is nothing on radar in our region this afternoon.
Forecast Highlights…
*** Sunny with temps 5-10 degrees below average through Wednesday. ***
*** More clouds and periods of snow showers early Thursday morning through Saturday night. ***
Sunday night through Wednesday evening… High pressure will persist along the west coast and bring us upper-level northwest dry flow. We’ll see lots of sun and a gradual warming trend, but temps will remain below average. Clouds will start increasing Wednesday ahead of the next system.
Winds… Peaks will be around 10mph.
Temps… Lows Sunday night will be 0 to 10. Highs Monday will be in the low 30s to low 40s and lows will be in the mid-single digits to mid-teens. Highs Tuesday and Wednesday will be in the high 30s to mid-40s and lows will be in the low teens to low 20s.
Wednesday night through Saturday night… Two systems will move through the region, one on Thursday and another Friday night to Saturday morning.
Timing… The first scattered snowshowers will develop over the mountains early Thursday morning and then become more widespread from sunrise to sunset on Thursday. Showers will then be spotty Thursday night through Friday morning. Round two will ramp up Friday afternoon into Saturday morning. Spotty showers will linger through Saturday night.
Snow levels… Will peak around 6,500ft Thursday afternoon and then go down from there.
Rough first guess snow amounts:
Valley: 4-8”
Mountains: 10-18”
*** My forecast confidence in the details is low. I will continue to adjust the timing and snow amounts as the data gets better. ***
Winds… Peak winds will be in the 15-20mph range.
Temps… Highs will be in the low to high 30s. Lows Thursday morning, Friday morning, and Saturday morning will be in the mid-teens to mid-20s. Lows Sunday morning will be 10 to 20.
Right now this looks reasonable to me.
My next post will be on Tuesday.
– Shawn
