Well, here`s hoping this is a sign of things to come!
We have a strong Pacific storm moving in this weekend. By Sunday, the northern Oregon Cascades including Mt. Hood are expected to pick up 3 to 6 inches of snow above the 6,000 foot level. Since the storm track is farther north, the Washington Cascades, especially the Mt. Rainier area are expected to pick up 1 to 2 feet!
From the National Weather Service in Portland, Or.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
255 PM PDT FRI SEP 4 2009
A COOL AND WET LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST
OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON ON SATURDAY...BRINGING PERIODS OF RAIN ALONG WITH
COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS. A SECOND COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE IN ON SUNDAY AS AN UNSEASONABLY COOL UPPER LEVEL
LOW WILL MOVES INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. SHOWERS
WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT AND LABOR DAY BUT ARE EXPECTED TO
SLOWLY TAPER OFF IN THE SOUTH.
AFTERNOON VALLEY TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN IN THE 60S
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WHILE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AT THE CASCADE
PASSES WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH 50 DEGREES ON SUNDAY. SNOW LEVELS
IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 6000 FEET IN THE
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON CASCADES...6500 FEET IN THE NORTH OREGON
CASCADES AND 7000 FEET IN THE CASCADES OF LANE COUNTY SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE
AT THE HIGHER SKI RESORTS AND LOCATIONS SUCH AS TIMBERLINE DURING
THE STORM. ANY SNOW WILL LIKELY MELT QUICKLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
AS A WARM UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA.
PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL OR CAMP IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FALL-LIKE CONDITIONS. DRESS WARM AND TAKE
RAIN GEAR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO HIKE OR CAMP ABOVE 6000 FEET BE
PREPARED FOR SNOW.
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From the National Weather Service in Seattle, Wa.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
404 PM PDT FRI SEP 4 2009
A COOL AND WET LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN
WASHINGTON WITH POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE
MOUNTAINS...
AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AND WET FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO WESTERN WASHINGTON
THIS WEEKEND.
RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT DEVELOPING OFFSHORE WILL SPREAD
ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH WILL BE COMMON ALONG
THE COAST AND IN THE MOUNTAINS BY SATURDAY EVENING...WITH A
QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OVER SOME PARTS OF THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS.
HIGH TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WILL ONLY REACH THE LOWER TO MID 60S.
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT INTO THE REGION SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER DAY OF COOL WET WEATHER. IN
FACT TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER IN MOST PLACES
AND RAINFALL WILL BE AS HEAVY OR EVEN A BIT HEAVIER. IN ADDITION
SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND BREEZY
CONDITIONS. SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO LABOR DAY AND TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL.
THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON THE
MOUNTAIN BACKCOUNTRY...AND PEOPLE PLANNING TRIPS THERE SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS COLD AND WET WEATHER.
THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO AROUND 6000 FEET BY SUNDAY...AND ONE
TO TWO FEET OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ABOVE THE SNOW LEVEL.
WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH SHOULD BE EXPECTED ON HIGHER EXPOSED RIDGES
AND SLOPES...AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ABOVE 4000 FEET WILL REMAIN BELOW 50 DEGREES.
PRECIPITATION WILL BE LESS HEAVY ON LABOR DAY BUT THE SNOW LEVEL
WILL REMAIN AROUND 6000 FEET AND TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COOL.
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Think Snow......:thumbsup:
First Snow Expected For Oregon and Washington Cascades
First Snow Expected For Oregon and Washington Cascades
