General Conditions: The prolonged period of warm weather is really astonishing to me. Wednesday was another day with daytime temperatures well into the 40s and it's barely dropped to near freezing overnight. Wind has been calm to light from, generally, a southwest direction. Very light snowfall started around midnight and there's about a trace of new snow in the higher terrain. The rain/snow level is at least up around 8000 feet, maybe higher.

Mountain Weather: The storm will continue to move through today and tonight with periods of "on and off" precipitation. Temperatures are going to, once again, be ridiculously warm. We'll see highs pushing 40°F. The rain/snow level is going to be crazy high. Maybe rain to the peaks? Wind from the southwest should speed up into the moderate speed category. I'm expecting about 1/2 inch of water from this storm by mid day Friday. This would normally translate to 5 to 7 inches of snow. With the very warm temperatures, the snow is going to be very dense and probably not as deep as it normally would be. Temperatures gradually cool down tonight and snow densities should be lower and the rain/snow level should drop to around 7000 feet.