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Nowcast- Overnight, winds from the south bumped into the teens and mid 20's, ushering in a band of high, thin clouds. The inversion isn't quite as prominent as the past few days with most automated weather sites reporting temperatures in the mid to upper teens.
Forecast- Look for thickening clouds as the day progresses with southerly winds bumping into the 30's through about late morning. Temperatures climb into the low 30's, winds decrease somewhat, and a snow shower or two slides by late in the day, delivering a couple traces of snow. Overnight lows dip into the teens.
Futurecast- Light snow continues tonight into early Thursday. A break is slated for Friday morning, with another slightly stronger system brushing by late in the day, delivering a couple inches of snow. The weather world gets interesting deeper into the weekend with a series of cold, strong storms beginning Sunday, possibly continuing through a good chunk of next week.
It hasn't snowed in two weeks and the low elevation terrain, offers a low-tide, buzz-kill. But don't get discouraged at the trailheads... gain some elevation and the surface snow is fast and fun, travel is a breeze, and the livin' is easy. Our main man Ted Scroggin came out of retirement yesterday and reports five star shallow pow, especially on upper elevation terrain facing the north half fo the compass. His full trip report and insight is found
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Mark captures this facet-slufff-alanche trigered by a skier on the very steep east face of Moffit Peak Monday, reflecting just how weak the surface snow has grown in the past couple weeks.
Trip reports and the latest observations are found
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