The Last Hurrah?

After one last sunny and seasonal temp day today, clouds will be on the increas tonight & tomorrow ahead of the cold front coming in for the weekend. We will be on the tail end of a strong cold front and storm pounding the Pac NW tomorrow, so moisture will be limited for us. Still, the storm for friday night will be somewhat vigorous although short lived. Snow on the mtn. and rain in town should start during the day on Friday with snow levels starting near 7000 feet before falling to 5000 by dinner time Friday. As the cold front comes thru Friday night models have been consistent on a quick 5-10 inches of snow for everyone with possibly up to a foot on the Western Crest by Saturday. There is another piece of energy behind the front but it looks to dive into SoCal. That should make the rest of the weekend pretty much snow free & sunny on Sunday. That should be it for us storm wise for a while. Temps will be much colder for the weekend with highs in the 20's.

For anyone wishing they could be in Times Square to see the ball drop tonight, there is a snowstorm there today and temps tonight will feel like -10, so maybe not.

Storms will continue to pound Washington & Oregon all next week with the ridge beginning to move in just offshore of CA. Mon-Tues, some clouds and some snow showers may be able to slide down and just touch us. This will also keep temps in the 30's. The rest of the week we are just below the storms as the ridge builds. Models are a little back and forth on the position of the ridge. The best we can hope for right now is that it stays a little offshore so that we at least can get some cooler air as storms slide down to our East over the Rockies. Still don't see any signs of a pattern change yet as the ridge looks to hold strong the first two weeks of Jan. BA