...UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER WITH VERY LOW SNOW LEVELS LIKELY COMING
THIS WEEKEND TO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON..
A VERY COLD UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO DROP SOUTH INTO THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...BRINGING A COLD AIR MASS TO THE REGION MUCH MORE LIKE
THAT FOUND IN MID WINTER THAN IN MID APRIL.
AS THE LOW DIGS SOUTH INTO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST
OREGON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...SNOW LEVELS WILL LIKELY
PLUMMET TO VALUES SIMILAR TO THOSE DURING THE RECENT SPRING BREAK
IN OREGON...OR TO MANY OF THE LOW ELEVATION SNOW EVENTS BACK IN
JANUARY AND EARLY FEBRUARY. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LIKELY LOWER TO
1000 FEET OR POSSIBLY EVEN 500 FEET...AND A RAIN OR SNOW MIX IS
POSSIBLE TO NEAR THE VALLEY FLOORS.
THIS COLD AIR WILL ALSO LIKELY RESULT IN SOME NEAR RECORD MORNING LOW
TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND. THE COLDEST MORNINGS WILL LIKELY BE SUNDAY
AND MONDAY MORNINGS. MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES COULD FALL TO BETWEEN
25 AND 30 AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. BE SURE TO BE READY TO PROTECT ANY
VULNERABLE SPRING PLANTS THIS WEEKEND.
Cold over here last night also. Rained sometime last night then froze.
Even though I haven't had a payday since last November I gotta say I really like a long cool spring. In the long run this will be better for the fish & game. The reservoirs will be full longer and the range may recover some from the dry years we have been having. The heat will come soon enough.The longer the snowpack lasts the better I like it.