Snow Inwards The Mountains This Weekend

Paradise Ranger Station at seven AM Sunday

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After a front end went past times on Friday, cold, unstable air started to deed into Washington State .   By Lord's Day the snowfall degree volition last downwards to to a greater extent than or less 4000 ft.....so at the elevation from roughly Steven Pass together with inwards a higher house some snowflakes volition last inwards the air, amongst higher elevations getting several inches.

The IR satellite icon this morning time shows the front end over eastern WA together with convective instability clouds offshore.

Not impressive past times wintertime standards exactly this is June.   Friday's front end brought enough of precipitation  along the coast together with northward Cascades (over an inch), amongst a 3rd to one-half inch  inwards the residuum of the Cascades.

The forecast for temperatures, wind, together with humidity at Sea-Tac (see plot below, fourth dimension is inwards UTC on axis, y axis is meridian inwards pressure)) shows the freezing degree (solid ruby-red line), dropping to roughly 870 hPa pressure level (about 5000 ft).  The snowfall degree tin post away last grand ft below the freezing level, then the snowfall degree could caput downwards to around 4000 ft.

The latest high-resolution WRF snowfall (not necessarily accumulation) demo extensive snowfall inwards a higher house 4000 ft...and most of that volition hap on Sunday.  On the higher peaks (above 6500 ft), at that topographic point could last equally much equally a human foot of the white stuff.

So if you lot are going into the mountains, last prepared for cool, showery together with occasionally snowy weather.  Doesn't await to pleasant at Paradise on Mount Rainier: