It's ON!

I will believe it when the snow is on the ground.  Have seen too many forecasts that have not been even close.  The best storms are the ones that nobody sees coming!  Unfortunately my cynicisim grows even stronger when I watch the local news and hear tales of blizzards and epic weather storms, only to witness normal weather patterns.   

Heh...
Looking out my window, blue sky, no snow on the ground.
At least the snow line dropped this week.
Forecast and sat images do suggest potential though.

It's gonna' dump...Blizzard and wind warnings in effect! Oregon Cascade forecast:


...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 12 PM PST
SATURDAY...

SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 7 TO 13 INCHES. PASS WINDS
SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH INCREASING TO 30 TO 45
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH OVER THE RIDGES.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...SNOW. STRONG WINDS. COLDER. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES IN THE EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 12 TO 18 INCHES. PASS
WINDS WEST 30 TO 50 MPH DECREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH OVERNIGHT.
EVENING GUSTS TO 75 MPH OVER THE RIDGES.

Been upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning in Washington... love it, been waiting for it.

One to three feet of new snow and high winds, watch out for the slab build up...it will be touchy up on the high ridges...

To a deep winter...

... with the lowest temps in 20 years!

seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/391821_snow12.html

"Avalanche expert Mark Moore said the mountain snowpack is shallow and that Seattle-area outdoor enthusiasts are eager to hit the slopes.

But mountains driving conditions, especially Sunday through Monday, will be cold, windy and brutal, he said.

"What we don't want is for people to go out and have a repeat of last year's avalanche accidents," said Moore, director of the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center in Seattle.

In December 2007, when conditions were similar to this winter, six people died in Northwest avalanches, he said."

Should get spicy from here on out......