6000' Snow level SUN/MON!

Looks like the typical early September storm is right on schedule. Muir time on smooth snow when it clears!!

Saturday Night...Showers likely. Snow level 7500 feet.

Sunday...Showers. Snow level 6500 feet.

Sunday Night And Labor Day...Showers likely. Snow level 6000 feet.

Monday Night...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Snow level 7000 feet.

IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THE SNOW LEVEL ON
SUNDAY WILL ONLY BE AROUND 6000 FT...AND SNOWFALL ABOVE THAT
ELEVATION COULD AMOUNT TO ONE OR TWO FEET.

Crap - I'm in Colorado. Sigh...Have fun those of you that get it.

It's getting lower up North!! 900m-1000m and 20-30mm H20 equivalent. 900m is 3000' and 30mm is 1 1/4" for those metric challenged...


SYNOPSIS..RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY A FRONTAL BAND TRAVERSING THE AREA TODAY. A BRIEF BREAK MAY ENSUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE RAIN RETURNS WITH A COOL UPPER TROUGH WHICH WILL MOVE OVER THE SOUTH COAST TONIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH SUNDAY.

WHISTLER - BLACKCOMB.
TODAY..RAIN. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON.
ALPINE HIGH PLUS 5.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS 10 TO 20 MM.
FREEZING LEVEL 1500 METRES.
MOUNTAIN TOP WINDS SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 KM/H.
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN.
ALPINE LOW PLUS 2.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS 5 TO 10 MM.
FREEZING LEVEL 1000 METRES.
MOUNTAIN TOP WINDS SOUTHEAST 25 KM/H.
SUNDAY..RAIN.
ALPINE HIGH PLUS 3.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS 15 TO 20 MM.
FREEZING LEVEL 900 METRES.
MOUNTAIN TOP WINDS SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE AFTERNOON.

Glad to see us getting a nice Labor Day storm. That will put the damper on the fires likely for the season and also, for now, put an end to the melting of our glaciers and icefields.

After this storm and maybe a couple of shortwaves through midweek it looks like it's Indian summer through at least the 22nd of the month (roughly). That's a good old fashioned pattern. Let's hope we get an old fashioned transition into fall and winter.

Saw several Rainier locales sporting new snow today. Trace at Mazama Ridge level around Paradise. At Chinook, snow line at about top Yakima Peak, again a lumpy and fading trace. At Sunrise, snowline at about Sourdough ridgeline. Everything looked real pretty, during breaks in the clouds where you could see, then clouds would blow in again and more 37 degree snow.