Sunday - Wednesday 

A mostly sunny upcoming 5 days is ahead. Here's the forecast for Snow Summit: 

You can see it will get cooler past Sunday with highs dropping out of the mid 40's into the low 40's and then upper 30's through Thursday. There will definitely be periods of windy conditions including Monday with West to Southwest winds gusting up to 35 MPH and once again on Thursday with gusts in the 40 MPH range. 

While the forecast is pretty much dry through the temps will be cooler, so hopefully a little more snow making can take place during the coldest parts of the nights. 

Thursday 

A system begins to enter California by Thursday. It is going to favor NorCal, as is typical during La Nina's, but there's a good chance we'll see moisture from it as well. Most of the models are holding off on any moisture for Thursday at this time. Temps will be in the mid to upper 30's across the mtns that day with breezy conditions. More clouds will be in store that day and it will signal a change to the weather going into next weekend. 

Friday - Sunday 

The models continue to suggest a period of stormy conditions last into next weekend and starting Friday. You can see that both Ensemble Means of the GFS & Euro suggest precip...

But you can see that the Euro suggests more than double the amount of the GFS. And this is why I'm weary of what exactly will fall precip total wise, along with the type of moisture. 

Here's the GFS forecast for early Saturday morning: 

That's barely cold enough for snow to reach 7,500 to 8,000 FT, so most of the precip that would fall would be rain. I cautioned this in yesterday's post and this continues to be the trend right now. 

The closer we get to next weekend the more details I hope to have regarding precip amounts and snow levels. At this time, I'm weary of any major snow storms and to be honest of much accumulation especially at the bases of these mountains since this storm really doesn't look cold enough. 

I'm sure there will be changes in timing, intensity, and overall nature of this storm so I'll be sure to update you throughout the week on what to expect. 

Till the next one... Mike out.