January went out on a dry note but February will revive winter and relieve us of the doldrums with a little rainfall. Showers linger into Monday; Tuesday and Wednesday look mostly dry.
The later part of the week gets interesting. Shall I say, “Pineapple”? Forecast models were fairly confident that we’ll get a long stream of subtropical moisture and heavy rains. As always, it is too soon to see where this atmospheric river will run, but right now anyway, we could have several inches of rain Thursday through the weekend.
The bad news is that the freezing levels will be high, so the precipitation should land as rain even as high as Timberline. The higher Cascades may get some snow early in the week, maybe a dusting at pass levels, but significant snow loss later is highly possible.
Cold air trapped in the Columbia Basin and in far eastern Washington will help produce areas of snow — a couple of inches — around Spokane today. It is winter, after all, yes?
