Most of us finally saw some snow falling from the sky but accumulating snow was deemed for our higher elevations, and I had several readers report a nice snow cover in Yacolt and other elevations above 800 feet. Here in the lowlands, I observed snow pellets that covered the interstate near the Battle Ground exit Tuesday evening. Other than that, mainly rain and snow mix at my house. Plenty of conversational snow as we call it.
That large cold upper-level low that dropped down from the Gulf of Alaska and set up residence off the coast sent waves of moisture to the coast and coastal mountains, leaving snow-covered surfaces along the ocean beaches. Six inches or more were reported on the Long Beach Peninsula. If it had moved inland days ago, the lowlands of Southwest Washington would have enjoyed the winter landscape.
A strong atmospheric river also set up camp off the Northern California coast and sent a plume of moisture northeastward into Eastern Oregon and up into Montana. Also clipping far Eastern Washington. This event stalled for days and days, which kept our potential snow event parked off the coastline.
We may have another chance of a little snow in the air early Saturday as a weak low slips down the British Columbia coast. Moisture will be limited so don’t get your hopes up if you want a snow cover here at city levels. The overall weather pattern will remain cold with highs in the 40s and lows in the 20s and 30s. High temperatures over the weekend could be some 10 degrees below average and with any clearing lows will drop well into the 20s. Winter isn’t over yet folks.
