More snow coming for the mountains. I cant imagine the lift associated with mountains above 6000'. Must be so intense.
PROBABILISTIC HEAVY SNOW AND ICING DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
353 PM EST WED JAN 27 2016
VALID 00Z THU JAN 28 2016 - 00Z SUN JAN 31 2016
...WEST...
THE AMPLIFIED UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE WEST WILL BREAK DOWN LATE
TODAY INTO THURS AND TRANSITION TO AN AMPLIFYING UPPER TROUGH WITH
MOIST ZONAL PAC TRANSPORT. THE COMBINATION OF INITIAL HEIGHT FALLS
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A PROGRESSIVE SHORT WAVE TROUGH WITH DECENT
MOISTURE TRANSPORT
WILL YIELD HEAVY OROGRAPHIC SNOW ANTICIPATED
ACROSS THE NRN WA CASCADES INTO THE NRN BITTERROOTS ON THURS.
THE
UPPER HEIGHT FALLS WILL CONTINUE TO CRASH DOWN THE WEST COAST ON
FRI... AS THE MOIST ZONAL FLOW WITH POSSIBLE ATMOS RIVER SHIFTS TO
SWRN OR/NRN CA. SNOW LEVELS ACROSS MUCH OF THE NW INTO THE NRN
INTER-MOUNTAIN WEST WILL LOWER SIGNIFICANTLY TO ALLOW
HEFTY SNOW
TOTALS FROM THE CASCADES INTO THE NRN
ROCKIES/BITTERROOTS/SAWTOOTH/BLUE AND TETON MTNS.
THEN FINALLY ON
SAT... THE MOISTURE PLUME ALONG THE BAROCLINIC ZONE WILL SHIFT DUE
SOUTH INTO CENTRAL CA AND SPREAD INTO THE INTERIOR WEST... WHILE
MORE PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW LINGERS FOR THE NW.
EXPECT
SIGNIFICANT OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
WRN TERRAIN FROM THE CASCADES TO THE SIERRA AND INTO THE
TETONS/WASATCH/CENTRAL ROCKIES. OVERALL THE GUIDANCE IS RATHER
SIMILAR WITH ANOMALOUS MOISTURE AND FAVORABLE OROGRAPHICS FOR
HEAVY SNOW TO THE FAVORED TERRAIN
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