Highlights

• Rainy Saturday and Sunday.
• Showers on Monday.
• Mountain snow finally returns this week.
• Cooler and cloudier next week.
• Cool and wet weather continues for Valentine’s Day and President’s Day weekend.

Details

This will be a shorter post with more details next week. The main message is the reliably dry weather we have experienced this week is ending, temperatures will return to normal, and the mountains will finally begin accumulating snow again. Even cooler weather likely next weekend.

Saturday: Some light rain in the morning. Increasing in intensity during the afternoon.

Sunday: Super Bowl Sunday is going to be wet. Steady rain, heavy at times, will make for a total washout of a day. Half time football games with your friends or family are going to be muddy. High around 52°. The image below shows the estimated radar for Sunday mid morning. Looks wet!

Monday: Leftover showers. High around 52° again.

Tue – Thu: Lots of clouds, some morning fog in parts of the valley, and a few afternoon sunbreaks. Lows in the low to mid 30s with frost possible. Highs in the low 50s.

Friday: A cold front will bring a short period of steady rain followed by showers and sunbreaks. Cool. Highs in the mid 40s.

Sat – Mon: The Valentine’s/President’s Day weekend looks cool and possibly wet.  Going with highs in the mid to upper 40s for now.

The Cascades

Snowfall over the next several days will be limited to Sunday and Monday. 6 – 12 inches of new snow will fall at pass level and the ski resorts. The map below shows total snowfall through Monday evening. Will this be enough to reopen ski resort terrain? Hard to say, but it can’t hurt.

Additional snow is likely Friday and Saturday. Hopefully enough to allow resorts to operate at normal conditions for President’s Day weekend.

Keep an eye out for more updates as the next few weeks could bring the potential for more “exciting” and potentially impactful weather events. Whether it’s heavier rain, gusty winds, or something more, I’ll be watching closely.

Stay safe, enjoy the weekend, the Winter Olympics, the Super Bowl, and whatever else is going on this weekend! 🙂