4/24/26 Friday 6:oo am
I am very pleased with how everything is coming together for our next precipitation event. The West Coast storm will approach our area on Saturday night, bringing abundant moisture (175% of normal).
Showers may start as early as Saturday evening, but the main event waits until Sunday morning. Initial snow levels look to be 9,500 feet. There are some indications that snow levels will drop, but I will try to make that call tomorrow morning or afternoon.
If this were the dead of winter, we would be talking about pass-level snow of 1 1/2 – 2 feet. The “strength” (angle) of the sun this time of year will limit accumulations during the day.
Up to 3/4 of an inch of rain is possible across the mid elevations, with 1/2 of an inch likely the norm in most lower-elevation areas. As always, expect anomalies. It’s also worth mentioning that with all of these high-conviction storms we have had, the models underpredicted precipitation amounts. To clarify, by “high-conviction” I mean the consensus of multiple models across all parameters.
Here are the European model’s maps in motion.
Map Guide
European
GFS
Canadian
German
I don’t expect major changes in the models this morning, but if there are. I will jump back on early afternoon. Otherwise, my next update will be Saturday morning.