Happy spring. Some weather sites are forecasting ice pellets on Friday. If you are smart, young and rich, consult the top CHS sunshine destinations and get on a plane. The rest of us are about to live through this:
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRES IN JUST OUTSIDE OF THE OFFSHORE WATERS IS MOVING EAST AND APPEARS THAT IT WILL RESULT IN STRONG POST FRONTAL PRESSURE GRADIENTS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS APPEAR ON TRACK TO HIT THE AREAS ADJACENT TO THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA AND AROUND WHIDBEY ISLAND LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
THE AIR MASS OFFSHORE IS QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THE STRONG UPSLOPE FLOW PROMISES TO GIVE HEAVY SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS WITH 1-2 FEET LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE HEAVY SNOW MAY HANG ON IN THE MOUNTAINS THRU THU NIGHT OR EARLY FRI. THE 00Z NAM12 SOLUTION CONTINUES TO SHOW FREEZING LEVELS FALLING TO BELOW 2000 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND A LITTLE FARTHER LATE THU NIGHT INTO FRI MORNING. THE MAIN PRECIPITATION PERIODS ARE WITH THE POST FRONTAL SHOWERS THU MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON…THEN WITH A SECONDARY COLD OCCLUSION THU EVENING AND THU NIGHT. WHILE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWLANDS WILL GENERALLY BE ABOVE FREEZING…WET SNOW ON HIGHER HILLS IN HEAVIER SHOWERS LOOKS LIKE A GOOD POSSIBILITY. SUFFICIENTLY HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE CONVERGENCE ZONE AND IN THE FOOTHILLS TO THE CASCADES MAY RESULT IN SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO…MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES ON HILLS ABOVE 500 FEET…LATE THU NIGHT OR FRI MORNING WITH THE SECOND SYSTEM.
Thank a lot, National Weather Service. Volunteer Park tops out at 453 feet so we’ll probably see a few April flakes.