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Receding snowline
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:54 am
by Joe
We parked at 4100 feet up Naches pass yesterday. The first quarter mile was slush over ice. By 4500 feet, the trail was covered three feet deep with corn snow. It was like riding a snow cone. When we got up to 5000 feet, there was two inches of heavy wet snow on top of the corn snow.
We shot some video at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRsgY0Eoh0A
The orange stake at 0:21 is 10 feet tall above the meadow.
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:17 am
by Joe
The snow line was the same as last weekend. There was four inches of new snow in the pass and 12 inches reported on the top of Pyramid Peak. The snow gets pretty wet in the afternoons and then freezes again at night.
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:23 am
by Joe
Forecast for this week follows:
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Tonight...Breezy. Rain and snow. Snow level 4500 feet. Snow accumulation 4 to 8 inches. Southeast wind in the passes near 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight.
Monday...Breezy. Rain and snow in the morning...then showers in the afternoon. Snow level falling to 3000 feet. Snow accumulation 6 to 12 inches. Afternoon pass temperatures in the upper 30s. Southwest wind in the passes 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the morning.
Monday Night...Showers. Snow level 2000 feet. Snow accumulation of 6 to 12 inches. Storm total snow accumulation 18 inches to 3 feet. Southwest wind in the passes 10 to 15 mph.
Tuesday...Showers likely. Snow level 2000 feet. Afternoon pass temperatures in the upper 30s. West wind in the passes 10 to 15 mph.
Tuesday Night...Showers likely. Snow level 2000 feet. West wind in the passes 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday...Showers likely. Snow level 1500 feet. Afternoon pass temperatures in the upper 30s.
Wednesday Night And Thursday...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Snow level 1500 feet.
Thursday Night...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow. Snow level 2000 feet.
Friday...Rain or snow likely. Snow level 2000 feet.
Friday Night Through Sunday...Showers likely. Snow level 2500 feet.
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It's Sunday night and April Fools Day isn't until Thursday.