Weather
NOAA is forecasting up to 57″ of new snow at Mt. Baker Ski Resort by Monday evening. That’s a lot of snow in a short time.
This is exactly what Mt. Baker ski area needs to get open. Depending on how difficult it is to manage all that snow, we’d expect Mt. Baker ski area to open before Thanksgiving.
Winter in Washington starts with a bang!
SnowBrains will have weekly conditions report from Mt. Baker this winter. Get ready to hear about more big snow from Baker.
NOAA has issued a Winter Weather Watch for the Mt. Baker area:
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST SATURDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET... * HAZARD TYPE...SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH LOCAL FREEZING RAIN IN THE PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A FOOT OF SNOW OR MORE IS LIKELY AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS AND HIGHEST PASSES. MAINLY RAIN WITH A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL IN THE MAIN CASCADE PASSES...STEVENS AND SNOQUALMIE PASSES TODAY...BUT THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TONIGHT. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...THE NORTH CASCADES HIGHWAY...CAYUSE AND CHIN0OK PASSES. * TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. RAIN AND LOCAL FREEZING RAIN AT STEVENS PASS MAY CHANGE BACK OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN AT SNOQUALMIE PASS WILL TURN TO WET SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. * IMPACT...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER CASCADE PASSES.
