Snoqualmie Weather

Windy Saturday into Sunday. .. Higher confidence that a Low will move into proximity off the coast Saturday setting up an East-to-West pressure gradient that should kick up howling Cascade gap winds later Saturday into Sunday morning, at the peak of it probably gusting 40-50 mph at times in the Snoqualmie/North Bend vicinity.   Wind Gust map for W. WA overnight 11/30/19 Possible light snow Sunday, but more likely to just remain dry vs. Puget Sound… Incoming moisture from the southwest over the cold air already in place is often a recipe for snow, however Western Washington is only expected to get grazed with precipitation Sunday, with the brunt remaining offshore of the Oregon coast.  Southwest WA, parts of Kitsap County and even the I-5 corridor (including Seattle) may see brief accumulations before turning to rain.  Out here, we’re higher in elevation and we generally get more precipitation, so better chance for us to see the white stuff, right?  Not likely this time around. 

Snoqualmie Pass was finally getting some much needed snow Sunday night into Monday morning, November 24th.  The mountain passes are expected to receive  6-12” through Tuesday. The foothills are on the fringe for possible snow later Monday into Tuesday morning, but odds have diminished. The atmosphere will be drying out fast as the cold air moves in from the north, but if a typical north puget sound convergence zone setup shifts southeast, it’s possible to see a trace-2” in the foothills of Snoqualmie and North Bend – though this is looking less likely with almost every model run the past few days.  The Euro model’s mean ensemble run shows maybe flurries/dusting overnight Monday into Tuesday while GFS now calling for completely dry by the time cold enough air arrives.   University of Washington WRF-GFS 4km resolution forecast. Right scale showing 24-hr snow accumulation (in inches) as of 4pm Tuesday We’re transitioning to a flow from the north, ushering in modified arctic ai

This day in 2017 (Nov 5) Snoqualmie Ridge received 2-3" of snow.  11/05/2017 @Snoqualmiewx Couger Mtn-Bellevue 4-6" dumping.  From Cougar mtn at an elev of 1,350ft, 5 days later! Nov 10th 2017 In fact this date marks the earliest in the season ever for accumulated snowfall (1.0") recorded at the official NWS Coop Snoqualmie Falls weather station (looking at records back to 1945) Fast forward to our current 11-day dry spell ☀️ .. aside from some minor gap winds that should kick up tomorrow night, rain chances keep getting pushed back. Latest model runs showing maybe a light shower this weekend, with chances for any significant precip more likely early next week.