Silver Mountain Resort (Base: 4,100', Top: 6,300')
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The following discussion applies to southeastern British Columbia, including Whitewater, Crystal Mountain, and Apex Mtn; southwestern Alberta including Banff and Lake Louise; along with northeast Washington, northern Idaho, and northwest Montana, including Mt. Spokane, Silver Mtn, and Blacktail.
A ridge of high pressure will slide off to our south and east today, allowing for a warm day across much of the region. We will have very high snow levels greater than 5000' along with clouds increasing throughout the day as the next system approaches. Clouds will thicken tonight ahead of a cold front poised to arrive during the overnight hours into Wednesday. We will see snow levels fall from near 5000' to 3000' by the end of Wednesday. Snow will accompany the front as well with British Columbia switching to snow first and therefore picking up the most snow around 1"-3" on Wednesday. The rest of the area will see near an inch of accumulation with a few isolated two inch totals.
Colder air will build in on Thursday as we will be in a northwest flow. A disturbance will drop southeastward on Thursday and bring 1"-3" of snow into British Columbia, Alberta and Montana during the day with snow levels near 3000'-3500'. Right now it looks like much of Idaho and Washington will miss out on this and have partly to mostly cloudy skies. On Friday, some morning snow showers are possible once again in B.C., Alberta, and Montana with minor additional accumulation. High pressure will build into the Pacific Northwest and keep us in a northwest flow with cool temperatures. This high will also clear our skies out and allow for a mostly sunny weekend. To see if the sun and dry weather sticks around into next week, please see our long range discussion below.
BT
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Wednesday Mar 17, 2010
Hi 42°f / 6°c (base)
Lo 29°f / -2°c (base)
Sky Condition:
Slight Chance of Light Snow Showers
Precipitation:
50% Chance of snow - Snow Potential:
(0 to 1 cm. | 0 to 1 in.)
Snow Potential
Expecting 0 to 1 inches of snowfall
Wind:
WSW at up to 10 mph.
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Thursday Mar 18, 2010
Hi 41°f / 5°c (base)
Lo 26°f / -3°c (base)
Sky Condition:
Chance of Light Snow Showers
Precipitation:
30% Chance of snow
Snow Potential
Wind:
N at up to 5 mph.
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Friday Mar 19, 2010
Hi 43°f / 6°c (base)
Lo 27°f / -3°c (base)
Sky Condition:
Slight Chance of Light Snow Showers
Precipitation:
Slight Chance (20%) of snow
Snow Potential
Wind:
E at up to 5 mph.
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Saturday Mar 20, 2010
Hi 46°f / 8°c (base)
Lo 32°f / 0°c (base)
Sky Condition:
Mostly Sunny
Precipitation:
None expected
Snow Potential
Wind:
WSW at up to 5 mph.
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Sunday Mar 21, 2010
Hi 48°f / 9°c (base)
Lo 32°f / 0°c (base)
Sky Condition:
Partly Cloudy
Precipitation:
None expected
Snow Potential
Wind:
SSW at up to 10 mph.
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Monday Mar 22, 2010
Hi 44°f / 7°c (base)
Lo 32°f / 0°c (base)
Sky Condition:
Chance of Light Rain Showers
Precipitation:
40% Chance of rain showers
Snow Potential
Wind:
WSW at up to 15 mph.
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Long range forecast / discussion...March 22 to 24We will still be in the northwest flow so expect partly to mostly cloudy skies. Disturbances will move in from the north and west with limited moisture so we will see isolated to widely scattered light snow and snow showers from time to time, but too tough to pinpoint exact times at this point. The best chances will remain to be in B.C., Alberta and Montana. BT
