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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Pineapple on the way

Take cover here comes some warm air up from the southwest. The mighty pineappple express apears to be on our doorstep. A warm jet of air is pushing up from the southwest. Starting this evening a significant system will affect the area for the next 48 hours resulting in rising freezing levels and heavy precipitation.

In the alpine expect freezing levels to fluctuate around 1800m bringing copious snow to the upper alpine.

The long term looks better with a bit of a cooling trend and some more precip in behind for Tuesday.

Valley
Tonight:Cloudy. 60 percent chance of rain showers changing to 60 percent chance of flurries this evening. Low minus 1.

Saturday:Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Snow mixed with rain beginning in the afternoon. Snowfall amount 2 cm. High plus 2.

Saturday night:Snow mixed with rain. Snowfall amount 5 cm. Low zero.

Sunday:Periods of rain. High plus 4.

Monday:Flurries or rain showers. Low minus 1. High plus 2.

Tuesday:Periods of rain or snow. Low zero. High plus 3.

Wednesday:Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries or rain showers. Low plus 1. High plus 4.

Thursday:Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries or rain showers. Low minus 1. High plus 2.

Alpine
Saturday:
Increasing cloud. Snow developing in the evening. Accumulations near 10-15cm. Lows near minus 9. Highs minus 4. Alpine winds light rising to southeast 25-40 km/h.

Sunday:
Snow. Accumulations 30-40cm. Lows near minus 4. Highs near zero. Alpine winds southeast 40 km/h.

Monday:
Cloudy with flurries. Afternoon sunny breaks. Accumulations 5-7cm. Lows near minus 3. Highs near zero. Alpine winds south 20-30 km/h.

Tuesday:
Periods of snow. Accumulations 5-10cm Lows minus 6. Highs minus 3. Alpine winds southeast 20 km/h.


Historical Data
Yesterday Max:1.8°C
Min:-1.6°C
Precip.:0.0 mm
Normals Max:0°C
Min:-6°C
Today Sunrise:8:01
Sunset:16:10

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