Snow and rain clearing late tonight

A stormy past 24 hrs up in the mountains with high winds at ridge top yesterday at times gusting to 60- 80 km/ph. -7C at Peak with winds out of the west 40-60km/ph. We picked up about 5 cm yesterday and will see accumulation above 1000m today of around 5cm also. A big change tomorrow as a big pool of arctic air to the north of us will bring clear skies and a rapid cooling trend. Wednesday morning could see lows to -15C. Towards the end of the week a warming trend as freezing levels may rise as high as 3100m. No precipitation is expected after today.

Today system offshore approaching from the West SW

Cool air Wednesday morning as Arctic high builds. 

Forecast Today Cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers this morning. Periods of rain beginning late this morning. Temperature steady near plus 2.  High: 2 °C Tonight Periods of rain ending early this evening then cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries.  Low: -3 °C Tuesday Clearing in the morning.  High: -2 °C Wednesday Sunny.  Low: -11 °C High: -4 °C Thursday Sunny.  Low: -11 °C High: -3 °C Friday Sunny.  Low: -8 °C High: 0 °C Saturday A mix of sun and cloud.  Low: -6 °C High: 2 °C Sunday A mix of sun and cloud.  Low: -4 °C High: 3 °C Forecast Issued: Monday, November 18 2013 05:00 PST

Almanac For November 18 Value Year Greatest Rainfall (1977-2012) 20.8 mm 2002 Greatest Snowfall (1977-2012) 35.0 cm 2003 Greatest Precipitation (1977-2012) 23.0 mm 2009 Most Snow on the Ground (1980-2012) 32.0 cm 1984 Highest Temperature (1977-2012) 8.0 °C 2008 Lowest Temperature (1977-2012) -15.4 °C 1985 Average Maximum Temperature 2.6 °C Average Minimum Temperature -2.5 °C Average Temperature 0.1 °C Sunrise 07:30 Sunset 16:24 Normal High 2 °C Normal Low -3 °C