However, temperatures during the day, mostly on northern aspects, are not rising to above freezing. Technically, I guess it is still winter. So this has created some rather firm surface conditions out there. The weather for today calls for light rain and snow with the snow level hovering around 2,000 feet to the north and 3,000 feet to the south. Persistent cloud cover will moderate air temperatures.
Tonight there is a slight chance of mountain snow in the northern forecast area.
Lows will be in the mid-20 s. Saturday will remain cloudy with a chance of snow in the afternoon and slightly warmer temperatures. Sunday looks the same. Winds will be mainly out of the west, southwest and may increase over the next few days. On average in the north we are at about 40 percent and in the southern part of the forecast region we are at about 50-60 percent of our normal average snowpack. Shallow snowpacks and colder temperatures this winter mean depth hoar.