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It's baaack...

Posted by: snowave, 4:41 PM GMT on January 17, 2013

Well, after ~3 days of glorious, albeit cold sunshine... the muck has returned. A strong ridge of high pressure continues to sit over the region, creating strong inversions (cold mosit air trapped below the warmer dry air above) across the interior valleys and basins of the PACNW.

While elevations above about ~3,000 ft continue to bask in the sunshine, most other areas below that sit in the soup.

Yesterday was a great example of how strong this inversion is. Areas below the clouds hovered in the teens and 20's, while the ski resorts, and mountain tops were having springtime weather in the 40's, and even 50's!

These 2 screen grabs (courtesy of the NWS-Spokane and the USFS) tell the story well.

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Thankfully, a few areas(including the house in Plain) did see several hours of sunshine yesterday as the cutoff for the soup was just south of town over Beaver Hill/Pass (which separates Beaver Valley and Chumstick valley).. and is 500'-1000'elevation difference. Leavenworth, Wenatchee and most other areas in the Columbia Basin saw little to no sun all day.

The pattern looks to persist into early next week... and then, most computer models break down the ridge and bring a return to more unsettled weather.

I don't think we can consider this the January thaw, can we?... at least below 3,000 ft. :)

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Elevation:	1952 ft
Temperature:	43.3 °F
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Plain, WA
Elevation:	1952 ft
Temperature:	43.3 °F
Dew Point:	38.2 °F
Humidity:	82%
Wind:	Calm
Wind Gust:	0.0 mph
Updated: 7:22 AM PDT on May 10, 2013 Station History

Plain, WA
Elevation:	1952 ft
Temperature:	43.3 °F
Dew Point:	38.2 °F
Humidity:	82%
Wind:	Calm
Wind Gust:	0.0 mph
Updated: 7:22 AM PDT on May 10, 2013 Station History

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