March 31st, Showers, Mountain snows and maybe a thunderstorm

The mountains certainly look nice with their white tops. They could see some more snow again today as we will continue to have showers moving northeast across the area while bringing rain and occasional hail to the lower elevations, and, there is still that chance of a thunderstorm. The upper level feature causing the showers moves east tonight so decreased activity tomorrow during the day but, more rain returns Thursday night then the associated cold front pushes inland Friday. This will bring strong winds to the coast along with moderate rain again, then, the snow levels drop once more. After the front passes, more showers are likely, adding to the mountain snows. These persist into Saturday and another feature causes more rain and showers on Sunday. If your travel plans include the passes today or this weekend, two things, you can expect to see snow down to 1500’ again with icy spots on the road at night in the passes. Good news though, ODOT, along with the state of Washington, have extended the studded tire season until 12:01am April 11th.