Daylight Savings has pushed back the time it takes to soften the snow. Most south and east facing slopes are now getting soft around 10:30 or so. By 1:00pm most of the mountain is nice a soft. Smoothes has been out of this world with some of the best corn I have ever skied. No shit.

On days like this Squaw should really push to keep terrain open till 5:00.

A dramatic weather change will take place tonight and into tomorrow.

NOAA WEATHER STATEMENT

THE UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER IN THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA THE PAST WEEK WILL CHANGE DRAMATICALLY BEGINNING TONIGHT ASA STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. A SURGE OF PACIFIC MOISTURE AHEAD OF THIS FRONT AND AHEAD OF A STRONG JET STREAM WILLMOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. SHOWERS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING IN THE NORTHERN SIERRA AND WILL SPREAD EAST OVERNIGHT…MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. SNOW LEVELS ABOVE 7000 FEET TODAY WILL DROP TO LAKE LEVEL BY THURSDAY MORNING. ONLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 7000 FEET THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ANDINCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY AS THE FRONT NEARS. WINDGUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY IN THE CENTRAL SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA…WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE IN WIND PRONE AREAS. WIND GUSTS OVER THE SIERRA RIDGES ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO 80 MPH ON THURSDAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE FRONT PUSHES SOUTH.

SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO ALL VALLEY FLOORS BY FRIDAY AS THE COLDFRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. A COLD AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILLREMAIN IN PLACE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BRINGING PERIODS OF LIGHT TOMODERATE SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARYACROSS THE SIERRA DUE TO THE SHOWERY NATURE OF THE SNOW…HOWEVERSOME AREAS ABOVE 7000 FEET MAY SEE 6 TO 12 INCHES NEW SNOW FROMTHURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THE VALLEY FLOORSWILL DROP INTO THE 50S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND INTO THE 40S OVERTHE WEEKEND…WHILE TEMPERATURES IN THE SIERRA WILL REMAIN IN THE

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