Glow Ball Warming - Pacific Northwest department

From Portland, OR station KGW:

Mountains see an inch of snow per hour
The snow level was dropped to at least 1,500 feet on Friday, as a new storm system took hold and many started to enjoy the earliest openings in years for Mt. Hood ski resorts.

�The next potent and wet weather system pushing in on Friday late afternoon and early evening, and will give us a lot of rain, and much cooler air � so cool that the snow level may possibly drop to as low 1,000 feet. The good news here, however, is that most of the moisture will be winding down when the coldest air starts to push in,� said KGW Meteorologist Nick Allard.

Allard said Mt. Hood should get 12 to 18 inches of new snow before the precipitation winds down late Friday night. Then, "we will get a break from the rain Saturday and the dry weather has a good chance of hanging on through Sunday. �More rain, and somewhat warmer weather returns next week.�

At Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort, workers said they were getting more than an inch of fresh powder every hour. The base has grown to 40 inches and another 10 inches could fall by Saturday.

Pffttt... Only 50 inches of base? Mt. Baker (as of 2PM today) has 68" base at the bottom and 73" at Pan Dome. And it's all powder!!! There is some crusty snow on the ground here (at 800' elevation)