Areas of fog exist in the lower valleys but skies are clear above. Today, look for sunny skies, continued moderate northerly ridgetop winds, and high temps in the low 20's. The crystal ball shows dry and mostly sunny conditions for the upcoming week. A weak system will clip by well to the north Tue-Wed, with the next advertised low dropping south by the weekend.

Winter finally arrived in the region last weekend, bringing a decent shot of snow to the mountains, and even an inch or two to the valleys. Lower North Creek picked up 6" of new snow and upper elevations received up to 12". Matt Cozart was up on Tuesday and reported pretty uneven snow distribution with areas of deep drifting alongside bare ground. He also reported signs of instability such as whumphing, and cracking in the snow surface. These signs indicate that underlying old, weak snow is collapsing under the weight of recent and wind drifted snow. Read his observation here.

On Wednesday, Chris Benson did a flyover of the range and sent in this observation with pics.

That's the most recent information. Matt and I will be getting out today to have a look around.