Weather Headlines

Reference May 1989 Weather for a historic look at May cold.

*Another significant wave of rain will give way to much colder air Friday night into Saturday, with a change to snow and mixed precipitation.

*A dusting up to 2″ of snow accumulation will be possible, mainly at elevations above 3000 feet into early Saturday (locally higher amounts will be possible on peaks above 4000 feet).

Air temperatures will vary from upper 10s to lower 20s (with much colder wind chills along ridges) on highest peaks to lower 30s in warmer valleys.

Wind chill factors will drop into single digits above and below zero, especially in gusts, along highest mountain ridges during Friday night into Saturday AM. Bitterly cold for early May.

*Good radiational cooling conditions will allow coldest temperatures Saturday night into early Sunday to develop within mountain valleys, with widespread below freezing temperatures.

*An additional push of unseasonably cold air will again set the stage for more freezing to below freezing conditions centered on 12-13 May 2020.