Well, snow probable for this weekend down to 2000 ft. with a mixture of snow and rain expected at even lower elevations. Possibility of thundershowers. Rain showers in the forecast from Saturday through Wednesday of next week. Here are parts of the report from NWS:

AS OF 3:30 AM PST WEDNESDAY...MAJOR CHANGE IN THE
 WEATHER BY THE WEEKEND. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO AS LOW AS 2000
 FEET WITH MIXING POSSIBLE AT EVEN LOWER LEVELS.
ALL OF THE MAJOR MODELS AGREE THAT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE COLD AIR
 WILL MAKE ITS WAY HERE OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA BY LATE
 FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO PROGRESS TO THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT ON
 FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY.
SHOWERS WILL SPREAD NORTH TO SOUTH
 AND BY SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY THE CWA WILL HAVE A GOOD
 CHANCE OF PICKING UP SOME PRECIPITATION WITH THE MODELS
 CURRENTLY SHOWING BETWEEN A TENTH AND A QUARTER OF AN INCH EXPECTED
 IN URBAN LOCATIONS AND UP TO HALF AN INCH OVER FAVORED TERRAIN. THE
 STORMY PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST
 HALF OF NEXT WEEK.
SNOW LEVELS STILL LOOK LIKE THEY WILL
 DROP DOWN TO AROUND 2000 FEET WITH A RAIN/SNOW MIX EXPECTED AT EVEN
 LOWER LEVELS. WITH BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOWING 700 MB TEMPERATURES
 DOWN TO MINUS 16 THAT WOULD BRING A DEFINITE MIX TO AS LOW AS 1000
 FEET IN SOME OF THE SHOWERS. WHO KNOWS...MAYBE THE TWIN PEAKS WILL
 EVEN SEE A BRIEF MIX. THE GFS ALSO SHOWS LIFTED VALUES NEAR ZERO SO
 WE MAY EVEN GET A FEW CLAPS OF THUNDER OUT OF THIS. INTERESTINGLY...
 LOOKING FURTHER OUT SHOWS A VERY WET SYSTEM WITH THE
 ECMWF/GDAPS/CANADIAN SOLUTION FOR LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WHILE
 THE GFS KEEPS US DRY. INCLINATION IS TO FAVOR THE WETTER MODELS AS
 CPC SHOWS US WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR DAYS 6 THROUGH 14
 WITH A GOOD CONFIDENCE LEVEL. WINTER IS FINALLY ARRIVING.
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