(Image: E li s a beth via Flickr)

This latest addition to the CHS Flickr pool from contributor E li s a beth captures the moment quite nicely. It is about to get cold on Capitol Hill and across the greater Pacific Northwest.

Here’s what the government weather nerds are predicting:

.SYNOPSIS…MOIST NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP SCATTERED SHOWERS    GOING ACROSS THE CASCADES AND THE CONVERGENCE ZONE IN WESTERN    WASHINGTON THROUGH THE DAY.  A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE    WEDNESDAY BRINGING RAIN…SNOW CASCADES AND WIND TO THE REGION.  A    COLD UPPER TROUGH WILL SETTLE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THURSDAY    AND FRIDAY WITH SHOWERS AND SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO 500 FEET.  THE NEXT    FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRUSH WASHINGTON OR POSSIBLY BYPASS THE AREA    OVER THE WEEKEND.  BY EARLY NEXT WEEK…THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL    BECOME UNSETTLED ONCE AGAIN. 

.LONG TERM…FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION…A DEEP COLD TROUGH WILL    DEVELOP OVER THE SRN B.C. COAST ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND DRIVE SWD    THROUGH THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL USHER IN EVEN COLDER AIR FROM    CANADA CAUSING SNOW LEVELS TO FALL TO AT LEAST 1000 FEET DURING THE    DAY…AND POSSIBLY DOWN TO 500 FEET OR LOCALLY TO SEA-LEVEL WITH    HEAVIER SHOWERS OR ANY CONVERGENCE ZONES. IT IS STILL TOO FAR OUT TO    BE TALKING ABOUT ANY LOWLAND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER…CURRENT    MODELS SUGGEST ANY ACCUMULATIONS WOULD LIKELY BE HIGHLY LOCALIZED.    THE BIGGER STORY WILL BE THE COLDER TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA.    HIGH TEMPS FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND WILL STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF    THE 30S IN SOME COLDER AREAS ESPECIALLY UP NORTH. THE COLDEST LOW    TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS SEASON ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND    SUNDAY MORNINGS. 

Now we’ll have a chance to play with all of the city’s new snow alert toys. Cool.