The National Weather Service says it’s going to be cold and there might be a little snow this week in western Washington. And that means it’s time for ALL CAPS:
…SPOTTY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING IN MUCH OF WESTERN WASHINGTON… …ANOTHER PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM TO ARRIVE TUESDAY WITH LOW SNOW LEVELS CONTINUING…
AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AIR MASS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER PRESSURE ALOFT WILL PRODUCE MORE SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN WASHINGTON THROUGH THIS EVENING. ANY WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIGHT…PERHAPS AN INCH OR TWO…AND THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS WILL BE IN AREAS AWAY FROM BODIES OF WATER AND IN HIGHER TERRAIN SUCH AS HILLS.
HIGHER PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT BRINGING AN END TO THE SHOWERS ALONG WITH CLEARING SKIES. TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING WILL DROP INTO THE 20S AND SPOTS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS…BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.THE COOL AIR MASS WILL REMAIN INTO TUESDAY AS THE NEXT PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHES WITH PRECIPITATION SPREADING ONSHORE DURING THE DAY. SNOW LEVELS SHOULD RISE TO AROUND 1500 FEET LATER TUESDAY…BUT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF THE PRECIPITATION STARTING AS SNOW IN SOME INTERIOR LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE HOOD CANAL AREA AND THE KITSAP PENINSULA.
MORE COOL UNSTABLE AIR WILL FOLLOW THIS SYSTEM INTO WEDNESDAY WITH SNOW LEVELS REMAINING RELATIVELY LOW…AROUND 1000 FEET OR LESS. SO ANOTHER MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY IN THE LOWLANDS WEDNESDAY SIMILAR TO THE WEATHER EXPERIENCED THIS WEEKEND.
THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING MORE SNOW INTO THE MOUNTAINS LATER TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AGAIN…PERSONS PLANNING TO BE IN OR TRAVEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS THIS WEEK SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS.
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK…MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST ON THIS UNSEASONABLY COOL WEATHER PATTERN. BUEHNER WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE