Now this will be fun - a cold blast

I thought that we were supposed to be worried about the global warming? From Seattle meteorologist Cliff Mass:

A Cold Wave and Some Lowland Snow Will Hit the Northwest Starting Friday
An unusual, and potentially damaging, mid-March cold blast will hit our region over the weekend. Cold enough that there are concerns about crops in eastern Washington, particularly cherries.

The sea level pressure and lower-atmosphere temperatures for 11 PM Friday (below) shows very cold air (purple colors) over BC and air cold enough to snow (blue colors) moving into eastern WA. Importantly, a tight low center is found along the northern Oregon coast. That will guarantee snow for someone west of the Cascades, depending on exactly the trajectory of the low.

More at the site - should be interesting... Got a lot starting to wake up out of dormancy here.