Here comes the snow again...
We are scheduled to get dumped on starting sometime this evening or tomorrow. Follow this up with heavy rain and warm temperatures and it's gonna be a fun couple of days...
From the NOAA website
here comes this prediction:
bq. WAZ001>007-009-013>016-060600-
bq. ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-CENTRAL CASCADE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL COAST-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-EVERETT AND VICINITY-NORTH COAST-NORTHERN CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHWEST INTERIOR-SAN JUAN-SEATTLE METROPOLITAN AREA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN WHATCOM
bq. 1040 AM PST MON JAN 5 2004
bq. ...A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...
bq. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OVER MOST OF THE AREA.
bq. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF NEW SNOW ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES JUST INLAND FROM THE COASTAL STRIP.
bq. TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE SEATTLE AREA...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
bq. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL BEGIN FALLING ALONG THE COAST THIS EVENING...BECOMING STEADY AND HEAVY AT TIMES BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVER PUGET SOUND TOWARDS MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVER THE NORTH INTERIOR AROUND SUNRISE.
bq. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY CHANGING TO RAIN ALONG THE COAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE INTERIOR AREAS WILL CHANGE TO RAIN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...EXCEPT FOR WHATCOM COUNTY WHERE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TUESDAY EVENING.
Just wonderful... At work, we have windows that overlook the Seattle harbor and the Olympic mountains and I have been seeing this front rolling in since about noon. Power was out at our house in the University Village/Sand Point area for a couple hours this morning too.
Posted by DaveH at January 5, 2004 4:40 PM