Here is the latest weather advisory from the National Weather Service for lowland areas of the North Olympic Peninsula:
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
403 PM PST MON JAN 10 2011
…LOWLAND SNOW POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING…
MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL SPREAD
NORTH INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY
EVENING. AT THIS TIME…IT APPEARS THE AIR MASS WILL BE COLD
ENOUGH SO THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW ACROSS THE
LOWLANDS. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT THE EVENING RUSH
HOUR COMMUTE…AND PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO HAVE AN EARLY COMMUTE
TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE THE SNOW BEGINS.
SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS MOST AREAS AS WARMER AIR MOVES INLAND.
THIS WILL HELP WASH AWAY ANY ACCUMULATED SNOW. UNTIL
THEN…LATEST COMPUTER GUIDANCE SUGGEST 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW
POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN HOOD CANAL…THE NORTH
COAST…THE NORTH INTERIOR AND THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS.
THESE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE PRELIMINARY AND EXACT TOTALS AND
TIMING OF WHEN THE WARMER AIR ARRIVES IS STILL UNCLEAR AT THIS
MOMENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST CLOSELY AS THIS WINTER
STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPS.
