— from National Weather Service —
… Winter Storm Watch in effect from Thursday morning through Friday morning…
The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a Winter Storm Watch… which is in effect from Thursday morning through Friday morning.
* Timing… a weather system will move from south to north over western Washington on Thursday and Thursday night. Cold air will be in place at the surface when precipitation begins. The precipitation is likely to begin as snow… then change to rain. Around 12 hours of snowfall is possible at most locations in the interior lowlands. Four inches or more of snow is possible. The Hood Canal area… where strong east winds will add an upslope component to the snow… could get seven inches or more. The onset of snow… and the change to rain… will be earlier in the south and later in the north. By Friday morning it is anticipated that snow will have changed to rain everywhere.
* Main impact… travel will be greatly affected.
Precautionary/preparedness actions…
A Winter Storm Watch means there is a potential for significant snow… sleet… or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts.
What a great headline!
Can’t cut & paste the wunderground.com forecast, unfortunately…but here’s our weather on Orcas: Thursday, 12/8, mostly cloudy, with minimum snow possible in the evening; 38 degrees max. Friday, less than an inch possibly, temp to 40 degrees. Rain Sat. & Sun.
Check it out.
You know we have different weather patterns here.