January 15, 2012 in News

Snow arrives in Western Washington

More snow showers expected

SEATTLE — Snow showers have blanketed most of Western Washington over the weekend, but more is on the way next week.

National Weather Service meteorologist Johnny Burg says more snow showers are expected for tonight, Monday and Tuesday, and although computers models aren’t complete, Wednesday is forecast to deliver the heaviest load of snow.

Snow fell heavier today than on Saturday, snarling traffic in some places around Seattle and the suburbs. Buses were stuck on freeway ramps and cars were abandoned on roads.

Burg says temperatures will drop to the 20s overnight, freezing some of the leftover snow. Monday and Tuesday are expected to bring another few inches of snow accumulation.

The Cascades are forecast to weather more than a foot of fresh powder over the start of the week.

Nine comments on this story so far. Add yours!

misjustice on January 15 at 4:52 p.m.
And, despite predictions, no snow for Eastern Washington. What gives?
drywitt99 on January 15 at 5:03 p.m.
I moved to Seattle…..took it with me…..
Teseract on January 15 at 5:24 p.m.
The national weather service is saying this:
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO ONE FOOT IN VALLEY AND LOWLAND LOCATIONS…UP TO TWO FEET IN MOUNTAINS.
* ELEVATION: ALL ELEVATIONS.
* TIMING: TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.”
Everyone go buy a snow shovel now before they sell out!
lbbnjsharpe on January 15 at 5:30 p.m.
We drove from a snowy Ocean Shores Wa. to Snoqualmie today with little to no traffic excess madness. It was a bit weird thinking the coastal roadway looked a bit like Highway 57 to Preist. Both having similar amounts of snow. ;-(.
biLL
Snoqualmie (Mead Spokane transplant)
The_Seer on January 15 at 5:42 p.m.
I’ve been waiting to give the new Subaru Outback a snow workout here in town. Or anywhere around here.
I hear Whistler has freshies.
Sigh…
polistra on January 15 at 6:17 p.m.
Nice to see that the Seattle Spokesman-Review is on top of the situation here in Seattle. Wonder if Spokain has a paper? Probably not.
reservedparking on January 15 at 6:35 p.m.
It sure used to have more paper than it does now. I’ve noticed, particularly since the first of the year, that content and page count is way down. Little things - like the comics in the weekday classified section are larger. Captions under pictures are double-spaced, wasting more room that used to be news content. Fewer pages, big pictures taking up what used to be news space, and the want ad volume is WAY down. If it wasn’t for the obituaries, (at something around 4 dollars per column inch) I’d worry about their financials. I think I worry about them anyway.
herewegoagain on January 15 at 6:54 p.m.
That’s usually what happens in the winter months in this corner of the world, it snows.
Ed Byrnes on January 15 at 8:30 p.m.
The mountain forecast looks great - Yippee the powder is returning!