Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Arctic event, with snow for Shoreline and surrounding areas

In recent weeks there has been a bit of chatter about an Arctic air mass breaking loose and heading towards the Pacific Northwest.  It appears this is now more likely than it was before, and mainstream TV forecasters are now indicating a change to cold weather.  I am still following the developments but right now it appears that rain will arrive Saturday afternoon.   Saturday night the first cold air wave will push through, changing the rain to snow.  From Sunday through Tuesday it appears there will be hit and miss snow showers throughout Puget Sound, however a Puget Sound Convergence zone is expected to develop over North King County, and Southern Snohomish County.  This puts Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Edmonds, Mountlake Terrace, Brier, and Lynnwood right in the bull's eye.  In this area 4-6 inches or more of snow is expected.

     Later next week, Thursday-Friday a bigger, more wide spread snow event is now shaping out to be very possible for the entire region.   I will continue to watch this event as it develops and post updates on Twitter and here.

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