crazy_t Posted January 9, 2007 Posted January 9, 2007 from "weather.com" at 3:15 today: Special Weather Statement 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- OLYMPICS- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 544 AM PST TUE JAN 9 2007 ...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND POSSIBLE LOWLAND SNOW COMING TO WESTERN WASHINGTON... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BARREL ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON LATER TODAY. THIS FRONT WILL USHER IN A MUCH COLDER AIR MASS OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING LATER TONIGHT...WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE MIDDLE 30S ON WEDNESDAY. A MODIFIED ARCTIC FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING...BRINGING A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR. WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PUGET SOUND AND THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 60 MPH IN THOSE AREAS...AND TO 45 MPH ELSEWHERE. WINDS WILL EASE LATER TUESDAY EVENING. THE OTHER BIG ISSUE IS HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE LOWLANDS. IT NOW APPEARS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL ROLL INTO THE AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BRINGING SNOW SHOWERS TO MOST OF THE LOWLANDS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR FREEZING SO SNOW WILL LIKELY STICK TO SURFACES. SNOW AMOUNTS STILL REMAIN UNCERTAIN...BUT A TRACE TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS COULD FALL...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF SEATTLE TO AROUND EVERETT AND WEST TO THE STRAIT WHERE A CONVERGENCE ZONE MAY FORM. AS THE ARCTIC AIR ARRIVES WEDNESDAY EVENING...SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY HOW MUCH SNOW MIGHT FALL BUT SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL INTO THE 20S ACROSS THE AREA SO ANY SNOW THAT DOES FALL WILL STICK TO ROADWAYS. TRAVELS AND COMMUTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ICY ROADS AND POSSIBLE SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ON WEDNESDAY. ARCTIC AIR KEEPS THE REGION IN THE CHILL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MAY STRUGGLE TO REACH THE MID 30S ACROSS THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS... AND POSSIBLY NOT REACH FREEZING IN SOME AREAS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS AND 20S...WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THIS CHANGE TO COLDER AND POSSIBLY SNOWY WEATHER. A little variety at least.. Quote
NTM Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 I'm going to do my Denali training on Queen Anne. Anyone up for FWA of frozen roads? I've already scoped the approach... Quote
MattMc Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 and you can't use a guide otherwise it doesn't count (see latest J-dawg reply post in the Rainier forum) Quote
sobo Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 ...(see latest J-dawg reply post in the Rainier forum)... This one... :laf: Quote
MisterMo Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 So at about 11 AM it was sunny and near 60 at the pass. Felt like May. Now it's snowing hard in Index following a brief spell of hammering wind. Wild winter...lots of good powder days though. Quote
Jens Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 Off topic but, +11C in Lillooet today!!!!#*&@ (warmer than Seattle!). What the heck is going on with that place? Lillooet used to be money for ice climbing from Dec. 1 through mid march. Quote
Weekend_Climberz Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 Time for another Banff trip :tup: Quote
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