Snow looks likely for Tuesday night
Snow looks likely for Tuesday night
A seagull rides the wind at Three Tree Point on a cold January day. The National Weather Service is predicting snow for our area Tuesday evening.
Jerry Robinson
Mon, 01/10/2011
The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement as of 4:57 am Monday, Jan 10 that calls for snow on Tuesday evening.
...LOWLAND SNOW POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...
MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO
SPREAD INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...
IT APPEARS THE AIR MASS WILL INITIALLY BE COLD ENOUGH SO THAT
PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW ACROSS THE LOWLANDS TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE TRANSITION TO RAIN WILL START OVER THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR EARLY WEDNESDAY AND SPREAD NORTH DURING THE MORNING WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING OVER TO RAIN IN THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR BY LATE MORNING. CURRENT COMPUTER GUIDANCE SUGGESTS 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL WITH POSSIBLE HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TURNS TO RAIN.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AS THIS STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPS.
