Chance of lowland snow in the forecast for Seattle area
Jan 7, 2013, 10:51 AM | Updated: 6:06 pm
A chance of lowland snow is in the forecast for the Puget Sound area this week. (KIRO Radio/file)
(KIRO Radio/file)
A chance of lowland snow is in the forecast for the Puget Sound area this week.
The National Weather Service says the snow level may drop to 500 feet Wednesday with the chance for precipitation at 60 percent.
“We’re going to look for a pretty significant cold front to move through the region on Wednesday, so snow levels will be dropping down closer to the lowlands of Western Washington by the time we get into Thursday, Friday and Saturday,” says Ted Buehner with the National Weather Service.
Forecasters do not expect any major accumulation on Wednesday. But rain and snow showers are also in the forecast Thursday with the snow level expected to get down to 400 feet. Temperatures will be chilly Thursday, with highs expected to reach only 39.
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Buehner says the possibility of snow around Western Washington continues Friday and into the weekend.
“In the Thursday, Friday time frame, probably hit and miss, more miss than hit, and if anything happens, very light accumulations,” says Buehner. We get into the weekend, there’s still the possibility of perhaps a more widespread event, but again with only low snow levels, not all the way down to sea level at this particular point.”
