Rain, not snow, expected to stick around in Puget Sound
Feb 10, 2014, 7:00 AM | Updated: 7:46 am
Monday's rain is the first in series of storms that will move through the area during the week with off and on showers. (AP Photo/File)
(AP Photo/File)
The precipitation turned from white to wet in Western Washington, and the National Weather Service says this week should be typical for February with high temperatures in the 40s.
KING 5 meteorologist Rich Marriott reports Monday’s rain is the first in series of storms that will move through the area during the week with off and on showers.
Forecasters expect significant snow in the Olympics and Cascades and mountains of Eastern Washington.
The precipitation should start as snow in the Eastern Washington valley Monday but turn to rain as temperatures climb above freezing for the first time this month.
On Sunday, nearly 3 inches of snow fell at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the heaviest snowfall in a single day at that location in about two years. Parts of southwest Washington got hammered with as much as 5 inches or more in south Thurston County and some parts of Lewis County.
Some schools in the south Sound were still experiencing delays or were continuing to put buses on snow routes Monday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
