Another day Wednesday -- another morning (and afternoon for some) with low clouds and fog around Puget Sound. However, with slightly less moisture near the surface, we could see this burn off a little faster and in a few more places Wednesday afternoon. But for some spots, we’ll stay gloomy Wednesday afternoon.
On Thursday, a very weak weather system moves in for a few early-day rain showers and mountain snow showers. The moisture with this system is quite shallow and thus, only a few hundredths of an inch of rain is expected and no more than an inch or two of snow in the North Cascades, and little elsewhere. A few foothill locations could see some wet snowflakes mixing in Thursday morning too, but of no consequence.
It looks dry from Friday through early next week but chilly with some Arctic air making it into eastern and Central Washington and a little bit of that getting into Western Washington as well. From Saturday into early next week, morning lows will be below freezing for almost all locations except the coast with highs only in the upper 30s to near 40 in the lowlands. It will be bitterly cold in central and eastern Washington with highs in the 20s and morning lows in the teens with single digits in the coldest spots.
So what about snow chances with this cold weather? There is no indication of moisture moving into interact with the cold air through the middle of next week, when the air temperature begins to moderate a bit. We’ll monitor the situation but the weather setup in the longer term still just looks cold and dry.
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