Keep your fingers crossed!~By Kyle

Sing it with me: I'm dreaming (or praying) for a white Christmas . . .

Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
415 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012

WAZ001-503>512-514-515-518-519-231230-
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-
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
415 PM PST SAT DEC 22 2012

...SNOW POSSIBLE CHRISTMAS MORNING IN PARTS OF THE WESTERN
WASHINGTON INTERIOR...

WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY BE JUST RIGHT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME
SNOW IN THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON CHRISTMAS MORNING.

SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO PARTIALLY CLEAR CHRISTMAS EVE PERMITTING
TEMPERATURES TO COOL CLOSE TO FREEZING EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING
JUST AS MOISTURE FROM AN INCOMING PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM ARRIVES.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE RAIN ALONG THE COAST NEAR MIDNIGHT...BUT
COULD START AS SNOW IN THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON EARLY
CHRISTMAS MORNING.

THE BEST CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS IN THE HOOD CANAL...KITSAP
PENINSULA AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE LOCATIONS. ELSEWHERE...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE ON HIGHER HILLS (that's us!) OR AWAY FROM BODIES OF WATER LIKE PUGET
SOUND.

THE PRECIPITATION IN THE INTERIOR IS EXPECTED TO TURN OVER TO ALL RAIN
BY MIDDAY. THE EXCEPTION IS OVER THE HOOD CANAL WHERE IT IS
POSSIBLE THE TRANSITION WILL BE SLOWER.

HISTORICALLY...A WHITE CHRISTMAS IN THE WESTERN WASHINGTON
LOWLANDS IS RATHER RARE...LESS THAN A 10 PERCENT CHANCE. THE LAST
WHITE CHRISTMAS WAS IN 2008.

MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. AMOUNTS WILL
LIKELY BE IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE CHRISTMAS DAY.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING ANY TRAVEL ON CHRISTMAS DAY...BE PREPARED FOR
THE POTENTIAL OF ADVERSE WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS.

 

COME ON WHITE CHRISTMAS!