Dark: Great sunset, temperatures dropping toward freezing. Atop the Official Maple Leaf Life Snow Measuring Car, 2 3/4 inches. Forecast for Wednesday, somewhere between 2 and 8 inches more. Seattle schools take the day (Wednesday) off.
3:45 p.m.: Arterials are clear and wet. Side streets mostly passable.
2:20 p.m.: Sunshine!
1:20 p.m.: Steady snow.
12:30 p.m.: Brighter outside, with light snow.
11 a.m: Heavy snow coating side streets. 15th Avenue Northeast and Roosevelt Way Northeast fine; Fifth Avenue less so.
Snowing heavily on Lake City Way.
Regional snow reports collected by the Seattle Times and its new partners (including us) here.
Live traffic cams here.
See snow plow routes here.
Check bus routes here.
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Very light snow falling here (9:45 a.m.); the big storm still due overnight.
Didn’t get a photo of this–but about noon, not one, but 2 buses (73X) were jack knifed on 15th at the 104th stop. Fortunately there was room I could get around them to turn down to my house on 104th.
And I can happily recommend “Autosock” as a great alternative to cable chains!!
Two photos of Maple Leaf kids sledding on the international wire REUTERS NEWS PICTURES by local photog and Maple Leaf resident Anthony Bolante :
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/seattle-residents-shropshire-campbell-pull-sleds-snow-falls-photo-233717863.html
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/seattle-residents-moore-pushes-friend-clement-sled-maple-photo-234314596.html
Schools just called, 2 hr early release. That coupled with the 2 hr late start was hardly worth the effort to go in. Oh, what can you do.
Public schools still open at 11:30. Hanging by the phone in case of early release. Shoreline Community College called it off at 10:30am so I have one home.