At 5:40 p.m. the National Weather Service in Seattle issued this short-term forecast:
A BROAD AREA OF SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED SNOW PELLETS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR POULSBO AND KINGSTON ACROSS TO LYNNWOOD…NORTH SEATTLE…AND BELLEVUE. THE BROADER AREA OF SHOWERS IS SPREADING SOUTH AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT BREMERTON…PORT ORCHARD…DOWNTOWN SEATTLE AND RENTON BY 630 PM.
ANOTHER LINE OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD SOUTH OUT OF SKAGIT COUNTY…REACHING ARLINGTON AND SMOKEY POINT AROUND 630 PM. ANY OF THESE SHOWERS WILL LEAVE A QUICK SNOW ACCUMULATION OF ONE-HALF INCH OR SO…ENOUGH TO TURN THE GROUND WHITE. HOWEVER…AIR TEMPERATURES OF 36 TO 40 DEGREES WILL CAUSE ANY SNOW TO MELT IN LESS THAN ONE OR TWO HOURS.
