Wait, what? What? WHAT?!

[annathepiper]

Who the hell turned winter back on, anyway?


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- NORTH COAST- CENTRAL COAST- 228 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2008

...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWLANDS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK...

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL PRODUCE UNSEASONABLY COOL AND SHOWERY WEATHER THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. COLDER AIR ALOFT WILL GRADUALLY FILTER INTO THE AREA TONIGHT WITH THE MAIN SNOW LEVEL ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON HOVERING NEAR THE 500 TO 1000 FOOT LEVEL. THIS MEANS THAT PRECIPITATION COULD FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW SHOWERS OVER SOME HIGHER HILLS AROUND THE PUGET SOUND REGION AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS OF THE CASCADES. WHILE MOST OF THE SNOW WILL REMAIN ABOVE THE 500 FOOT LEVEL...RAIN SHOWERS COULD MIX WITH SNOW DOWN TO SEA LEVEL... ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS.

AT THIS TIME...LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED NEAR THE WATER INCLUDING MOST OF THE METRO CORRIDOR. HOWEVER...HILL TOPS AND AREAS INLAND FROM THE WATER COULD SEE LOCALIZED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. IN ADDITION...THE PUGET SOUND CONVERGENCE ZONE MAY ALSO BECOME ACTIVE AT TIMES THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS MAY ARTIFICIALLY LOWER THE SNOW LEVEL TO SEA LEVEL IN WELL ORGANIZED PRECIPITATION BANDS. AREAS MOST PRONE TO THE CONVERGENCE ZONE FROM BE FROM ROUGHLY JUST NORTH OF SEATTLE TO THE EVERETT VICINITY.

DUE TO THE SHOWERY NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM AND HIGH UNCERTAINTY TYPICAL OF LOWLAND SNOW EVENTS...PIN POINTING SPECIFIC TIMES AND LOCATIONS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION IS NOT POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME.


MurkNorth, of course, is right smack in the middle of the convergence zone.

Comments

[firni.livejournal.com]

Oh, you got it this time? Usually we're the ones getting BONED BY THE ZONE.

http://www.komotv.com/weather/faq/4306427.html

[annathepiper]

We don't have it yet--right now, looking out the window by the front door, I see a lot of pouring down and very likely cold rain. However, I would not be surprised if some of this turns to snow overnight. And my money's on the street being frozen up when I wake up tomorrow, too.

[firni.livejournal.com]

There was a definite nip in the air as I waited for the school bus this afternoon. One that wasn't there last week.

[annathepiper]

Meh. Meh, I say! I'd be a lot more enthused about cold weather if I hadn't been spending all of March fighting the MARTIAN DEATH FLU!

Right then, break out the scarf tomorrow. AND the big umbrella.

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

O weather, stay AWAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY from our place. PLEEEEEEEEEEASE.

[annathepiper]

Indeed! I'd be way more appreciative of any snow if I hadn't been blowing this entire month battling the Martian Death Flu. You, more so! You need all the cozy warm weather you can get!

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

We are making our own cozy warm weather in the house. :-)

[annathepiper]

Yay for cozy warmth!

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

We had dinner in Lynnwood tonight. We left our house and it was raining, medium rain, getting gradually harder... 38 degrees. By Seattle, the rain was getting splatty. By Shoreline it was snowing really hard, 34 degrees. By Lynnwood, teensy tiny bit of rain, 36 degrees. Going home again, pretty much nothing.

[annathepiper]

Yay schizoid weather!

We got heavy and most likely cold rain in Kenmore, but only for a while. We'll have to see what we get over the weekend.

[angharads-house.livejournal.com]

22 cm of snow at Engineering Office (elevation 320 m asl) this morning and still falling fast and hard.

plus (oh, yayness) I get to go stand outside in it all day today.

(bailed on new job by mutual agreement and am back to old job but at new-job day-rate, which on the whole is colossal win situation)....

[annathepiper]

Yay for a win job situation, but I'm not sure standing outside in 22 cm of snow all day quite falls into that category. ;)

[mdhenry.livejournal.com]

I know, right? I get back from Portland and what do I run into? Snow. It's pretty and all, but don't we live in Washington?

[annathepiper]

Seriously! Somebody missed a memo!

Speaking of Portland, I have seen many interesting posts out of your posse re: that expedition, which sounds like it was extremely cool. So I hope the snow didn't make coming back too annoying. :)

[howlinhobbit.myopenid.com (from livejournal.com)]

Due to the nature of my whole freaking life right now the only "steady" money I have coming in is from busking.

Can you guess how much money I make when the weather sucks? Can you? Huh?

OK then. Can you guess how broke I am at this moment?

Weirdly, I don't remember March coming in so tremendously lamb-like. What's with the lion exit?

Feh.

[annathepiper]

Yowtch, sorry to hear how badly this is impacting you. On your behalf I hope the weather improves soon!

[wildshadowstar.livejournal.com]

Yesterday, one of the posts for metaquotes ran along the line of If spring is when Persephone ascends from the Underworld, then Persephone and Hades must be having some great sex.

[annathepiper]

HAH. I like to think Persephone and Hades have quite a time, yes. ;) *pats Queen of Souls*

[gerimaple.livejournal.com]

well, as of five minutes ago, when i was outside stirring the compost pile, i got snowed on :( shoveling the driveway St Pat's Day '02 I could live with. But a week and a half later? WTF

[annathepiper]

I take it snow this late in the year is not standard for Vancouver, either?