Weather Report

AN ABRUPT CHANGE IN WEATHER...TO COLDER TUESDAY NIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL BARREL ACROSS THE REGION LATER TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL USHER IN A MUCH COLDER AIR MASS OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE MIDDLE 30S ON WEDNESDAY. A MODIFIED ARCTIC FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR.EXPECTED BREEZY CONDITIONS AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE NORTHERN PUGET SOUND AND THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 60 MPH IN THOSE AREAS. WINDS WILL EASE LATER TUESDAY EVENING.THE OTHER BIG ISSUE IS HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL. AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES LATER TUESDAY NIGHT...RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND MAY EVEN CHANGE TO SNOW AT TIMES IN THE LOWLANDS. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH COLD AIR IN THE REGION BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THAT MOST AREAS WILL SEE SNOW FALLING. AS THE ARCTIC AIR ARRIVES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...MOISTURE WILL BECOME MORE SPOTTY AS SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOP. AT THIS TIME...IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO PIN POINT ACCUMULATIONS...BUT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AT MOST ALL LOCATIONS IN THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS. TRAVELS AND COMMUTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ICY ROADS AND POSSIBLE SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ON WEDNESDAY.ARCTIC AIR KEEPS THE REGION IN THE CHILL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MAY STRUGGLE TO REACH THE MID 30S ACROSS THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS...AND POSSIBLY NOT REACH FREEZING IN SOME AREAS. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS AND 20S...WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR.CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THIS CHANGE TO COLDER AND POSSIBLY SNOWY WEATHER.