National Weather Service: "Lowland Snow Possible by Tuesday Night"

Hopefully you’re not planning on going anywhere the next few days. As CHS reminds you, King County Metro is providing reduced service all this week, before they jack you for an additional quarter at the fare box beginning next week. Here’s their holiday bus service notice. So whether or not it snows and sticks mid-week, there’s a good chance you’ll be standing around in the cold for longer than usual, waiting for a bus to show. 

Regarding that chance of snow, the National Weather Service has released this statement:

THERE IS A CHANCE OF HIT AND MISS LOWLAND SNOW FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A DEEP UPPER TROUGH WILL SETTLE OVER WESTERN WASHINGTON BRINGING WITH IT COLDER TEMPERATURES AND SOME PRECIPITATION.

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(Millions of dollars in sophisticated weather modeling equipment and they can’t figure out how to work the Caps Lock key.) Be sure to check in again Tuesday morning to see how the NWS Seattle forecast is firming up. For now, they’re claiming the precipitation will be “showery,” which means it’s more or less impossible to tell exactly which area might get how much snow. 

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True-blue snow fans have been waiting for this since last Friday, when UW meteorologist Cliff Mass noted the models were showing snow for mid-week, specifically, at sea level. The mountains will see a foot or two of new snow no matter what happens.