New Forecast Calls For 2 to 4 Inches of Snow Tuesday, Then 6-Inch Potholes

The Seattle branch of the National Weather Service (now on Facebook) was making dire predictions of a snow storm to arrive this week, but has since backed off the gas pedal, so far as accumulations go. Paul Deanno at KOMO is calling for two to four inches of snow to fall tomorrow afternoon, but that should get washed away overnight, as snow changes to rain.

Here's the revised, elliptical NWS prediction as of 9:20 a.m.:

THE NEXT...MUCH ANTICIPATED EVENT IS STILL UNFOLDING. WARM FRONTAL PRECIP WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO W WA TUE EVENING WHICH WILL LIKELY START OUT AS SNOW. NAILING THE SNOW TOTALS IS RATHER DIFFICULT AS WARMER AIR WILL CHANGE THE PRECIP TYPE OVER TO RAIN...SOMETIME LATE TUE NIGHT OR EARLY WED MORNING. THIS OUGHT TO MELT ANY ACCUMULATIONS. UNTIL THEN...MAY SEE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AMOUNTS IN THE LOWLANDS...

UW meteorologist Cliff Mass had been hoping for an historic snow event, but over the weekend, his hopes faded as models kept showing warmer air heading north, rather than south of us. (All we need is for that to change, and we're back in snowdrift country.) Now he's talking winds and heavy rains, none of which will help the condition of our streets. Look for that record number of potholes to increase.