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Lowland Snow Increasingly Likely This Weekend: Seattle Area Forecast
The Seattle area could net a couple of inches of snow before the weekend is over, and the odds favor a chilly start to March.
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SEATTLE — The odds are increasing for lowland snow accumulating across the greater Seattle area this weekend, and some winter weather could linger into early next week. While forecasters are not anticipating anything on the scale of what walloped Portland this week, there is a promising chance for most areas to pick up at least a couple of inches, according to the National Weather Service.
Here's what the National Weather Service forecasters said Thursday:
"Deterministic and ensemble members remain in lockstep with each other regarding the Saturday system, starting to nudge onto the coast mid to late Saturday afternoon but not becoming a widespread concern until Saturday evening. The timing of the entrance of this front, given that cold air will remain in place, looks to be conducive to another round of lowland snowfall. Projected amounts look to be a little higher than the previous round. That being said, it does spread this snowfall out over a 36 hour period, from the end of Saturday throughout the majority of the day Sunday...and with temps rising during the day Sunday to above freezing, this makes for a very complicated forecast as trying to pin down any specific amounts will be difficult due to the eventual transition to rain by Sunday afternoon."
The Seattle Weather Blog said Puget Sound could expect a moderate snowstorm kicking off late Saturday. Another weather system on its heels could bring a rain/snow mix Sunday evening into Monday morning.
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⚠️There is a growing signal for a moderate Seattle snowstorm Saturday night into Sunday morning. ⚠️ 2-4” is my guess right now. Stay tuned. And remember, it always finds a way to snow on Feb. 26
— Seattle Weather Blog (@KSeattleWeather) February 23, 2023
While afternoon highs will begin to moderate over the weekend, they will still run chillier than normal, and overnight lows are forecast near the freezing mark through Tuesday.
Some record coldest high temperatures for today... Seattle 36 (2022), Olympia 34 (2018), Bellingham 34 (2014) Record lows for Friday morning... Seattle 24 (2011), Olympia 15 (1962), Bellingham 20 (2011) All of these records could be broken in the next 24 hours. #wawx pic.twitter.com/3aoxqWQ6WH
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) February 23, 2023
With March — and meteorological spring — arriving Wednesday, the latest climate outlooks strongly favor colder-than-average temperatures sticking around through at least the first week of next month, with a slight signal in favor of wetter weather.
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