The National Weather Service is predicting cold weather with overnight lows dropping to 20 degrees or below during the next week.
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
329 AM PST TUE DEC 3 2013
WAZ001-503>519-040000-
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-
OLYMPICS-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
329 AM PST TUE DEC 3 2013
...UNUSUALLY COLD WEATHER ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON FOR THE NEXT
WEEK...
MODIFIED ARCTIC AIR IS FILTERING INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS
MORNING...PRODUCING WINDY CONDITIONS IN WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY
AND THE SAN JUANS. WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE NORTH INTERIOR WILL BE
10 TO 15 DEGREES THIS MORNING AS WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST UP TO
45 MPH. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES AROUND MUCH OF WESTERN
WASHINGTON INCLUDING THE MAIN SEATTLE URBAN CORRIDOR WILL FALL TO
NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING. THIS MEANS ANY PRECIPITATION THAT FELL
LAST EVENING MAY FREEZE WITH BLACK ICE POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE.
DRY AND COLD WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
DAYTIME HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AND 30S WITH SUNSHINE...AND
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 15 TO 25 DEGREE RANGE. A WEAK
WEATHER SYSTEM MAY BRING SOME FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW TO PARTS OF
WESTERN WASHINGTON LATE IN THE DAY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. AT
THIS TIME IT APPEARS ACCUMULATION...IF ANY...WOULD BE MINOR.
THE COLD WEATHER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY OF
NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SIMILAR OR EVEN SLIGHTLY COLDER
THAN THOSE EXPECTED THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. RENEWED FRASER OUTFLOW
WINDS MAY ALSO PRODUCE COLD WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE NORTH INTERIOR.
ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM MAY BRING A CHANCE OF SNOW LATE THIS
WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
