5 p.m. REPORT: More snow predicted at lower elevations as daylight-saving time begins overnight
Published 7:03 am Saturday, March 7, 2009
Snow mixed with rain began falling in Port Angeles around 11 a.m. today as the storm system moved east toward Sequim and Port Townsend. Afternoon sunbreaks across the North Olympic Peninsula belied the fact that more snow could fall tonight.
Here’s the latest National Weather Service statement:
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 AM PDT SUNDAY.
A COLD UPPER TROUGH COMBINED WITH STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH TONIGHT.
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON…BEFORE
BECOMING ALL SNOW SHOWERS LATER THIS EVENING AS COLDER AIR
FILTERS INTO THE REGION.
THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA WILL
OCCUR AWAY FROM THE WATER AND ON ELEVATED TERRAIN. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING.
FOR THE CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST… 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS AWAY FROM THE WATER.
Oh, yes — while watching the white stuff fall outside, be sure to set your clocks forward one hour tonight. Daylight-saving times begins at 2 a.m.
Check back on peninsuladailynews.com — we will update this forecast as conditions warrant.
