Peninsula residents toil, play in snow following storm
Published 1:30 am Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Residents across the North Olympic Peninsula spent Monday dealing with the first real winter storm of the season, which led to school closures, delays and wrecks.
Logan Johnson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said areas south of Port Angeles saw as much as 8 to 9 inches of snow in total, while there was less at lower elevations. Snowfall had started as early as Sunday morning in some areas.
In Jefferson County most areas had two to six inches, with the greatest accumulation about 10 miles southwest of Port Townsend.
Sequim saw about 3 to 6 inches, he said.
“Temperatures are going to stay cold for the next couple days, so whatever snow [did] fall, it’s not going anywhere,” Meteorologist Kirby Cook said.
