Colder temperatures will lower the snow level easily below 1,000 feet today, the National Weather Service predicted, bringing additional flurries to the foothills of the Olympic Mountains.
The storm that rolled in late Wednesday brought heavy wind to parts of the North Olympic Peninsula, snow showers in the foothills and a mixture of rain and snow at times in the lowlands by Thursday.
Meteorologist Steve Burke said snow showers will be more likely today in the lower elevations, with some flurries potentially at sea level.
Accumulations are expected to be small.
“We may get an inch in the higher hills,” Burke said, “but in most places, we’ll not get any accumulation, and some places will be rain.
“It’s one of those marginal events that we get a lot.”
A weather observer at 1,384 feet southwest of Sequim reported 1.2 inches of snow Thursday, Burke said.
Hurricane Ridge received 4 inches of new snow.
Tatoosh Island received 64 mph winds at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Port Angeles had 41 mph winds early Thursday morning, and Point Wilson reported 54 mph winds Wednesday morning.
The Clallam County Public Utility District reported one outage in the Blyn area Wednesday afternoon that affected 844 customers and lasted for about an hour.
Puget Sound Energy had five outages in Jefferson and Kitsap counties.