Staying in the wheelhouse of snow potential for a while, coldest air in decades possible next week
Exact timing and amounts of potential snowfall remain uncertain over next few days. At this point roads shouldn't be impacted for Christmas eve dinner plans, with most of the wet snow threat tomorrow morning and limited to the highest hills, but Christmas morning could be dicey with colder air and potentially more precipitation. Let's start with tonight. Cold air will be a trickle, but showers may increase. With snow levels lowering from ~2000ft to ~1000ft, possibly impacting the highest foothills overnight into Christmas eve morning. I wouldn't be surprised if we have something a bit less impactful than this past Monday (20th). Trace - 1" for areas like Eagle Pointe, Wilderness Rim. Christmas eve day I think we may be on the northern edge of a faster moving low pressure system. But this will serve to pick up the Fraser outflow bringing temps down markedly, beginning up North with Bellingham in W. WA. Again, most of the precipitation looks to be focused in the A