SEATTLE - Winter's not over yet. Cold weather brought a dusting of snow to some areas of Western Washington on Monday.
Snow was reported in Gold Bar, Sedro Woolley, Whidbey Island, Puyallup, Shoreline, SeaTac and Tacoma, and there could be more to come.
KING 5 Meteorologist Jeff Renner says there is very, very cold air aloft.
"The best potential for slushy accumulations of snow would be on inland hills at or above 500 feet. At most, such accumulations would amount to about an inch," he said.
Skies will be partly cloudy tonight. This combined with that cold air will allow temperatures to drop down into the mid 20s to low 30s on Tuesday morning.
Any roads that are still wet during the evening may be icy on Tuesday morning, and Renner says we could see freezing fog, which could cause even more trouble for the morning commute.
Rain will move back into the Puget Sound during the afternoon and it might start with some wet snow mixed in initially along the Hood Canal before it turns to rain.
Skies will turn partly sunny on Wednesday with only a few lingering showers. A couple of storms will move through Thursday and Friday for rain at times and warmer temperatures with highs back into the low to mid 50s.
The weekend is looking up with showers ending on Saturday with some clearing becoming partly sunny on Sunday. We should see a chance of rain off and on next week with highs holding mainly in the low to mid 50s.
Wintry mix in Portland area
It may be March but scattered snow flurries and hail have been reported in the Portland metropolitan area.
National Weather Service meteorologist Clinton Rockey calls it "a typical spring." He said reports of hail and snow on Monday were pretty much confined to higher elevations.
Rockey says it will likely be frosty and foggy Tuesday morning with temperatures in the upper 20s and lower 30s and rain possible by afternoon. Higher areas could again see some snow later Tuesday.
Elevations above 1,000 feet could brace for snow and sleet. But anything falling so low would be brief and heavy, falling wet and fast.
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