Right now there are a few snow showers, but nothing serious (see radar above). We will progressively dry out during the day and much cooler temperatures (twenties to high teens) will be experienced tonight.
I plan on writing a blog tonight about the quality of the snow forecast and the role of the media. Bottom line: the forecast was not as bad as some have been saying and people have to learn to live with some uncertainty in the forecasts.
For all of your amusement, here is a list of snow totals provided by the National Weather Service:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1130 AM PDT THU FEB 24 2011
..STORM TOTALS FOR THE FEBRUARY 23-24TH SNOW EVENT...
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS
AROUND WESTERN WASHINGTON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE REPORTS
LISTED BELOW ARE IN INCHES AND ARE A COMBINATION OF OFFICIAL SPOTTER
REPORTS AND REPORTING STATIONS AS WELL AS SOME PUBLIC REPORTS. THEY
ARE ARRAINGED BY COUNTY
CLALLAM
SEKIU 2.0 (AS OF FEB 23RD)
FORKS 4.0
SEQUIM 4.5
COVILLE 6.0 (AS OF FEB 23RD)
PORT ANGELES 9.5
GRAYS HARBOR
OCEAN SHORES 2.0
OAKVILLE 3.0
OCEAN SHORES 3.0
MONTESANO 3.0
ELMA 3.0
OCOSTA 4.0
ABERDEEN 4.0
MOCLIPS 5.0
COSMOPOLIS 7.0
QUINAULT 7.0
WESTPORT 7.5
ISLAND
FREELAND 2.0
SOUTH GREENBANK 4.0 (AS OF FEB 23RD)
LANGLEY 6.0
CAMANO ISLAND 7.0
OAK HARBOR 9.0 (AS OF FEB 23RD)
JEFFERSON
PORT LUDLOW 0.5
CHIMACUM 0.7
PORT HADLOCK 3.6
PORT TOWNSEND 5.0 (AS OF FEB 23RD)
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1130 AM PDT THU FEB 24 2011
..STORM TOTALS FOR THE FEBRUARY 23-24TH SNOW EVENT...
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS
AROUND WESTERN WASHINGTON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE REPORTS
LISTED BELOW ARE IN INCHES AND ARE A COMBINATION OF OFFICIAL SPOTTER
REPORTS AND REPORTING STATIONS AS WELL AS SOME PUBLIC REPORTS. THEY
ARE ARRAINGED BY COUNTY
CLALLAM
SEKIU 2.0 (AS OF FEB 23RD)
FORKS 4.0
SEQUIM 4.5
COVILLE 6.0 (AS OF FEB 23RD)
PORT ANGELES 9.5
GRAYS HARBOR
OCEAN SHORES 2.0
OAKVILLE 3.0
OCEAN SHORES 3.0
MONTESANO 3.0
ELMA 3.0
OCOSTA 4.0
ABERDEEN 4.0
MOCLIPS 5.0
COSMOPOLIS 7.0
QUINAULT 7.0
WESTPORT 7.5
ISLAND
FREELAND 2.0
SOUTH GREENBANK 4.0 (AS OF FEB 23RD)
LANGLEY 6.0
CAMANO ISLAND 7.0
OAK HARBOR 9.0 (AS OF FEB 23RD)
JEFFERSON
PORT LUDLOW 0.5
CHIMACUM 0.7
PORT HADLOCK 3.6
PORT TOWNSEND 5.0 (AS OF FEB 23RD)
HOH RANGER STATION 14.0
KING
SEATTLE WFO 1.0
MERCER ISLAND 1.5
AUBURN 1.8
SEA-TAC AIRPORT 3.0
WOODENVILLE 3.0
BELLEVUE (IN TOWN) 4.3
SAMMAMISH 4.5
CARNATION 4.6
RENTON 5.0
COVINGTON 5.0
BELLEVUE (2MI SE) 7.0
SNOQUALMIE 8.0
NORTH BEND 14.7
KITSAP
SEABECK 0.0
BREMERTON 0.1
OLALLA 1.0
LEWIS
ONALASKA 3.0
CURTIS 3.1
MASON
SHELTON 2.0
PIERCE
EATONVILLE 2.0
GIG HARBOR 2.5
BONNEY LAKE 3.0 (AS OF FEB 23RD)
PUYALLUP 3.0
STEILACOOM 3.1
TACOMA (3MI NW) 3.5
TACOMA (1MI NW) 5.0
SAN JUAN
FRIDAY HARBOR 3.0
LOPEZ ISLAND 4.0
SKAGIT
BELFAST 4.5 (AS OF FEB 23RD)
ANACORTIS 6.0
LA CONNER 6.0 (AS OF FEB 23RD)
CONCRETE 12.0
MOUNT VERNON 16.5
SNOHOMISH
BOTHELL 0.8
ARLINGTON 2.5
MARYSVILLE 3.0
LAKE STEVENS 3.0
EVERETT 4.5
THURSTON
ROCHESTER 0.5
GRAND MOUND 2.0
OLYMPIA 4.5
WHATCOM
BELLINGHAM 1.5
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