As predicted, a significant freezing rain occasion has occurred over western Washington.
With a glaze of ice, even strolling is difficult, roads are treacherous, SeaTac runways are closed, bus service is canceled over the area, and a few main freeway sections are closed (equivalent to I-90 west of 405). Good recommendation: keep residence till 1 PM.
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Courtesy of KOMO TV.
The key frontal band is now shifting out, however there are showers behind it, as evident on the most recent radar picture. Meaning some scattered freezing rain showers for a couple of extra hours, since low-level temperatures are nonetheless beneath freezing for many of the area apart from the coast.
When will we thaw out? Between midday and 4 PM immediately for many residents of the lowlands, so there are a number of extra hours of this icy mess….so please do not journey if you happen to can keep away from it.
Listed here are the floor air temperature forecasts from the most recent NOAA HRRR mannequin predictions (pink and reds are beneath freezing, with white close to freezing)
10 AM: Nonetheless issues for many, however enhancing over the coast and NW WA.
Transitioning at 1 PM, apart from the passes and japanese WA. Nonetheless chilly and icy within the Columbia Gorge and the northern Willamette Valley.
By 4 PM, the westside has thawed apart from close to the Columbia Gorge
This occasion will maintain by the day close to and downstream of the Columbia Gorge as a result of it offers a conduit for chilly air from the est.
