A dose of winter for Seattle-Tacoma-Everett region this week

Hold your radio tuned to KIRO Newsradio this week. Winter-style climate can be taking part in havoc on driving circumstances and outside actions.

It’s common for the passes to get huge dumps of snow this time of yr.

However it’s unusual to start out listening to about doable snow close to sea stage this early within the season.

As folks return dwelling on the roads and throughout the passes after the Thanksgiving vacation, wind, rain, sleet, and sure, doable snow may influence commutes round Puget Sound this week.

In accordance with the Nationwide Climate Service, Seattle and Bellevue will see primarily rain in a single day earlier than 4 a.m. The low can be round 35-degrees which simply goes to indicate, a small dip in temperatures may imply snow.

The prospect of participation is round 80% in a single day

There’s a slight probability of snow within the metro areas Monday morning earlier than 8 a.m.

It will likely be principally cloudy Monday morning with clearing skies within the afternoon.

Tuesday, the NWS studies an opportunity of snow showers between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. with a excessive of 39-degrees.

As is generally the case, the nearer you get to the mountains, the extra doubtless you may be coping with snowy circumstances.

KIRO 7 TV meteorologist Frankie Katafias says a powerful climate system is shifting into the world in a single day.

A Winter Climate Advisory is in impact for elements of the area.

Katafias says sea-level snow is feasible this week.

We could possibly be seeing a rain-snow combine at varied instances all through the work week.

In accordance with Weatherspark.com, the snowy interval of the yr in Seattle is traditionally solely 5-6 weeks from mid-December to late January.

The month with essentially the most snow within the metro space is January, with a median snowfall of 1.2 inches. The snowless interval of the yr lasts for 11 months, from January 20 to December 12.