Fun with Weather

Fun with Weather

When our map looks this colorful, its indicative of some serious potential fun.

Predicting snow in western Washington is almost as reliable as astrology. Up until the moment flakes start falling, it is STILL very much a crap shoot. But, it is looking more and more like we are receiving a little Advent present from Alaska. Here is what the NWS is saying at the moment...keep in mind, I live on the Kitsap Peninsula but am presently sitting in a lab in downtown Seattle.

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS WESTERN
WASHINGTON LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR
SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE OVER THE KITSAP PENINSULA. AS THE
LOW MOVES FURTHER EAST THIS EVENING A PUGET SOUND CONVERGENCE ZONE
WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND. PRECIPITATION IN THE
CONVERGENCE ZONE WILL SWITCH OVER TO SNOW. IN THE CENTRAL SOUND
OUTSIDE OF THE CONVERGENCE AREA THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN AS
RAIN UNTIL LATE TONIGHT WHEN THE AIR MASS WILL BE COOL ENOUGH FOR
THE SHOWERS TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. A WIDE RANGE OF SNOW AMOUNTS
ARE POSSIBLE WILL SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA GETTING
LITTLE IF ANY SNOW WHILE IN THE CONVERGENCE ZONE AS WELL AS OVER
THE KITSAP PENINSULA AS MUCH AS SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY
SATURDAY MORNING.

This could end up being VERY interesting because it also sounds like we are going to have VERY cold (for us) weather settling in for the next week, which means if we actually do get snow it won't be going anywhere for awhile - very unusual for us. Either way, it is always fun to sit beside the warmth of the woodstove and watch the weather radar to watch and see when and if the snow is actually coming - and then watching it fall silently amidst the green cedars. (Add in a bottle of Snow Cap and a lovely wife and the kids dancing outside...and by golly, I reckon that's a little piece of heaven)

Take a look at the temps for next week:

The coldest I've ever experienced in Western WA was 13 degrees.

Anyway, let it SNOW....ummm....after I get home tonight. The other interesting factor is whether or not this might play havoc with our plans with Bishop BENJAMIN this weekend. I'm scheduled to be ordained a Sub, but at this point that is totally up to God. (as if it wasn't before?)