SEATTLE — Areas north of Seattle began seeing snow early Thursday morning as the snow level dropped.
Reports of snow around Lake Whatcom began coming in around 5 a.m.
Other parts of Skagit and Snohomish counties, including Monroe, Marysville, and Sedro-Woolley, also reported light snow that dusted lawns and plants.
The snow will likely turn into mostly rain by late Thursday morning.
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Snow chances return Friday. The Friday system will come in as wet snow. Accumulations could range from a trace to 2 inches, mainly above 500 feet of elevation in areas north of Everett and the Hood Canal region.
That system will turn to rain by mid to late morning Friday.
But that's not the last of it.
Sunday will start with rain, but will transition to snow showers by late afternoon or evening. Sunday night into Monday the snow levels are expected to drop from 1,000 to sea level across the Puget Sound region.
The unknown factor at this point is how much moisture there will be in the Sunday system, which makes it challenging to forecast accumulations.
The lowlands could see snow flurries at sea level Tuesday and Wednesday with minor accumulation.
After next Wednesday, we will have to wait and see what the models say. It’s too far out to forecast accurately past Wednesday.
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Meanwhile, temperatures will be frosty next week.
An airmass is expected to bring cool, dry air through the region Sunday evening. This will force temperatures to drop into the upper 20s on Monday morning and only reach the low 30s Monday.
By mid-week, high temperatures will drop into the mid-20s, and overnight lows will plummet into the teens and low 20s. It'll be even colder and breezy at times in Whatcom and Skagit counties as they feel the brunt of the Fraser River outflow.
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