Updated: For the first time since 2008, snow covered Seattle on Christmas Eve. You couldn’t ask for a better snow event: just enough on the ground to set us up for a beautiful white Christmas — and light snow showers continued into this morning.
Accumulations around Ballard look to be a trace to as much 4+ inches. Here’s Crown Hill…
And Loyal Heights…
Down at the shipyard…
Over at Golden Gardens…
And in Old Ballard…
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Earlier: Predicting snow in Seattle is both an art and a science — and a roll of the dice. Add the possibility of a white Christmas to the mix, and the mystery deepens.
So far the data supports at least some snow tonight into Christmas morning. The Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory with a forecast of 1-2 inches in the Seattle area.
But it’s a weak system, and meteorologists are playing it safe. “(There are a) range of possibilities of just a cold rain or dusting of snow to as much as 3-4 inches of snow — or just getting nothing at all, except the meteorological version of a lump of coal,” explains Scott Sistek at KOMO News.
If history is any guide, Crown Hill, Loyal Heights and Sunset Hill have a higher chance of a snow-covered Christmas than residents closer to the Ballard core. But we’ll see….