Snowmageddon Commute This Week

The crazy weather conditions in western Washington made for some crazy driving conditions the last couple days. Fortunately there were not a lot of folks out trying to get around so it was not as bad as it could have been. Some video showing how bad the roads were:

2012 Snowstorm Hits Snohomish County

This week has been a total weather mess in Western Washington. It started for us in Snohomish County on Monday morning, light snow accumulated quickly to a few inches. It got worse each day, by Wednesday I had over 10" of snow at my house. The driving conditions in rural Snhomish County were terrible, with compact snow and ice making for difficult commutes.

On Tuesday I drove around and got a few decent photos of the snow around Eastern Snohomish County- here are some of my favorites (click for larger size):

Winter finally arrives in Snohomish County

Over the last couple days we have had our first taste of snow in Snohomish County. Saturday it hit pretty fast up in Everett and the Lake Stevens, Snohomish and Monroe areas. I took a drive to see how the conditions were, despite just 3 inches or so it still managed to put lots of cars into ditches and minor collisions. 

I grabbed some video and shots over the past couple days, apparently the worst is coming Tuesday and Wednesday, we'll wait and see.

This is what a "trace to two inches at most" looks like

On Friday the weather forecasts for the Puget Sound area all showed Saturday being sunny and clear. I woke up this morning to steady snow. It snowed all day.

After we had 2-3 inches of snow one of Seattle's television meteorologists updated their forecast stating: "we'll see a trace to two inches at most around the north interior and foothills" 

As of 10:54PM I have 7" of snow. It's one thing to be a little off on a prediction- but this is ridiculous. 

First sunset of 2011

Still have a fair amount of snow around the house- the pink clouds during sunset made for a pretty winter picture today.