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:

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.

first snow of the season, not much, but enough to make a mess

Woke up to some light snow sunday, amounted to about 2-3" but combined with the super cold temperatures we have been having it made the roads pretty ugly around here. I-5 near Stanwood was a mess with probably 15-20 cars involved in accidents. Took a quick drive to survey the situation:

As the day went on the snow stopped falling, but the roads around Granite Falls remained pretty slick. Grabbed some video of the roads and snow around the area:

Not sure if we have more coming, I love snow but it pretty much kills the ability to get around out where I live. It takes the road crews a while to get out this way, making it pretty much 4x4 only if you want to drive with confidence.

Cold weather freezes the Stillaguamish River near Arlington.

Some video I shot this morning of ice floating down the Stillaguamish River near Arlington, WA. The temps dropped into the low teens the last couple nights, resulting in some ice in the river this morning.