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The National Weather Service on Tuesday extended a winter weather advisory for the metro area through 4 p.m. today.
Meteorologists predict an inch or two of snow and possibly slick roads in the hills, with little or no snow accumulation below 500 feet, which includes nearly all of the metro area.
Steve Pierce, The Columbian’s new weather blogger, says forecasting today’s snow situation for Southwest Washington will be tricky. Here are his thoughts from the blog for the rest of the week:
“After today, colder air will be well in place for the rest of the week. This is NOT arctic air, but rather colder continental air that slides down east of the Cascades tomorrow. East winds will increase through the gorge. The most interesting part of this week’s weather may be the chances for pure snow down to the valley floor again on Thursday and again on Friday evening, just in time for New Year’s Eve celebrations. Both of those possibilities are far enough out to where things could change.
As I said last weekend, whatever falls after today will likely be snow down to sea level. Those thoughts remain unchanged. The amount of available precipitation will be the key. At this point anything we see on Thursday and Friday looks to be light.”
