Hail, hail, the weather is here, and another round of ice and cold is always near! What an opening for today’s column. There were some crazy hail storms Wednesday, with some covering the ground 1 and 2 inches deep. Traffic came to a crawl on Interstate 5 near the 78th Street exit in Hazel Dell as hail covered the freeway.
More hail showers were reported around the county, and even some claps of thunder. Did you see those beautiful towering cumulus clouds Wednesday? Wow, and even some sunshine, as well. Plenty of cold, unstable air aloft followed the cold front Tuesday night. It looked like an early March day to me.
With clearing skies Wednesday night, the overnight lows this morning were expected to dip below freezing with some icy roads. We have a brief break today before another cold storm drops down the B.C. coast. Is there no end of this? Looking ahead, I think the Sunday-through-Tuesday period upcoming might be our last with the winter stuff as the air flow is forecast to turn more westerly. Will that come to pass?
We will flirt with more lowland snow late Sunday into Tuesday if things work out, at least above 500 feet. Stay tuned for the latest on that. While we had cold rain and hail showers Wednesday, the Washington Coast enjoyed clear blue skies and temperatures were on the chilly side around 45 degrees.
