NORTHWEST. THIS IS KING5 NEWS AT FOR WE BEGIN WITH A LIVE LOOK HERE AT
SNOQUALMIEPASS SHOWING THE
CURRENT CONDITIONS IN THE
CASCADES I90 REOPENED AN HOUR
AGO FOLLOWING A CLOSURE THAT
LASTED ABOUT TWENTY THREE
HOURS.
TRACTION TIRES ARE STILL
ADVISED AND TRAFFIC IS MOVING
RELATIVELY SLOW.
STEVENS PAST IS CLOSED UNTIL AT
LEAST EIGHT TOMORROW MORNING
AND JUST LOOK HOW EASY IT IS UP
THERE.
YOU CAN BARELY SEE THROUGH OUR
WEB CAMERA AND YOU CAN SEE ALL
THAT SNOW.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL
SPINOUTS AND OF COURSE IT IS
STILL SNOWING AND WE HAD A LOT
TO GET TO THIS NEXT HOUR BOTH
HERE AT HOME AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
I'M JESSICA JANNER CASTRO.
I'M GREG COPELAND.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE U.S.
RIGHT NOW ARE WITHOUT POWER AS
A WINTER STORM RAGES ALL ACROSS
SEVERAL STATES.
AND BACK TO YOU HERE HOME
KING COUNTY.
TRAFFIC IS STARTING TO ROLL
ACROSS THE CASCADES.
AS JESSICA MENTIONED, THESE BIG
RIG DRIVERS ARE JUST NOW
BEGINNING THEIR TRIP OUT
OF NORTHBEND.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU
TODAY.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER
WITH ADAM CLAVON AND REBECCA
STEVENSON IN JUST A MOMENT.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH
KING5 MICHAEL CROW LIVE HERE
NORTHBEND.
MICHAEL, THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL
JUST HAMMERED THE PASSES.
YEAH, WHICH IS FUNNY BECAUSE
WE'RE NOT MUCH LOWER WE ARE A
BIT LOWER AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN
ANY SNOW HERE JUST WITH ON THE
GROUND AND A BUNCH OF RAIN
TODAY BUT IT WAS A LONG COLD
WAIT FOR THIS FOLKS TRYING TO
GET ACROSS THE PASSWD IT WAS
CLOSED.
THAT WAS A HUGE AMOUNT OF SNOW
ALMOST FOUR FEET OVER THREE
DAYS.
WE KNOW IT REOPENED THIS
AFTERNOON BUT A LOT OF WORK
STILL AS THESE FOLKS TRY TO GET
ACROSS THE PASS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WASHDOT
ANNOUNCED AROUND NOON IT WOULD
REOPEN AT 3:00.
THAT DID HAPPEN.
THEY SAY THEY HAD TO CLOSE FOR
AVALANCHE CONTROL BECAUSE THERE
WAS JUST SO MUCH SNOW COMING
DOWN.
THEY HAD A LOT OF WORK TO KEEP
THE ROAD CLEAR AND SAFE.
WE TALKED TO SOME OF THE FOLKS
THAT WERE PARKED ON I90 AT
SEATTE 34 WHERE WE OFTEN SEE
THAT CLOSURE FOR FOLKS TRYING
TO HEAD EAST.
WE ALSO WE TALKED TO AN E.R.
NURSE WHO WAS STUCK ON THE
WRONG SIDE AFTER HER SHIFT AND
HAD A GREAT REASON TO WANT TO
GET HOME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
YES, I HAVE A NINE MONTH OLD
BABY AT HOME AND I REALLY WANT
TO GET HOME HERE SHE WITH THAT
SHE'S SAFE BUT I MISS HER.
SO SHE ENDED UP STAYING WITH
FAMILY FOR A WHILE AND DID SOME
OVERTIME.
SO NOT A HUGE DEAL.
SOME FOLKS WERE ABLE TO DETOUR
AROUND A WHITE PASS BUT THAT
ROAD CANNOT HANDLE ALL OF THAT
TRAFFIC.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST HAD TO
WAIT AND AS YOU'VE SEEN AS
WELL, YOU SEE TWO UP ON STEVENS
PASS IS COMPLETELY CLOSED.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT SOME
PICTURES ON TWITTER OF FOLKS
TRYING TO LEAVE STEVENS PASS
SKI RESORT NOW THAT THAT'S
CLOSED IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A
COMPLETE MESS RIGHT NOW WITH
ALL OF THAT TRAFFIC TRYING TO
GET DOWN.
SO FOR MORE ON WHAT'S TO COME,
I'M GOING TO BRING IN
METEROLOGIST ADAM CLAIBON.
HE'S GOING TO STEP IN HERE WITH
ME AND TELL YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT
IS COMING UP TODAY ON JUST FIND
OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT
AS WE HEAD INTO THE NIGHT TO
SEE THE CONDITIONS OF THE
PASSENGERS.
THEY ARE A LITTLE MORE DICEY.
WE STILL HAVE SOME ICE AND SOME
SLUSH THAT IS ON BLCOKED
SNOWQUALMIE AARPWA STEVENS
PASS.
WE'RE EXPECTING THAT WARMER AIR
WILL EVENTUALLY START TO WORK
ITS WAY IN.
BUT HERE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT
YOU'RE GOING TO STAY COLD
ENOUGH THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH
VERY ICY CONDITIONS AND THEN
HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME YOU HEAD
INTO THE DAY TOMORROW WE'RE
GOING TO START TO SEE A LOT AND
SOME SNOW ACTIVITY HERE
NORTHBEND NOT A WHOLE LOT
OF INTO THE PASSES A LITTLE
MORE.
WE STILL HAVE A WINTER STORM
WARNING THAT IS IN PLACE UNTIL
6:00 P.M. WE HAVE PICKED UP AS
MICHAEL WAS SAYING ALREADY
OVVER FOUR FEET OF SNOW IN SOME
INSTANCES THERE.
SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HEAVY
SNOW AND WE'RE STILL EXPECTING
JUST A BIT MORE AS WE HEAD ON
INTO THE NIGHT AND POSSIBLY A
FEW MORE FLEXIBLE AS WE HEAD
INTO THE DAY FOR TOMORROW
MORNING.
NOW TO GO ALONG WITH THAT WE
HAVE AN AVALANCE WARNING OUT
FOR THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS AND
THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE
CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW IN SOME
OF THE WEIGHT ON THE TOP LAYER
OF THE SNOW STARTING TO SHIFT
AROUND A LITTLE BIT WITH THE
HEAVY SNOW RECENTLY.
AND OF COURSE WITH SOME OF THE
WARMING AND THAT WE'VE SEEN
ALSO AROUND RECENTLY.
SO IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL
THROUGH THE PASSES AGAIN,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY
KEEP IN MIND WHAT THE
CONDITIONS ARE LIKE AND ALSO
YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO MONITOR
WHERE YOU CAN PASS THROUGH
BECAUSE WE'RE STILL DEALING
WITH SOME CLOSURES, SOME SPOTS.
BUT FOR MORE ON WHAT WE'RE
EXPECTING TONIGHT AS FAR AS THE
SNOWFALL AND HOW MUCH MORE
WE'RE GOING TO SEE HERE THE
TIETON ON OVVER TO REBECCA.
THANKS, ADAM.
AND STAY WARM UP THERE.
I KNOW IT'S PRETTY COLD AND YOU
GET A LITTLE HIGHER UP BUT GETS
COLDER YET AND BOY, THAT SNOW
IS NOT STOPPING ANY TIME SOON.
NOW WE MAY SEE THOSE SNOW
SHOWERS IN THE CASCADE PASSES
DIMINISH SLIGHTLY HERE IN THE
NEXT HOUR OR SO BUT IT'S ONLY
GOING TO INCREASE AGAIN AS ADAM
SAID AS WE'VE GOT ANOTHER WAY
THAT WILL INCREASE THAT
SNOWFALL MOVING INTO THE PASSES
ELSEWHERE.
IT'S JUST SCATTERED RAIN
SHOWERS ON THE COAST WHERE WE
HAVE THOSE CONVERGENCE ZONE
SETTING UP THAT'S BROUGHT IN
SOME RAIN FOR PARTS THE
LOWLANDS LAKE STEVENS ONE
OF THE LUCKY ONES GETTING THE
RAIN HERE IN THE LOWLANDS
BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURES ARE SO
MILD.
BUT YOU CAN REALLY SEE WHY
WE'RE GETTING THESE PARTICULAR
BANDS OF SNOWFALL IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND HOW THEY STRETRCH
DOWN TO RAIN IN THE LOWLANDS
ONLY HITTING THE RAIN GAUGE FOR
EVERY COMING OVER TWO TENTHS
OF AN INCH OF RAIN FOR YOU WITH
ONLY ABOUT A TENTH OF AN
IN
IN THE
IN THE SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST. WE'RE GOING TO SEE THESE
GRADUALLY TAPER DOWN TONIGHT.
CURRENT TEMPERATURES VERY MILD.
SEATTLLE IS ALREADY AT 50
DEGREES.
WE'VE GOT FORTY EIGHT RIGHT NOW
FOR BREMERTON AND 49 FOR
RENTON.
SO WE'RE NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT
SNOW FREEZING OVVER TONIGHT
THERE ARE A FEW SPOTS THAT WILL
BE NEAR THAT FREEZING MARK BUT
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE
SNOW MELT HERE FOR THE LOWLANDS
WILL DRY OUT FOR THE DAY
TOMORROW.
BUT WE'VE GOT A WHOLE NEW ROUND
OF SNOW AND RAIN COMING IN ON
THURSDAY.
I'LL TELL YOU WHO'S GOING TO
GET A LITTLE OF THAT WET SNOW
BEFORE THEY GET THE RAIN COMING
UP YOUR FULL FORECAST.
REBECCA, THANK YOU.
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