The big melt off is underway this morning. Many areas in western Washington saw a trace to several inches of new snow overnight. Temps will be warming to the upper 30s and lower 40s today under partly so mostly sunny skies. That will help with melting much of the snow that fell in the last 12 hours. It will cause ponding on the roads and big splashes of slush for drivers.

The Cascade passes should be dry today with decent driving conditions for December. You can expect compact snow and ice on all of our mountains passes this weekend.

Tonight, most of our area will have clearing skies and cold temperatures. You can plan on an icy start on the roads from the melting snow refreezing overnight.

Sunday will start out dry with increasing clouds during the day. Highs tomorrow will only get to the mid to upper 30s as more cold air moves in. Sunday evening and overnight could bring more snow for the lowlands with the best chance of accumulations happening in the south Sound and along the Cascade foothills.

Monday morning’s commute could be dicey with new snow on the ground in some areas. Any morning snow showers will turn to rain by the afternoon.

The rest of the week will bring slightly warmer temperatures reducing the chance for any snow falling below 1,500 feet.

Theron Zahn
The KOMO 4-Cast Team

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