Winter's First Snowfall in Kirkland

Morning commuters were greeted by light snowfall on some of Kirkland's hills Wednesday morning, but roads appeared to be bare and wet and Metro Transit reported all buses on schedule at 6 a.m. (see the Metro Alerts page here).

The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the Puget Sound region. It indicates any snow in the lowlands should end by 10 a.m., with a rising snow level. Here is your Kirkland forecast and below is the NWS advisory.

Please let us know conditions or concerns in your area in the comments box below!

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
608 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012

.A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING WIND AND HEAVY SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE A PERIOD OF SNOW
IN THE WESTERN WASHINGTON LOWLANDS THIS MORNING BEFORE A WARMER
AIR MASS MOVES INTO THE AREA.

WAZ505-507-508-191800-
/O.EXA.KSEW.WW.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-121219T1800Z/
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-
608 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
THIS MORNING.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...NORTH END OF SEATTLE NORTHWARD TO
  EVERETT...BREMERTON...ISSAQUAH...NORTH BEND.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL FALL IN THE ADVISORY AREA THIS MORNING WITH
  LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS...THEN CHANGE TO RAIN LATER THIS MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...LOCALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW.

* MAIN IMPACT...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW OCCURRING AT
THE SAME TIME. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD
ADVISORY MEANS THAT LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.