Overview
- National Weather Service alerts are active across the Cascades and Olympics as heavy, wind-driven snow begins and continues into Thursday.
- Forecasts call for widespread 1–4 feet of mountain snow with locally higher totals at higher elevations, while lowlands see widespread rain.
- Wind Advisories accompany the storms, with Puget Sound gusts topping 45–50 mph in typical windy spots and 30–40 mph elsewhere.
- Snow levels near 2,000–3,000 feet drop further behind a stronger front Wednesday into Thursday, heightening pass impacts and reducing visibility.
- Officials warn travel could be very difficult to impossible across mountain passes and urge drivers to delay trips, check road conditions, and carry emergency supplies.