Revised forecast shows 10 inches of snow through Thursday morning for Kirkland, Puget Sound

The snow began to fall Saturday night and will continue off-and-on through Wednesday evening. Mother Nature is expected to bring the most snow late Tuesday night and most of the day Wednesday before finally beginning to warm up Wednesday night.

By Matt Phelps • January 17, 2012 12:39 pm
Cross-country skiing was sometimes the only easy way to get around Kirkland Sunday morning.
Cross-country skiing was sometimes the only easy way to get around Kirkland Sunday morning.

The snow began to fall Saturday night and will continue off-and-on through Thursday morning. Mother Nature is expected to bring the most snow late Tuesday night and most of the day Wednesday.

The National Weather Service has declared a “Snow Storm Watch.”

The high on Tuesday is expected to be near 36 degrees with a calm west wind of 8 mph. The chance for snow is 90 percent, with day-time accumulations of less than an inch according to the National Weather Service.

The over-night low will be 28 degrees with 1-to-2 inches of snow possible.

According to the National Weather Service there could be between 4-to-8 inches of new snow on Wednesday, with a 100-percent chance of precipitation and a high temperature of 32 degrees.

Overnight low on Wednesday will be 29 degrees with 1-to-2 more inches of new snow possible.

The snow is not expected to turn to rain until Thursday at 10 a.m., with the snow level rising to 1,100 feet.

The City of Kirkland has posted a map of designated emergency snow routes online.