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So as I'm sure all of you could guess, the snow is winding down. A low pressure system off the coast is SLOWLY moving south towards California and it will bring its moisture down there too. It will also "release" a blast of cold air from Canada into Western Washington. This will bring very GUSTY winds to Bellingham and the San Juans with a Wind Advisory in effect for gusts to 55mph coming out of the Frasier River Valley. A hard freeze will dominate tonight with low temps tonight in the low 20s, teens, and some spots into the single digits. Tomorrow will remain chilly too with highs near freezing. Another hard freeze follows tomorrow night. It will remain dry tomorrow though with pretty clear and sunny skies

Saturday clouds start to roll in but it remains chilly and in the 30s. The next system moves in Saturday night bringing a chance over to warmer air. However, there will be enough cold air still around for the possibility of precipitation to start off as snow. Similar to what happened back in January, it will snow for 1-2" and then a quick change over to rain and warming. Temps will remain cool enough in the upper atmosphere though to keep snow levels relatively low which will bring heavy snows again to the mountains, something they desperately need for the ski resorts. We start to warm by Sunday with rain at times but still well below our average. Looks like next week offers off and on chance for more rain and cooler than normal temps, in the mid 40s.

No real show chance after the weekend. We have pretty much reached the point of no return part of the year for lowland snow. We start to warm and the chance for snow diminishes greatly by the beginning of March.