Possibly a big mess

When we went out for a Pho lunch today at 11, some wet, pretty flakes were just starting to drift down. By the time we finished our soup about an inch had fallen, which immediately turned California Avenue into a slippery gridlock of sliding cars and spun-out buses. Oh, it was nice to drive a few blocks and just be home.

“The snow doesn't give a soft white damn whom it touches.”
E.E. Cummings

As our local weathermen like to say: snowfall amounts are notoriously difficult to predict in the Puget Sound area. This morning were told to expect a "trace to one inch" in Seattle. Within an hour, 3 or 4 inches of wet snow had transformed our little world and knocked the bamboo right to the ground.

A sad sight this afternoon, but no worries-- bamboo is nothing but indestructible "grass" and will spring right up again.

More fun ahead. I can hardly wait for Slushmagedon. Here's a forecast from the Cliff Mass weather blog:

The best is yet to come. We will have a break the second half of today and much of Monday. But later Monday afternoon into Tuesday morning another batch of snow will come in with another upper trough and this could be considerably heavier. And then Wednesday morning we may have snow/rain SLUSHMAGEDON. A very warm, wet system will approach...first we could have heavy snow and then heavy rain. Possibly a big mess.