It was mainly good for its nuisance value. The most snow in the flatlands was probably here, about 4". The bad thing was the timing, hitting just before the evening commute in the most populated and car-congested region of WA, with wet roads and then 22F temps and wind (windchill down to 0F) blowing snow sideways. Poor visibility and slip & slide. It didn't help that Seattle has seven or eight hills, either.

I was sent south from here to pick up a crew in Longview, and while the ice on the road was just enough to be treacherous, it wasn't really anything that reducing your speed wouldn't handle. There were some spinouts slowing crawling out of the ditch (one fool had turned off all his lights on a black pickup).

The cold is annoying, esp the part where it rained before the temps dropped. I still can't get my car door open.

Cold again tonight and tomorrow, then it's supposed to warm up into the balmy 40s (days).

They say it's a sign of the winter to come. Brrrrrrrr!

Sue