Time to stock on provisions.
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Washington Issued by the National Weather Service:
THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES IN AT LEAST A DECADE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND… A VERY COLD AIR MASS IS CURRENTLY FORMING OVER THE YUKON OF NORTHERN CANADA. THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COMPUTER MODELS DRIVE THIS COLD AIR MASS SOUTHWARD TO THE WASHINGTON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA BORDER BY THURSDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN SWEEP FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH WASHINGTON DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY BRINGING A DRAMATIC DROP IN TEMPERATURES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND MAINTAINING THE COLD CONDITIONS. HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE UPPER 20S OVER MOST OF PUGET SOUND. NIGHTTIME LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO TEENS BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING. A FEW WIND SHELTERED LOCATIONS SUCH AS OLYMPIA COULD POSSIBLY FALL BELOW 10 DEGREES. AT THIS TIME…MOISTURE APPEARS LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM. HOWEVER…FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE FRONT THURSDAY AND WITH A PASSING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR MINIMAL AT THIS TIME BUT ANY CHANGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE MORE SNOW. IN ADDITION…A STRONG BLAST OF NORTHERLY WIND WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MARINE INTERESTS IN ALL WATERS. OVER LAND…NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 20S WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS…AND POSSIBLY COLDER THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AS WINDY CONDITIONS PERSIST. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT WINDS COULD EXCEED HIGH WIND CRITERIA…SUSTAINED 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH…BY LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR AND THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER FORECASTS IN THE EVENT HIGH WIND WATCHES ARE NEEDED.
So two hailstorms, thunder and lightning, a dusting of snow, all in preparation for this? Yikes.