Forecasting Kitsap

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Here Comes the Arctic Blast of ’09!

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Biggest understatement of the week: “It’s cold!”

Heh, what you’re experiencing right now is nothing compared to the blast of arctic air pegged to spill into our region beginning Saturday night. I know what you’re thinking: “Beginning Saturday night?! You mean the arctic blast hasn’t already begun?!” Well, we’ve had an appetizer, but even colder weather is in store.

Amazingly, there are still a lot of inconsistencies among weather models in handling this arctic outbreak, but some solutions point to a possible “surprise” snow event Saturday night/Sunday as the cold air moves over the warmer waters, picking up a little bit of moisture. Unfortunately, not a whole lot of confidence is being put into this forecast, but the possibility is most certainly there for some light snow showers.

One thing I’m 100% sure about it we’re going to get MIGHTY cold the next several days. It appears I’ve been forecasting too warm (yet again) and will have to continue to adjust my temperature forecast downward even more. At this time, I’m expecting highs in the upper 30s tomorrow, low-mid 30s Sunday, mid 20s to lower 30s Monday, upper 20s and lower 30s Tuesday and low to mid 30s Wednesday with mid 30s likely through the end of the week.

Low temperatures will be bitterly cold as well and current forecasts are for colder overnight lows than last years Arctic blast at this time! Kitsap could very well record lows in the low to mid teens Monday/Tuesday nights.

An over running snow event could still happen late next week, but models have been holding precip off until Sunday, meaning a weeks worth of completely dry weather, granted we don’t get a surprise snow event