Perhaps it comes as no surprise to anyone who has looked outside this morning and seen the persistent snow flurries that have evolved into heavy snowfall but the National Weather Service (NWS) Seattle office has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for today.
The earlier forecast was for snow flurries changing to snow-rain mix by the afternoon and then ultimately rain.
The NWS advisory applies to most lowland areas around the Puget Sound and says to expect snow to begin around noon. Snow if the Ferndale area had already began about 8am. Accumulations between 1 and 3 inches are forecast with more expected at higher elevations further away from water.
The advisory is in effect until 9pm this evening.
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Click for more informationFerndale School District announced elementary students would be dismissed at their regularly scheduled time, 2:10pm for Beach Elementary and 3:30pm for Cascadia, Central, Custer, Eagleridge and Skyline elementary schools. Middle and high school student dismissal times may change according to the district but they will make that announcement about 1pm.
Middle and high school students will be dismissed at their regular times except student drivers at Windward High and Ferndale High will be dismissed 15 minutes early.
Additional changes announced by the district for today,
- There will be no activity bus running this afternoon.
- All after school activities for grades K-8 are canceled.
- All after school activities at the high schools are optional to attend.
- All evening events at all of our schools are canceled.
The Boys & Girls Club announced the Ferndale Clubhouse will be open after school but will be closing early at 5:30pm.
The snow had little to no impact on roads this morning. But, as of noon, it could be seen beginning to accumulate on Main Street. Drivers should once again adjust their speed and distances for these winter conditions.
This article was updated about 12:25pm and 1:05pm to include information from the School District. It was updated again at 1:50pm with info from the Boys & Girls Club Ferndale Clubhouse.