(Where has SDOT plowed/sanded/salted? Go here. Where is Metro re-routing? Go here.)
(Thanks to Brian Presser of TouchTech Systems for the Junction snow photo)
8:58 PM: While we’ve had reports of flakes here and there for more than an hour, only now is it starting to get a bit more serious, so we’re launching tonight’s snow coverage to see how long it lasts and what the forecasters have to say.
(Sunrise Heights snow photo by Jethro)
Photos appreciated – editor@westseattleblog.com – thanks! For now, the official alert level remains “Winter Weather Advisory,” in effect until 8 am Friday.
9:27 PM: Snowiest traffic camera so far is the one at the Fauntleroy ferry dock – the screengrab is from a few minutes ago. And Thomas Starks just sent this video from Alki:
WSB’s Christopher Boffoli caught the snowfall between Admiral and Alaska Junctions:
Here’s the newest National Weather Service “forecast discussion,” saying this is playing out pretty much as they had expected, and that it’s still due to change over to rain. Then a few days down the road – there’s the chance of more Sunday/Monday, per the NWS.
9:54 PM: From Twitter:
@westseattleblog Lovin' the snow in the Admiral District pic.twitter.com/RhZQe0S1rO
— Fe Lopez (@FeLo0679) December 9, 2016
Cancel school!! Cancel school!! @westseattleblog pic.twitter.com/UUYOSvhH2W
— Stephanie Arthur (@WSeattleSteph) December 9, 2016
Generally SPS won’t make a decision until early morning – we will of course be keeping watch for that. In the meantime, you can watch snow in the streetlights on the bridges via the “live video” links from West Seattle at the lower right of the city’s travelers-info map. In The Junction, for example, snow’s sticking on the road – just grabbed this traffic-cam view:
10:25 PM: 911 log has a report of wires down at Fauntleroy/Trenton. You can see emergency lights in this screengrab from the nearest traffic cam:
Not far away, from Tamsen Spengler of the West Seattle Timebank, a pastoral scene northeast of Morgan Junction:
10:36 PM: Metro just announced it has some buses on snow routes, including some West Seattle/White Center-area routes.
10:55 PM: Be extra careful if you’re going out – sledding is under way on some hills:
That video was sent by Cynthia.
1:43 AM South Seattle College has announced a delayed opening today – 10 am.
5:30 AM: And Seattle Public Schools are running late too – 2-hour delay. We’re starting a morning weather/traffic/schools story next.
ADDED: A few more photos shared by WSB readers overnight. From David Williams, the “Nightmare on 45th” yard turned into a Snowmare:
From Donna @ 49th/Dawson:
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