(Reader photo, texted from North Admiral)
9:16 AM: Snow’s still falling as the commute period ends and we’re getting word of some closures/changes, so we’re launching this separate report. We’ll add to the following lists as needed, in addition to adding other photos/updates. (Info/photos to share? Text 206-293-6302 or email westseattleblog@gmail.com – thank you!)
CLOSURES (update 1:20 pm)
-Stay ‘n’ Play at Arbor Heights Community Church
-West Seattle Golf Course
-Kennedy High School in Burien closing at 10:30 am
-Summit Atlas middle/high school closing at 12:30 pm
-Westside School closing early: Preschool–2nd Grade: 1:30 pm; 3rd–4th Grade: 1:45 pm; Middle School: 2:00 pm. No after-school programming, including EDP and athletics.
CHANGES
-Delayed opening for Delridge Community Center, 11 am
10:14 AM: Texter says the downed tree on SW Webster west of 35th SW is still blocking the street … Another texter says they have 3″ of snow on the ground in Highland Park.
10:29 AM: First school closure, added to closure list above – texter reports (and website verifies) that Kennedy Catholic HS in Burien (attended by many West Seattleites) is closing at 10:30 am and canceling all after-school/evening events.
10:58 AM: Wires/tree trouble continues a road closure at 52nd Place SW and SW Genesee [map] … Caroline sent this pic from Westcrest Park with a different tree reminder:
She says tree branches on the lower, wooded Westcrest loop are “laden with snow and actively falling across the trail.” Good reminder to avoid being out in wooded areas while this wet almost-spring snow is still falling and bringing down trees/limbs.
11:42 AM: Police were just dispatched to another tree-fallen-on-road, this time 6500 block of 18th SW [map]. … Also, a tree down in the 8100 block of Delridge Way SW [map].
12:04 PM: Still snowing steadily! The National Weather Service‘s mid-morning “forecast discussion” expected the snow level to rise to 1,000′ (double the city’s highest elevation, which is at 35th/Myrtle) by now, so no word yet how soon this will turn to rain.
12:54 PM: Still snow, although we noticed the half-inch or so that had built up atop our fence has melted. Meantime, yet another tree branch vs. wire, with some street blockage, just reported in the 10000 block of 35th SW.
1:20 PM: We’ll continue to update here – just added another school’s early closure above – but we’re also going to add a few news stories atop the site before we start an afternoon weather report.
1:30 PM: Tree down and blocking part of the street at Dumar/Orchard. … And a few minutes after that, we got a reader report that a tree is down across Fairmount about a quarter-mile uphill from Harbor Avenue SW.
2:44 PM: It’s finally turned to mostly rain. So go build in the snow before it’s gone!
(Photo sent by K Smith)
4:34 PM: The snow has picked back up again, though the National Weather Service continues to downplay it.
I probably contributed too by stalling on buying new traction tires for my pickup with no weight in the back! Call it Covfefe Karma 
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