'Nostorm: It did not snow in Seattle last night. Yes, school is still closed

Seattle was giddy. Double buses were pulled off routes. School was canceled, before a single flake dropped.

And then it didn’t snow. Instead, it warmed up. Here’s what happened.

According to the National Weather Service, which had an overnight team tweeting out every mercurial whim of this snowstorm (or to disappointed Seattleites, a ’nostorm), the storm evolved rapidly, which “led to lower than average confidence in the near term forecast.”

Snow did fall across the Olympic Peninsula, the Kitsap Peninsula, and areas northward. The weather service noted -- with a bit of an eye roll emoji -- that some snow had dusted Seattle.

Confidence in the snow forecast began to wane Tuesday night around 6:40 p.m., when the temperature increased to 34 degrees – not freezing.

And then at 9 p.m., the weather report said that Seattle was on the “southern fringe of possible accumulating snow.”

We learned that there would be snow near the border with Canada (Were we supposed to cheer for them?).

At 9:44 p.m. Seattle Public Schools sent an email/phone/text blast: No school due to possibly maybe treacherous road conditions.

Some parents thanked them on Twitter for thinking of safety, while others were conspicuously annoyed.

For parents looking for somewhere to go Wednesday, the libraries are open at the usual time.

Fifteen minutes later, the weather service issued its 10 p.m. Situation Report, informing residents that snow had skipped over Seattle like a Republican presidential candidate on a fundraising mission.

Cliff Mass, the thinking man’s meteorologist, would say he warned you.

“There is uncertainty on the exact location of the snow band ... so keep that in mind,” he wrote on his blog on Tuesday.

Here’s what’s ahead now, according to the weather service: Strong winds developing on Wednesday afternoon, peaking Wednesday evening and decreasing on Thursday morning.