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Will February bring snow to Seattle?

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With a wimpy winter and weak La Niña, Western Washington didn't see any snow at the end of 2024, and the flakes haven't fallen so far in 2025. But that could change on the first day of February.

Will it snow at the start of February? Forecasts are unclear, but at this point it is safe to plan for a rain-snow mix.

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"We will get cold enough," Steve Reedy with the National Weather Service told KUOW. "It's just a question of whether or not we can line up that those cold temperatures with the moisture in the atmosphere to get a little bit of snowfall. So, we can't rule it out just yet."

What is known is that the week leading up to Feb. 1 will continue to be cold but dry. Fog will likely start developing overnight in Western Washington. That means morning frost on car windshields.

The cold weather is slated to persist. The region will be about two degrees colder than what is typical for this time of year, Reedy said. This dry weather pattern breaks on Thursday leading into Friday. While Reedy notes that the forecast models can't seem to agree on what to expect over the weekend, the National Weather Service is currently predicting rain/snow on Friday night and through Saturday.

"We will have a system coming in for Friday that looks like it should stay warm enough for any precipitation that we get... it falls as rain," Reedy said. "As we get into Saturday and our temperatures cool, but that system lingers around a little bit, continuing to funnel moisture into the area, that's where we're wondering whether or not we'll see the potential for rain or snow or a wintry mix.

"Right now, the models really can't agree on that, and if we look at this probabilistically, for here in Seattle, we really are only looking at about a 27% chance for snowfall of up to an inch."

Dyer Oxley contributed to this report.

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