A surprise February snowfall cancelled school around Kitsap County Thursday and closed a handful of roads from the sound end and north end of the county.
Reports from around the county ranged from just covering the ground in Bremerton to about an inch in parts of Seabeck, two inches in the Tracyton area, several inches in Poulsbo and around four inches in South Kitsap’s McCormick Woods neighborhood.
The snow was due to strong winds coming from the east that dammed up against the Olympic mountains and caused some pooling of cooler air to sit over the Hood Canal and Kitsap Peninsula, National Weather Service Seattle Office’s meteorologist Anna Lindeman told Kitsap Sun, which helped produce conditions that are more favorable for snow.
As the temperature will return to above freezing this afternoon, people will see a transition of a mix of snow and rain or showers later Thursday, Lindeman said.
“We’re not going to see any significant additional accumulation throughout the day. Anything that does fall will be lighter,” Lindeman said.