Warmer temperatures coming

The overnight low hit 17 degrees both Wednesday morning and Tuesday morning at Burlington Airport. The official Anacortes weather station, at the downtown fire station, has been out of service for a few days, so we don’t have a good reading here. Meanwhile, Seattle-Tacoma Airport has already set a new record low with 14 degrees.

The weather service is forecasting a low of 25 Wednesday night, but Thursday night will warm up to a low of 39 degrees.

The clouds will increase  tonight which will prevent temperatures from dropping as low as they  will this morning.

Icy roads will be a problem through Thanksgiving morning. With temperatures remaining below freezing compact snow and ice will remain on many roadways. For frequently traveled roads... friction from tires may temporarily melt the snow and ice on the road, only to have it re-freeze again tonight.

A weak warm front will move in to the north on Thanksgiving... beginning the transition to warmer weather. There is a chance of rain on Thanksgiving... but there is still some uncertainty  at this point how early any precipitation will reach the area. Precipitation falling during the morning will most likely be  snow... but accumulations will be very light. Temperatures will rise  to above freezing by Thanksgiving afternoon changing the precipitation type back to rain.