Watch now a winter storm warning
The National Weather Service now predicts slick roads tonight with light snow, which will increase in intensity through Sunday and into Monday, which will create hazardous driving conditions, particularly for the Monday commute.
Up to an inch of snow is predicted in the valleys overnight tonight, and an additional five to eight inches falling region-wide by Monday morning, with some valley areas getting up to 10-inches. More than a foot of new snow is expected in the mountains.
Snowfall is expected to be light Saturday night, increasing to moderate and heavy through the day on Sunday before tapering off in the valleys Sunday night. A second round of moderate snowfall is expected to move in Monday afternoon.
Northeast winds of 10 to 15 miles per hour, gusting to 25 miles per hour, are expected through the Purcell Trench through midday Sunday, then calm to five to 10 miles per hour. On Monday afternoon, the winds are expected to switch to the southwest at about three to eight miles per hour.