Obviously, no one was having a good time.
And it worked! The weather forecast for this morning was:
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 352 AM PST FRI NOV 16 2012 WAZ001-503>519-170030- SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- OLYMPICS-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 352 AM PST FRI NOV 16 2012 ...AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THANKSGIVING DAY... A SERIES OF STRONG WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN WASHINGTON...BEGINNING ON SATURDAY. EACH SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WIND TO MAINLY THE COAST AND NORTH INTERIOR...AND SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS. RAIN... A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN TO THE AREA ON SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL STRONG FRONTS WILL ARRIVE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND ON MONDAY. THESE FRONTS WILL BRING PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA...ESPECIALLY TO THE COAST AND THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA. WHILE RAIN WILL BE LIGHTER BETWEEN FRONTAL SYSTEMS...THE PATTERN WILL BE QUITE WET THROUGH THANKSGIVING DAY. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS THAT SOME FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE MORE FLOOD PRONE RIVERS DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK. WIND... BREEZY OR WINDY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITH EACH OF THE MAJOR FRONTAL SYSTEMS...SATURDAY...LATE SUNDAY...AND MONDAY. AT THIS TIME HIGH WIND IS NOT FORECAST...BUT PARTS OF THE COAST AND THE NORTH INTERIOR WILL LIKELY GET WIND THAT IS JUST BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH. SNOW... THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 3000 AND 5000 FEET OVER THE NEXT WEEK WHILE COPIOUS PRECIPITATION FALLS. AT THIS POINT IT SEEMS LIKE A SURE BET THAT THE REMAINING OPEN HIGH PASS... WASHINGTON PASS ON THE NORTH CASCADES HIGHWAY...WILL RECEIVE HEAVY SNOW. PLACES LIKE PARADISE ON MOUNT RAINIER AND MT BAKER WILL ALSO GET HEAVY SNOW. THE LOWER PASSES...SNOQUALMIE...STEVENS...AND WHITE...WILL PROBABLY GET A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION TYPES INCLUDING SNOW...RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN. HEAVY SNOW IN ONE OR MORE OF THESE PASSES AT TIMES IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED. WEATHER MODELS ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH TIMING AND OTHER DETAILS. BUT WITH AN IMPRESSIVE SERIES OF STORMS HEADED OUR WAY...THERE SEEMS LITTLE DOUBT THAT WESTERN WASHINGTON WILL GET THE SORT OF WET AND WINDY WEATHER THAT IS COMMON TO LATE NOVEMBER. $$ WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE