Snow in the Mountains Tonight

Thanks to smohundro for sticking that lovely photo in our Flickr pool

Yes, yes, we know that bumming about the weather in Seattle has so been done that it's become offensive to some. Sure, this Seattlest is originally from a place where there's so much sunshine, they could harvest the light for energy (which remains to be seen; Crist is NOT on our good side). Sure, we're among the many who pile up outside of tanning booths in the middle of the winter, with the frowns and the shakes, waiting for our sweet seven minutes of UV heaven.

But, dang. Snow in June?

We went to school in Buffalo, where June meant the gargantuan heaps of dirt-covered snow occupying valuable real estate in the corners of supermarket parking lots started to thaw. That was June in Buffalo. Where it snows so much, there are as many jokes about snow as their are Inuit words for it.

Per the Times:

A heavy snow warning has been issued for the Washington Cascades and Olympics as a storm from the Gulf of Alaska plows into the state tonight.

Forecasters with the National Weather Service said up to a foot of snow may fall in the mountains as low as 3,000 feet, which means Snoqualmie Pass may get a dusting.

And, before we get those "go back to Florida" comments, we'd like to also note that this is the coldest June since the city of Seattle turned 50.