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Think it’s cold? You have good mind.

Seattle just experienced the coldest first week of June, according to climate records dating to 1891, uttered Cliff Mass, University of Washington metrologist. Both 1999 and 2008 share the make a memorandum of, with 1917 falling in second place, he said. “Just wait until tomorrow,” he related, when temperatures are going to be equitable colder.

A heavy snow warning has been issued for the Washington Cascades and Olympics in the same proportion that a outbreak 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 income Snoqualmie Pass may get a dusting.

State transportation crews will be parking their mowers and driving snowplows.

“We resoluteness have crews working through the night, and we’ll have extra crews upon standby good in plight this storm hits hard,” said Monty Mills, Washington Department of Transportation maintenance manager for snow and ice operations.

Crews will be on the roads today and tonight applying de-icer as necessary to obviate the highway surface from concreted sugar up.

The state has four snowplows available over White Pass forward Highway 12 and seven on Snoqualmie Pass on Interstate 90.

For the last few weeks, crews have stopped fighting snow to mowing grass, tackling symbol of sorrow, striping narrow street lines and sweeping roads. It’s back to hibernate operations tonight.

“In 30 years I can only remember two other ages when it snowed this late in the season,” reported Sam Krahenbuhl, Snoqualmie Pass assistant maintenance superintendent. “One time it snowed on a Fourth of July weekend. This is really rare.”

While it won’t snow in the Puget Sound area, records for the lowest high degree of heat may be broken today and Tuesday. Forecasters related the high temperature today should be 57 degrees, 1 degree below the record set last year. On Tuesday, by means of hollow and rainy skies, the temperature should solitary get to 54 degrees, 2 degrees below the record set in 1972.

“It’s not completely odd to get snow in June,” said forecaster Dennis D’Amico. “But this is a lot of snow and it’s an unseasonable cold system.”