LIVE UPDATES: Weekend journey impacts from WA snow

Snow, ice impacts WA journey on Saturday

The FOX 13 Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for Saturday as snow and ice in lowland areas and mountain passes influence journey throughout western Washington. Roadways like I-90 had no estimated time of reopening by Saturday morning as crews work to make the roads secure sufficient for journey.

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More detailed climate info for the weekend might be discovered on the FOX 13 Weather Blog.

11:59 a.m.: SR 509 particles slide

Deteriorating climate situations have triggered a slide alongside State Route 509. While street crews work to make it secure for journey once more, the freeway is shut down in each instructions till additional discover. 

The closure runs between milepost 4 close to Taylor Way and milepost 5 close to Norpoint Way. More information is on the WSDOT traffic page. 

9:33 a.m.: More snow falls as flights get delayed

Flight delays are ticking up at space airports. There are presently seven delayed flights at Paine Field Airport, whereas Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is seeing greater than 110 delays and 68 cancellations. 

Additionally, the National Weather Service is reporting the snow stage has dropped to 500 toes elevation, growing the variety of residents and neighborhoods experiencing snowfall heading into Saturday afternoon.

8:46 a.m.: I-90 reopens

Following an in a single day closure with 22 inches of recent snow, WSDOT introduced I-90 had reopened in each instructions. However, any automobile that is not AWD is required to make use of chains. 

8:10 a.m.: Stevens Pass closure

Stevens Pass US 2 stays closed “due to heavy traffic and severe winter weather,” in keeping with WSDOT. The closure is in impact from Milepost 55 (9 miles west of the summit) and at Coles Corner, which is about 14 miles west of Leavenworth. 

WSDOT maintains an active traffic impact map on their website.

7:34 a.m.: Dozens of flights are delayed, canceled

For the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, vacationers proceed to see impacts from the storm system, following a floor delay at SEA on Friday. 

By Saturday morning, delays into or out of the airport racked as much as 90, whereas 55 flights had been canceled, in keeping with FlightConscious.

Police in North Bend, Washington help visitors as snow impacts journey situations heading into the weekend

7:20 a.m.: Thousands throughout Puget Sound area with out energy

Following a day of rain, snow, wind and ice on Friday, there are nonetheless 1000’s of houses and companies with out energy. 

As of seven a.m., Puget Sound Energy reported greater than 18,000 clients with out energy from greater than 300 lively outages in western Washington. For Seattle City Light, about 40 clients are with out energy on Saturday morning.

By midday, the variety of clients experiencing outages with PSE dropped to only beneath 8,800.

7 a.m.: Snoqualmie Pass stays shut down

Between North Bend and Cle Elum, I-90 stays closed to visitors as crews work to clear snow and rock slide from the end-of-week winter storm system.