National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Kent<\/a> and the rest of the Puget Sound area from 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16 to 1 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17 due to the chance of freezing rain.<\/p>\nMixed precipitation is expected, with areas of freezing rain, according to the prediction. Total snow accumulations of less than half an inch and ice. The impacts include slippery road conditions.<\/p>\n
The areas of freezing rain are predicted to begin across Lewis County, south of Olympia, later Tuesday afternoon, and continue northward into the Puget Sound area Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
The forecast for Kent is little or no ice accumulation becoming all rain after 9 p.m. The high on Tuesday is expected to be 38 degrees with temperatures dropping to near 34 around 5 p.m. Wednesday’s temps are predicted to be a high of 41 and low of 32.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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