If you don't like the weather - wait ten minutes

Sleet on a deck in Lake Forest Park
Photo by Phyllis Johnson

"Just after noon in Lake Forest Park we had heavy sleet off and on for a good 10 minutes," said Phyllis Johnson. "Enough to leave an icy patch on the back deck and scare the birds away.'

About the same time, Shoreline had a hail storm.

For the next hour or so, there was thunder, lightning, sleet, hail, rain, and, yes, some blue skies and sun.

Photo by Cathy Goodrich

People who missed the storm and drove into the area later looked at all the white covering the grass and vehicles and thought it had snowed.

The storm moved south, leaving behind the usual patchy rainfall.