Temperatures dropped to an unseasonable 20° in Bellevue, Washington outside Seattle. That led to the ice accumulation pictured here and relayed to us by former Chicago area resident John Viknius. Air as cold reaches areas close to the Pacific Northwest when northeast winds blow out of British Columbia and Alberta Provinces carrying an arctic chill into the region with overrides the milder maritime air which more commonly occurs in the area with the prevailing westerlies off the Pacific Ocean.
