Collie didn't see the snow coming

Meteorologists predicted snowfall this week -- and anywhere between one and three inches fell yesterday in the Greater Seattle area.

Weather Prognosticator O'Doul the Collie didn't anticipate the snowfall. We checked in today with Mount Baker, O'Doul's official spokesman. Tony had reported that the collie had been shedding a steady amount of his summer coat -- but not an amount that would affirm the La Niña winter that National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts. Nor did the amount of shedding thus far, Tony said, forecast this week's snowfall.

"He forecasts winters, not snowstorms," Tony said. "It's science in a bottle."