Heavy snow showers fell on the Puget Sound Region Monday evening, turning steep city streets into slick, dangerous pathways for motorists as wind-whipped flurries whirled over the frozen earth.

The National Weather Service expects daytime temperatures to rise no higher than the low 20s through Thursday and for overnight temperatures to bottom out at a frigid 13 degrees.

The Auburn School District has canceled all Tuesday classes. Green River Community College has canceled all day and evening classes for Tuesday and closed campus to all but essential personnel.

Waste Management said with snow and ice preventing safe access, there would be no residential pickup service in King, Snohomish or Kitsap counties Tuesday. Commercial service will vary depending on access. In most areas, Waste Management will accept twice as much material on the next regular collection day for each container.

According to Sarah Miller, emergency preparedness manager for the City of Auburn, all Auburn streets are open, but many are hazardous. Travel should be limited to essential trips only. Motorists should use extreme caution when traveling, particularly in hilly locations. Street crews continue sanding and de-icing throughout the City.

A Severe Weather Shelter for the homeless was open from 9 p.m. Monday to 8 a.m. Tuesday at the Les Gove Building next to the spray park on the Les Gove Community Campus.The Auburn Food Bank operated the shelter.

City sanding and de-icing priorities include all steep hill areas shown on the map plus all overpasses, bridges and major arterials at intersections where traffic needs to stop.

Each cycle takes a minimum of four hours to complete.

The City has four snow plows available that cycle through Auburn’s streets, with an emphasis on keeping the major arterials open. It takes a minimum of 10 hours to complete one cycle.

During an emergency event, the City of Auburn Streets Division has a minimum of four people working 12-hour shifts throughout the emergency event as required.