Not likely, its pretty much April but it wouldn't be rare. We've seen snow in Western Oregon as late as April 13th, and according to the Canadian Model, a buildup of cold arctic air to the north seems to clutter up right at the washington/canada boarder at the end of the run. You can see a cold front from the north develope in this picture:

Another Canadian snapshot shows it as well:

The 12z GFS shows the lowest 850mb Temps as -6. Now this time of the year, thats not really that cold. In January all's we need is -7 to see snow to the Valley. But since it's just about April, we would need a -12 or colder to see that type of weather. Typically we'll most likely see cold showers, highs in the low 50's upper 40's at most..mountain snow of course.
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