Brief update tonight, folks! Hope the start of your weekend is going well!
Guess what?!?!? I can hardly contain my excitement because the Cascades are under a Winter Storm Warning for their first significant snowfall of the season. Yahoo!
Ahem…be safe everyone. More updates, especially concerning the lowlands, tomorrow.
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
252 PM PDT FRI OCT 19 2012
…THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED TO
AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS AND PASSES IN WESTERN WASHINGTON FROM LATE
THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON….
WAZ513-518-519-201130-
/O.UPG.KSEW.WS.A.0014.121020T0600Z-121021T0000Z/
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OLYMPICS-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
252 PM PDT FRI OCT 19 2012
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5
PM
PDT SATURDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM
WARNING FOR THE OLYMPICS…AND NORTH AND CENTRAL CASCADES OF
WESTERN WASHINGTON…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING
TO 5 PM PDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…HURRICANE RIDGE…MOUNT BAKER…
STEVENS PASS…WASHINGTON PASS…WHITE PASS…MOUNT RAINIER
NATIONAL PARK…AND SNOQUALMIE PASS.
* TIMING…LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL
IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
AROUND 1 FOOT POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET. THE FAVORED CONVERGENCE
ZONE AREAS OF NORTH KING AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES MAY ALSO
RECEIVE
LOCAL AMOUNTS CLOSE TO 1 FOOT WHICH MAY IMPACT STEVENS PASS.
* MAIN IMPACT…TRAVEL OVER THE CASCADE PASSES WILL BE
HAZARDOUS
AT TIMES.
* SNOW LEVEL…FALLING TO 4500 FEET LATE THIS EVENING…THEN
DOWN
TO 3000 FEET BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR
HAZARDOUS…WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.
FOR ROAD CONDITIONS OR TRAVEL ALERTS…CALL 5-1-1…OR VISIT
WWW.WSDOT.WA.GOV.
