Winter Storm Warning 24, NWS Seattle, WA

249 
WWUS46 KSEW 190539
WSWSEW

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
939 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012

.A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING WIND AND HEAVY SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE A
PERIOD OF SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE HOOD CANAL AREA BEFORE
WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA.

WAZ518-191400-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.121219T1200Z-121220T1200Z/
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
939 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO
4 AM PST THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...MOUNT BAKER.

* TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY MORNING... 
  BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY 
  NIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO FEET OR MORE BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...DIFFICULT...POSSIBLY DANGEROUS...TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 

* SNOW LEVEL...NEAR 500 FEET WEDNESDAY MORNING RISING TO 1000 
  FEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

WAZ513-191400-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.121219T1200Z-121220T1200Z/
OLYMPICS-
939 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO
4 AM PST THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HURRICANE RIDGE.

* TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY MORNING... 
  BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY 
  NIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...HURRICANE RIDGE ROAD MIGHT BE CLOSED TODAY.

* SNOW LEVEL...NEAR 500 FEET WEDNESDAY MORNING RISING TO BETWEEN 
  2000 AND 2500 FEET WEDNESDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

WAZ519-191400-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.121219T1200Z-121220T1200Z/
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
939 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM WEDNESDAY TO
4 AM PST THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SNOQUALMIE PASS...STEVENS PASS... 
  WHITE PASS...PARADISE. 

* TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY MORNING... 
  BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY 
  NIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 FEET IS LIKELY BY THURSDAY 
  MORNING. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE AT PARADISE WITH 
  LESSER AMOUNTS IN THE PASSES. 

* MAIN IMPACT...DIFFICULT...POSSIBLY DANGEROUS...TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY INTO 
  THURSDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT 
  TIMES. 

* SNOW LEVEL...NEAR 500 FEET WEDNESDAY MORNING RISING TO 1500 
  FEET WEDNESDAY AND TO BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 FEET WEDNESDAY 
  NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS. FOR ROAD CONDITIONS 
CALL 5-1-1 OR 1-800-695-7623...OR VISIT WWW.WSDOT.WA.GOV.

&&

$$

WAZ511-191400-
/O.CON.KSEW.WW.Y.0046.121219T0800Z-121219T1800Z/
HOOD CANAL AREA-
939 PM PST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
WEDNESDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HOODSPORT...BRINNON.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT BEFORE 
  CHANGING TO RAIN LATER WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS
  POSSIBLE NEAR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE OLYMPICS. 

* MAIN IMPACT...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW OCCURRING AT
THE SAME TIME. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD
ADVISORY MEANS THAT LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.

&&

$$

120 
WWUS46 KSEW 191200
WSWSEW

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
400 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012

.A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING WIND AND HEAVY SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE A PERIOD OF SNOW
IN THE WESTERN WASHINGTON LOWLANDS THIS MORNING BEFORE A WARMER
AIR MASS MOVES INTO THE AREA.

WAZ518-200000-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
400 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...MOUNT BAKER.

* TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BECOMING HEAVY
  AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO FEET OR MORE BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...DIFFICULT AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES
  AT TIMES.

* SNOW LEVEL...NEAR 500 FEET THIS MORNING RISING TO 1000 FEET TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

WAZ513-200000-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/
OLYMPICS-
400 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HURRICANE RIDGE.

* TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BECOMING HEAVY
  AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 18 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...HURRICANE RIDGE ROAD MIGHT BE CLOSED TODAY.

* SNOW LEVEL...NEAR 500 FEET THIS MORNING RISING TO 2500 FEET
  THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

WAZ519-200000-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
400 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SNOQUALMIE PASS...STEVENS PASS... 
  WHITE PASS...PARADISE. 

* TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BECOMING HEAVY
  AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 FEET IS LIKELY BY THURSDAY 
  MORNING. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE AT PARADISE WITH 
  LESSER AMOUNTS IN THE PASSES. 

* MAIN IMPACT...DIFFICULT AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
  CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY
  MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

* SNOW LEVEL...NEAR 500 FEET THIS MORNING RISING TO 1500 FEET THIS
  AFTERNOON AND THEN 2500 FEET TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS. FOR ROAD CONDITIONS
CALL 5-1-1 OR 1-800-695-7623...OR VISIT WWW.WSDOT.WA.GOV.

&&

$$

WAZ504-512-516-517-191800-
/O.EXA.KSEW.WW.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-121219T1800Z/
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-NORTH COAST-
CENTRAL COAST-
400 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
THIS MORNING.

* SOME AFFECTED
  LOCATIONS...FORKS...WESTPORT...OLYMPIA...CENTRALIA...AND
  ESPECIALLY LOCATIONS ABOVE 200 FEET ELEVATION.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL FALL IN SOME PARTS OF THE ADVISORY AREA THIS
  MORNING...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 200 FEET ELEVATION...BEFORE CHANGING
  TO RAIN LATER THIS MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...LOCALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW.

* MAIN IMPACT...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW OCCURRING AT
THE SAME TIME. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD
ADVISORY MEANS THAT LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.

&&

$$

WAZ511-191800-
/O.CON.KSEW.WW.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-121219T1800Z/
HOOD CANAL AREA-
400 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HOODSPORT...BRINNON.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN
  LATER THIS MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS 
  POSSIBLE NEAR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE OLYMPICS. 

* MAIN IMPACT...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW OCCURRING AT
THE SAME TIME. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD
ADVISORY MEANS THAT LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.

&&

$$

264 
WWUS46 KSEW 191408
WSWSEW

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
608 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012

.A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING WIND AND HEAVY SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE A PERIOD OF SNOW
IN THE WESTERN WASHINGTON LOWLANDS THIS MORNING BEFORE A WARMER
AIR MASS MOVES INTO THE AREA.

WAZ518-200000-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
608 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...MOUNT BAKER.

* TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BECOMING 
  HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO FEET OR MORE BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...DIFFICULT AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 

* SNOW LEVEL...NEAR 500 FEET THIS MORNING RISING TO 1000 FEET 
  TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

WAZ513-200000-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/
OLYMPICS-
608 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HURRICANE RIDGE.

* TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BECOMING 
  HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 18 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...HURRICANE RIDGE ROAD MIGHT BE CLOSED TODAY.

* SNOW LEVEL...NEAR 500 FEET THIS MORNING RISING TO 2500 FEET 
  THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

WAZ519-200000-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
608 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SNOQUALMIE PASS...STEVENS PASS... 
  WHITE PASS...PARADISE. 

* TIMING...STEADY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BECOMING 
  HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 FEET IS LIKELY BY THURSDAY 
  MORNING. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE AT PARADISE WITH 
  LESSER AMOUNTS IN THE PASSES. 

* MAIN IMPACT...DIFFICULT AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH 
  THURSDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT 
  TIMES. 

* SNOW LEVEL...NEAR 500 FEET THIS MORNING RISING TO 1500 FEET 
  THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN 2500 FEET TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS. FOR ROAD CONDITIONS
CALL 5-1-1 OR 1-800-695-7623...OR VISIT WWW.WSDOT.WA.GOV.

&&

$$

WAZ505-507-508-191800-
/O.EXA.KSEW.WW.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-121219T1800Z/
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-
608 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
THIS MORNING.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...NORTH END OF SEATTLE NORTHWARD TO
  EVERETT...BREMERTON...ISSAQUAH...NORTH BEND.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL FALL IN THE ADVISORY AREA THIS MORNING WITH
  LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS...THEN CHANGE TO RAIN LATER THIS MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...LOCALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW.

* MAIN IMPACT...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW OCCURRING AT
THE SAME TIME. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD
ADVISORY MEANS THAT LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.

&&

$$

WAZ504-511-512-516-517-191800-
/O.CON.KSEW.WW.Y.0046.000000T0000Z-121219T1800Z/
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
608 AM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...FORKS...WESTPORT...OLYMPIA... 
  CENTRALIA...AND ESPECIALLY LOCATIONS ABOVE 200 FEET ELEVATION. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL FALL IN SOME PARTS OF THE ADVISORY AREA 
  THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 200 FEET ELEVATION...BEFORE 
  CHANGING TO RAIN LATER THIS MORNING. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...LOCALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW.

* MAIN IMPACT...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW OCCURRING AT
THE SAME TIME. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD
ADVISORY MEANS THAT LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.

&&

$$

173 
WWUS46 KSEW 192300
WSWSEW

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
300 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012

.A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING CONTINUED HEAVY SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT.

WAZ518-200600-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
300 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ABOVE 1000 FEET UNTIL 4
AM PST THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...MOUNT BAKER.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...DECREASING A BIT AFTER
  MIDNIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND TWO FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...DIFFICULT AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 

* SNOW LEVEL...NEAR 1000 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

WAZ513-200600-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/
OLYMPICS-
300 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ABOVE 2000 FEET UNTIL 4
AM PST THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HURRICANE RIDGE.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...DECREASING A BIT AFTER
  MIDNIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 18 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...DIFFICULT AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

* SNOW LEVEL...2000 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

WAZ519-200600-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
300 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ABOVE 2000 FEET UNTIL 4
AM PST THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SNOQUALMIE PASS...STEVENS PASS... 
  WHITE PASS...PARADISE. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...DECREASING A BIT AFTER
  MIDNIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...DIFFICULT AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH 
  THURSDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT 
  TIMES. 

* SNOW LEVEL...BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS. FOR ROAD CONDITIONS
CALL 5-1-1 OR 1-800-695-7623...OR VISIT WWW.WSDOT.WA.GOV.

&&

$$

642 
WWUS46 KSEW 192339
WSWSEW

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
339 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012

.A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING CONTINUED HEAVY SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. COLD AIR WILL HANG ON OVER THE HOOD CANAL AREA
UNTIL EARLY EVENING BEFORE GETTING SCOURED OUT.
 
WAZ518-200600-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
339 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...MOUNT BAKER.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...DECREASING A BIT AFTER 
  MIDNIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND TWO FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...DIFFICULT AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 

* SNOW LEVEL...NEAR 1000 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

WAZ513-200600-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/
OLYMPICS-
339 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HURRICANE RIDGE.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...DECREASING A BIT AFTER 
  MIDNIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 18 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...DIFFICULT AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 

* SNOW LEVEL...2000 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

WAZ519-200600-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
339 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SNOQUALMIE PASS...STEVENS PASS... 
  WHITE PASS...PARADISE. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...DECREASING A BIT AFTER 
  MIDNIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...DIFFICULT AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH 
  THURSDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT 
  TIMES. 

* SNOW LEVEL...BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS. FOR ROAD CONDITIONS
CALL 5-1-1 OR 1-800-695-7623...OR VISIT WWW.WSDOT.WA.GOV.

&&

$$

WAZ511-200300-
/O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0047.121219T2339Z-121220T0300Z/
HOOD CANAL AREA-
339 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST
THIS EVENING.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HOODSPORT...SEABECK.

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 3 INCHES.

* MAIN IMPACT...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW OCCURRING AT
THE SAME TIME. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD
ADVISORY MEANS THAT LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.


&&

$$

820 
WWUS46 KSEW 200531
WSWSEW

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
931 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012

WAZ518-201200-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
931 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...MOUNT BAKER.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...DECREASING A BIT AFTER 
  MIDNIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND TWO FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...DIFFICULT AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 

* SNOW LEVEL...NEAR 1000 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

WAZ513-201200-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/
OLYMPICS-
931 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HURRICANE RIDGE.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...DECREASING A BIT AFTER 
  MIDNIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 18 INCHES BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...DIFFICULT AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. 

* SNOW LEVEL...2000 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

WAZ519-201200-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
931 PM PST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST
THURSDAY...

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SNOQUALMIE PASS...STEVENS PASS... 
  WHITE PASS...PARADISE. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...DIFFICULT AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS TODAY THROUGH 
  THURSDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT 
  TIMES. 

* SNOW LEVEL...BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER CONDITIONS. FOR ROAD CONDITIONS
CALL 5-1-1 OR 1-800-695-7623...OR VISIT WWW.WSDOT.WA.GOV.

&&

$$

213 
WWUS46 KSEW 201207
WSWSEW

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
407 AM PST THU DEC 20 2012

WAZ518-519-202015-
/O.EXP.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0048.121220T1207Z-121221T0100Z/
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
407 AM PST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL
CASCADES ABOVE 1500 FEET UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST
THIS AFTERNOON.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...MOUNT BAKER AND PARADISE.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS
  LIKELY TODAY...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON
  MOUNTS BAKER AND RAINIER.

* MAIN IMPACT...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE
  PASSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW OCCURRING AT THE SAME
TIME. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY
MEANS THAT LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

&&

$$

WAZ513-202015-
/O.EXP.KSEW.WS.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121220T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0048.121220T1207Z-121221T0100Z/
OLYMPICS-
407 AM PST THU DEC 20 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE OLYMPICS ABOVE 2000
FEET UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...HURRICANE RIDGE.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ANOTHER 4 TO 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS LIKELY
  TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW OCCURRING AT THE
SAME TIME. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD
ADVISORY MEANS THAT LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.

&&

$$

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1020 AM PST TUE DEC 18 2012

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD UPPER TROUGH WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA TODAY
WITH RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING MORE
RAIN AND WIND AS WELL AS HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW ON WEDNESDAY. COOL
UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH AN UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH.

&&

.SHORT TERM...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL KEEP THE WEATHER SHOWERY
AND COOL TODAY. THE AIR MASS IS COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW SHOWERS ALL
AREAS THIS MORNING. A FEW SPOTS COULD SEE LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS THIS
MORNING BUT WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED DUE THE
SHOWERY NATURE OF THE WEATHER. THE CURRENT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON HAVE THIS COVERED. THE SEATTLE METRO AREA IS
A BIT SHADOWED WITH WEST FLOW ALOFT AND PROBABLY WILL NOT SEE MUCH
SNOW TODAY. SHOWERS WILL BE DECREASING LATER TODAY AS THE UPPER
TROUGH SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA.

A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM...CURRENTLY NEAR 140W...WILL BEGIN TO
AFFECT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER BATCH
OF WEATHER ISSUES. MARGINAL HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE COAST AND NORTH
INTERIOR LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FOR THIS. THE INITIAL WARM FRONTAL RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL
LIKELY START OUT AS SNOW IN THE LOWLANDS. WARMER AIR MOVES IN PRETTY
QUICKLY AND MOST AREAS SHOULD NOT SEE MUCH IF ANY ACCUMULATION. THE
EXCEPTION IS THE HOOD CANAL AREA WHERE EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL
LIKELY TRAP COLD AIR FOR A FEW HOURS...ALLOWING FOR A FEW INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION BEFORE SNOW CHANGES TO RAIN LATER IN THE MORNING. THERE
WILL ALSO BE SIGNIFICANT SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TO COVER THIS.

AN UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC WITH MOIST
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ON THURSDAY. WITH THE TROUGH DIGGING
OFFSHORE...THE FRONT WILL BE SLOW TO CLEAR THE AREA WITH RAIN
GRADUALLY CHANGING TO SHOWERS. SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE
MOUNTAINS IN THIS PATTERN...ESPECIALLY THE VOLCANOES. SCHNEIDER

.LONG TERM...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...AFTER DIGGING FURTHER SOUTHWARD
OFFSHORE ON FRIDAY...THE MODELS SHIFT A VERTICALLY STACKED LOW OVER
THE AREA DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEKEND. THIS WOULD LEAD TO A
COOL AND UNSETTLED PERIOD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...THOUGH
COMPARATIVELY QUIETER TO THE WEATHER WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN WESTERN
WASHINGTON IN RECENT DAYS. 27

&&

.HYDROLOGY...FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED ON AREA RIVERS THROUGH THE
NEXT 7 DAYS. SCHNEIDER

&&

.AVIATION...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER W
WA TODAY. THE AIR MASS IS UNSTABLE THROUGH THE LOWER LEVELS WITH
OFFSHORE SHOWERS MOVING INLAND IN THE ONSHORE FLOW. THE AIR MASS IS
COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW TO BE MIXED IN AT TIMES WITH THE SHOWERS. GUSTY
WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED AROUND SHOWER ACTIVITY. CIGS COVER THE
FULL RANGE FROM IFR TO GOOD VFR AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE SPOTTY AND
VARIABLE AS SHOWERS CROSS THE AREA. OVERALL EXPECT CIGS TO BE MVFR
AROUND SHOWERS AND IN AREAS WITH PERSISTENT SHOWERS...AND VFR
IN-BETWEEN SHOWERS AND ELSEWHERE. WITH SNOW MIXED IN VISIBILITIES
MAY DROP BRIEFLY TO IFR THIS MORNING.

THE 12Z NAM MODEL INDICATES A CONVERGENCE LIKE BAND OVER N PUGET
SOUND...VICINITY KPAE...FROM ABOUT 18Z-00Z...PROBABLY FROM DOWN
STREAM EFFECTS FROM THE OLYMPICS IN W FLOW. CONVERGENCE DOES NOT
SHOW UP IN THE MODEL SURFACE FORECAST. THIS MAY OR MAY NOT OCCUR AND
THERE IS NO SIGN OF IT YET.

A STRONG MOIST FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH TONIGHT...WITH A STRONG
WARM FRONT REACHING THE COAST AROUND 12Z WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY A
COLD FRONT 00Z THURSDAY.

KSEA...THE BKN008 LAYER WILL PROBABLY HANG AROUND THROUGH 19Z-20Z
THEN LIFT A LITTLE TO A MVFR LAYER. KSEA WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO BE
PARTIALLY SHADOWED BY THE OLYMPICS WITH MOST SHOWERS PASSING TO THE
SOUTH. SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM ENOUGH BY 19Z TO END THE
THREAT OF SNOW...EXCEPT FROM A VERY STRONG SHOWER. SURFACE WINDS
WILL REMAIN S-SW 7-12 KT. KAM

&&

.MARINE...A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER W WA TODAY WITH W
ONSHORE FLOW ALONG THE COAST AND SOUTHERLY FLOW THROUGH THE
INTERIOR. LOTS OF SHOWERS WILL BE MOVING INLAND ACROSS THE AREA WITH
GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE AROUND THE SHOWERS. THE FLOW THROUGH PUGET
SOUND HAS BEEN A LITTLE STRONGER THAN EXPECTED SO A SCA HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR PUGET SOUND.

THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY OVER THE NE PACIFIC WITH THE
WARM FRONT NEAR 135W AT 16Z AND THE TRAILING COLD FRONT NEAR 145W.
THE FLOW WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY TONIGHT AS THE WARM FRONT
APPROACHES...RISING TO GALE FORCE ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE
NORTHERN INTERIOR AREAS. WARM FROPA ON THE COAST LOOKS TO BE EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...AROUND 12Z. S-SE PRESSURE GRADIENTS COULD RELAX
SLIGHTLY BEHIND THE WARM FRONT...BUT THEN AGAIN WITH THE COLD FRONT
RIGHT BEHIND IT...THEY MAY NOT. GALES WILL REMAIN UP THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING WHEN THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE AREA.

A LARGE LOW WILL SETTLE IN ABOUT 500 NM OFFSHORE AROUND 45N/135W
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT SATURDAY. WINDS SHOULD BE
GENERALLY SUB SCA LEVEL...BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE MAY BE ONE
SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY WHICH MAY PRODUCE SCA WINDS.
KAM

&&

.AVALANCHE...FOLLOWING A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM THAT DEPOSITED HEAVY
AMOUNTS OF WIND DRIVEN SNOW OVER A VARIETY OF WEAK LAYERS SUNDAY
THRU EARLY TUESDAY AND PRODUCED A GENERALLY HIGH AVALANCHE DANGER
ABOVE 4 TO 5000 FEET...A BRIEF BREAK MID-LATE TUESDAY SHOULD ALLOW A
SLIGHT RESPITE AND A BRIEF AND SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE AVALANCHE
DANGER. HOWEVER...ANOTHER STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE
REGION LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY SHOULD PRODUCE FURTHER HEAVY
SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS AND FUEL ANOTHER ROUND OF GENERALLY
ELEVATED AVALANCHE DANGERS AND A REISSUE OF AVALANCHE WARNING
CONDITIONS. INSTEAD OF BC TRAVEL...PERHAPS SAFER TIMES CAN BE HAD
SHOPPING FOR BEACONS...PROBES...AND SHOVELS...AND THINKING ABOUT
AVALANCHE DANGER. PLEASE VISIT WWW.NWAC.US FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
MOORE

&&

.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS...EVERETT AND
     VICINITY...WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY...ADMIRALTY INLET AREA...
     SOUTHWEST INTERIOR...HOOD CANAL...AND STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA
     UNTIL NOON.
    .HIGH WIND WATCH COAST AND NORTH INTERIOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
     WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
    .WINTER STORM WATCH NORTH AND CENTRAL CASCADES AND OLYMPICS FROM
     WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
PZ...GALE WARNING COAST...ENTRANCES...ADMIRALTY INLET AND NORTHERN
     INLAND WATERS FOR LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
    .SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY COAST AND WEST ENTRANCE FOR HAZARDOUS
     SEAS TODAY AND THIS EVENING.
    .SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY PUGET SOUND.
    .SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH GRAYS HARBOR BAR.

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