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Winter Storm Watch!

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Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
912 AM 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....


WAZ513-518-519-200000-
/O.NEW.KSEW.WS.A.0014.121020T0600Z-121021T0000Z/
OLYMPICS-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
912 AM PDT FRI OCT 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE OLYMPICS...NORTH AND CENTRAL CASCADES OF WESTERN
WASHINGTON ABOVE 3000 FEET.

* 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. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OCCUR NEAR
STEVENS PASS DUE TO ENHANCEMENT FROM THE CONVERGENCE ZONE.

* 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...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA...CARRY AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF
EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
MERCER





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Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
334 AM PDT FRI OCT 19 2012

WAZ513-518-519-192315-
OLYMPICS-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
334 AM PDT FRI OCT 19 2012

...FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON IN THE LOWER CASCADE PASSES THIS
WEEKEND...

SNOW LEVELS WILL PLUNGE FRIDAY NIGHT TO THEIR LOWEST LEVEL OF THE
SEASON SO FAR. BY SATURDAY MORNING THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE AROUND
3000 FEET. SHOWERS ARE FORECAST TODAY THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY OVER THE WEEKEND IN THE HIGHER
PASSES SUCH AS RAINY PASS AND CHINOOK PASS. SNOW COULD ALSO STICK
IN LOWER PASSES SUCH AS SNOQUALMIE...STEVENS...AND WHITE PASSES.
TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED AT TIMES.

OUTSIDE OF THE PASSES SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW COULD COVER HIKING
TRAILS. ANYONE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR WINTER CONDITIONS.

THIS COOL SHOWERY WEATHER PATTERN WITH LOW SNOW LEVELS WILL
CONTINUE INTO MID NEXT WEEK.

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.p ... torm+Watch
WINTER IS HERE
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Re: Winter Storm Watch!

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We've got snow on Stevens Pass! :cool:
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