URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1049 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
1049 AM PST FRI NOV 11 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT ABOVE 2500 FEET UNTIL 9 PM PST
THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST TONIGHT. THIS WARNING
REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY
IN EFFECT.
* AFFECTED LOCATION...MOUNT BAKER.
* ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES TOTAL OF NEW SNOW IS LIKELY
BEFORE THE STORM ENDS.
* WIND...GUSTING FROM THE WEST AT 45 TO 55 MPH AT TIMES TODAY...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EXPOSED RIDGES.
* SNOW LEVEL...NEAR 3500 FEET...FALLING TO NEAR 2000 FEET BY LATE
TODAY.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE
TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...ANTICIPATE HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE
GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE IT FEEL MUCH COLDER THAN THE ACTUAL
TEMPERATURE...THUS DRESS ACCORDINGLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND PLAN
ACCORDINGLY.
