Dreaming of a white Christmas? Weather Service says only along Hood Canal and in mountains on Peninsula [Updated]
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Satellite view shows the Christmas Day storm bearing down on the Washington-Oregon-British Columbia coastlines.
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Follows is the Weather Service advisory, in its all-capital-letters, dot-dot-dot bulletin style.
For more discussion, visit our Seattle news partner, KOMO, with this report by staff meteorologist (and North Olympic Peninsula native) Scott Sistek: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Christmas-Day-storm-promises-heavy-snow-to-some-strong-wind-to-others-184700581.html
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
336 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012
WAZ511-250745-
/O.UPG.KSEW.WS.A.0021.121225T1200Z-121225T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KSEW.WS.W.0025.121225T1200Z-121225T2300Z/
HOOD CANAL AREA-
336 PM PST MON DEC 24 2012
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM PST TUESDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...SHELTON...BELFAIR...BRINNON...
SEABECK...AND HOODSPORT.
* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING AND
CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN OR A
RAIN AND SNOW MIX. ABOVE THE 500 FOOT LEVEL...THE SNOW MIGHT
NOT CHANGE OVER TO RAIN UNTIL DURING THE EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...WITH A FOOT OF
SNOW POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE CANAL.
* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOWPACKED
ROADS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY SNOW COULD CAUSE LOCAL POWER
OUTAGES AND SNAP TREE LIMBS.
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 forecast changes in your location: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew
Last modified: December 24. 2012 7:26PM
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