Snow expected Friday: Latest advisory from National Weather Service
Published 12:01 am Thursday, November 18, 2010
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
319 PM PST THU NOV 18 2010
…LOWLAND SNOW EXPECTED FRIDAY PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON…
.A LOW PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED ABOUT 260 MILES WEST OF THE
WASHINGTON COAST IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST
FRIDAY MORNING THEN LIFT NORTH THROUGH THE DAY. THIS WILL SPREAD
PRECIPITATION NORTH ACROSS THE REGION WHILE COOL AIR IS BEING
DRAWN INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. THIS COOLER AIR WILL SPILL
OUT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR…SLIP DOWN THE
EAST SIDE OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA AND ALSO OUT THROUGH THE
STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA.
THIS COMBINATION IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE ACCUMULATING SNOW
SHOWERS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE HOOD CANAL AREA…STRAIT OF JUAN DE
FUCA…THE SAN JUANS AND WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY DURING THE DAY
FRIDAY…MAINLY ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. AS THE LOW CENTER MOVES
NORTH DURING THE DAY FRIDAY…THE SHOWERS WILL CHANGE BACK TO
RAIN SHOWERS MOST AREAS WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF WESTERN
WHATCOM COUNTY.
OTHER PARTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON ARE EXPECTED TO GET RAIN SHOWERS
WITH SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE ABOVE 500 FEET AREAS NORTH OF TACOMA
AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS.
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SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
319 PM PST THU NOV 18 2010
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM PST FRIDAY
FOR WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY…THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS AND THE STRAIT
OF JUAN DE FUCA…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY…THE SAN JUAN
ISLANDS AND THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM PST FRIDAY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…THE FRASIER RIVER VALLEY INCLUDING
THE BELLINGHAM AREA AND THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS AND STRAIT OF JUAN
DE FUCA…MAINLY AWAY FROM THE WATER.
* ACCUMULATIONS…A TRACE TO 3 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE
500 FEET.
* WIND…NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.
* TIMING…BEGINNING MID TO LATE MORNING AND ENDING EARLY EVENING
HOURS. LIGHT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE INTO THE LATE
EVENING HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
CERNIGLIA
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HOOD CANAL AREA-
319 PM PST THU NOV 18 2010
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 2 PM PST FRIDAY
FOR THE HOOD CANAL AREA…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE HOOD CANAL FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM TO 2 PM PST FRIDAY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…THE HOOD CANAL FROM SHELTON NORTH
TO PORT LUDLOW
* ACCUMULATIONS…A TRACE TO ONE INCH NEAR THE WATER AND 1 TO 4
INCHES HILLTOPS. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE CLOSE TO
THE OLYMPICS.
* WIND…NORTH TO NORTHEAST TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
* TIMING…BEGINNING NEAR DAWN WITH THE SHOWERS CHANGING TO RAIN
EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
