Snow on the way for West End locales

Published 2:55 pm Thursday, February 17, 2011

Snow is in the offing for Forks and the West End. Here is the National Weather Service advisory:

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST FRIDAY FOR

THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER

WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST FOR

ACCUMULATING SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST FRIDAY.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…QUILLAYUTE…FORKS…AND ABERDEEN.

* ACCUMULATIONS…1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING…HIGHEST

ALONG THE NORTH COAST. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER

MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL

ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.

Other lowland portions of the North Olympic Peninsula are affected by the following weather advisory:

SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-

EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-

SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-

HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-

EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-

NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-

521 AM PST THU FEB 17 2011

…SNOW LEVEL TEMPORARILY LOWERING TO SEA LEVEL DURING HEAVY

SHOWERS THROUGH FRIDAY…

SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO FEATURE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW

DOWN TO SEA LEVEL THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON. DESPITE

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO TO THE LOWER TO MID 40S

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY…THE AIR MASS IS COLD ENOUGH ALOFT TO SUPPORT

SNOW TO THE SURFACE DURING HEAVIER SHOWERS.

FROM LATER THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY…THE BEST

CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL BE ALONG THE NORTH AND CENTRAL

WASHINGTON COAST…ESPECIALLY HIGHER HILLS AND A BIT INLAND…WHERE

SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BE THE MOST PRONOUNCED. A DRIER PATTERN WILL

START TO TAKE EFFECT LATER FRIDAY AND CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH

THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND.

WHILE THE THREAT FOR LOWLAND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS LOW…MOTORISTS

SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SHORT BURSTS OF WINTER WEATHER DURING THIS

TIME PERIOD.