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16 years 2 months ago - 16 years 2 months ago #189424 by Lisa
Replied by Lisa on topic Re: This hardly seems fair...
Not fair at all.  Plus it looks like rain and high snow levels later in the week for the hood area.  Great.  Then its the holidays, even better.


Fabulous indeed... ;D ;D  ;D

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16 years 2 months ago #189436 by velillen
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ask and we shall receive?

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
315 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2009

WAZ513-518-519-140715-
/O.NEW.KSEW.WS.A.0015.091215T0200Z-091216T0200Z/
OLYMPICS-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
315 PM PST SUN DEC 13 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE OLYMPIC AND CASCADES FROM
MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

* TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 16 INCHES OF ANTICIPATED
  DURING THE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY TIME FRAME. HOWEVER
  THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 2
  FEET...ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE
  OLYMPICS.

* THE SNOW SNOW LEVEL WILL START OUT QUITE LOW MONDAY NIGHT OR
  GENERALLY BELOW 1000 FEET...EXCEPT IN THE 1500 TO 2500 FOOT
  RANGE OVER THE CENTRAL CASCADES. BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE
  SNOW LEVEL WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 3500 TO 4500 FOOT RANGE. THE
  EXCEPTION WILL BE THE PASSES WHERE COLD...EASTERLY FLOW WILL
  KEEP THE SNOW LEVEL BELOW PASS LEVEL.

* GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THOSE AREAS EXPOSED TO SOUTH
  WINDS.

* ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE SOME SNOW DURING THE DAY MONDAY...THE
  MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT. A LULL
  IN THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
  MORNING BUT THE SNOWFALL RATES WILL INCREASE BY TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER PACIFIC STORMS MOVES INTO THE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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16 years 2 months ago #189454 by wickstad
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Cliff Mass says Sunday and Monday, couple inches in town, so should be good up high.

Also, this might be interesting-I saw him speak last year, and he is quite engaging

PS: I will be giving a public lecture--"The Secrets of Snow"--at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park on December 17th at 7 PM, followed by a book signing. In this talk I will describe the unusual circumstances that have to come together for us to get a big snowstorm, details of convergence zone snows, the Fraser River Gap flow, arctic fronts, and more. My favorite topic.


I assume you are talking about lowland storms? Is there a correlation between fall flooding and winter lowland snow? I.E. this year we dodged the flood bullet (so far) so no lowland dumps?

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