Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
418 PM PST TUE NOV 8 2011
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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-
OLYMPICS-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
418 PM PST TUE NOV 8 2011
...COOL WEATHER WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS
BEGINNING THIS WEEKEND...
SNOW WILL FALL AT TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT
WEEK. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL FROM AROUND 5000 FEET ON FRIDAY TO
2500 FEET MONDAY...AND THEN STAY AROUND THAT LEVEL FOR AT LEAST A
FEW MORE DAYS. A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL BRING SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS DURING THIS PERIOD. HOWEVER EVEN WHEN THERE IS NO
WEATHER SYSTEM IN THE PICTURE...COOL AND MOIST NORTHWESTERLY FLOW
WILL KEEP SNOW FALLING IN THE MOUNTAINS.
IT MAY HAPPEN THAT NO PARTICULAR DAY DURING THIS PERIOD WILL HAVE
HEAVY SNOW...AND MODELS DO NOT SHOW HEAVY SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH ANY
PARTICULAR SYSTEM. BUT THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY PILE UP. BY THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK AT LEAST A FEW FEET OF NEW SNOW IS LIKELY TO HAVE
FALLEN.
THERE WILL BE RAINY PERIODS IN THE LOWLANDS AS WELL. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 40S WITH LOWS IN THE 30S. SOME WINDY
PERIODS ARE ALSO LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ON THE COAST AND OVER
NORTHERN AREAS.
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