For those about to rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
300 PM PST SAT OCT 11 2003
WAZ012-017-018-121200-
OLYMPICS-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
300 PM PST SAT OCT 11 2003
...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL CASCADES AND THE OLYMPICS...
STRONG WESTERLY FLOW COUPLED WITH A LOW FREEZING LEVEL WILL BRING
THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND. THE SNOW
LEVEL WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 4000 AND 4500 FEET TONIGHT. UP TO A FOOT
OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ABOVE 4000 FEET AS SHOWERS BRING SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
A SNOW LEVEL OF 4500 FEET MEANS THAT THE HIGHER PASSES...CHINOOK
PASS AND RAINY PASS ON THE NORTH CASCADES HIGHWAY...WILL SEE
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION. THE LOWER PASSES...WHITE...
SNOQUALMIE...AND STEVENS...WILL PROBABLY GET A DUSTING OF SNOW.
IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THROUGH THE CASCADES...ALLOW EXTRA TIME AND
DRIVE CAREFULLY.
