PNW gets its own storm warning
Go, Ullr, Go!
Issued by The National Weather Service
Seattle/Tacoma, WA
6:49 am PDT, Sun., Oct. 5, 2008
... A STRONG PACIFIC STORM COULD BRING THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON TO THE OLYMPICS AND CASCADES ON TUESDAY...
... ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WINDS IS POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT...
A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN A COLDER AIR MASS ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. BY LATE TUESDAY... THE SNOW LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3500 TO 4000 FOOT RANGE IN THE OLYMPICS AND CASCADES. PLUMMETING SNOW LEVELS COMBINED WITH STRONG... MOIST WESTERLY FLOW COULD RESULT IN 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
SNOQUALMIE AND STEVENS PASSES COULD SEE WET SNOW DOWN TO THE 3000 FOOT LEVEL EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. HOWEVER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT OR LESS THAN TWO INCHES BELOW THE 3500 FOOT LEVEL.
BEFORE THE COLDER AIR ARRIVES... ANTICIPATE ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WINDS MONDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF AND WITH THE COLD FRONT. AT THIS TIME... THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON THE COAST AND FROM EVERETT NORTHWARD... WHERE THERE COULD BE GUSTS IN THE 45 TO 50 MPH RANGE. THE SITUATION APPEARED SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO WHAT OCCURRED ON SATURDAY. THUS RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF POWER OUTAGES MONDAY NIGHT.
STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE ON THIS UPCOMING EVENT.
