Time to call in sick people
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
400 PM PST WED MAR 3 2004
WAZ017-018-040600-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
400 PM PST WED MAR 3 2004
...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 400 PM PST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON UNTIL NOON PST THURSDAY FOR THE WEST SLOPES OF THE NORTH
AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON CASCADES...
UP TO A FOOT AND A HALF OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE
WEST SLOPES OF THE NORTH AND CENTRAL CASCADES TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. THEREFORE THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A
WINTER STORM WARNING.
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS
EVENING...CAUSING STRONG WESTERLY FLOW OVER THE CASCADES. SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A PUGET SOUND CONVERGENCE ZONE MAY ALSO HELP
FOCUS HEAVY SNOW OVER THE CENTRAL CASCADES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL
RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS
IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE OR USE EXTRA
CAUTION IF TRAVEL CAN NOT BE AVOIDED.
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