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12-02-2007, 08:05 AM
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
505 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007

.TWO VERY MOIST WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON
TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL REACH THE AREA THIS
MORNING...AND THE SECOND SYSTEM WILL REACH THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH
EFFECTS CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY.

WAZ518-519-022115-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071203T1200Z/
WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
505 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY..

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST SLOPES OF
THE NORTH AND CENTRAL CASCADES UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING THEN INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS
ANOTHER MOIST FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES INLAND. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 14
INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE TODAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO
AROUND 4000 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON. COLD EAST WINDS WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES IN THE PASSES BELOW FREEZING.

ANOTHER FOOT OF SNOW MAY FALL TONIGHT AS A SECOND WARMER AND
WETTER SYSTEM REACHES THE AREA. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE TO AROUND
5000 FEET.

TWO OR THREE FEET OF TOTAL SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE PASSES BY THE
TIME THE SNOW TURNS TO RAIN MONDAY MORNING.

LOCAL FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ON THE APPROACHES TO THE PASSES
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

DRIVERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL
EXIST...INCLUDING ICY ROADS AND AVALANCHE DANGER. LONG DELAYS ARE
POSSIBLE.

$$

from http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/warnings.php?wfo=sew&zone=WAZ519&pil=XXXWSWSEW&productType=Winter+Storm+Warning