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Short Term Forecast

SHORT TERM FORECAST

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
243 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010

WAZ505-508-222345-
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-
243 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010

.NOW...
A LINE OF HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED WITH JUST SOUTHWEST OF ISSAQUAH
BACK TO JUST NORTH OF KENT. THIS LINE OF SNOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
AND PRODUCE A QUICK BURST OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE AREA FROM
ISSAQUAH...FAIRWOOD TO SNOQUALMIE AND NORTHBEND THROUGH 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS BURST OF SNOW WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 90 AND BE
ACCOMPANIED BY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND POSSIBLY SOME
LIGHTNING.

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CERNIGLIA

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
102 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010

WAZ505-507>509-511-230515-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-101123T0600Z/
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
102 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING

FOR THE SEATTLE...TACOMA...EVERETT METRO AREAS INCLUDING THE HOOD
CANAL AREA...THE KITSAP PENINSULA AND THE EASTERN PUGET SOUND
LOWLANDS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE WINTER STORM

WARNING FOR THE SEATTLE...TACOMA...EVERETT METRO AREAS INCLUDING

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 National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary

THE HOOD CANAL AREA...THE KITSAP PENINSULA AND THE EASTERN PUGET
SOUND LOWLANDS FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST
THIS EVENING.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...GOLD BAR...SEATTLE... NORTH

BEND...BREMERTON...SHELTON...TACOMA...AND ENUMCLAW.

* TIMING...BANDS OF LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE

AREA THOUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL END LATER THIS
EVENING FROM THE NORTH...BUT SOME DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY
TONIGHT AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO
40 MPH.

* ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 2 TO 6

INCHES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE QUITE VARIABLE AROUND THE
AREA WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING CLOSER TO THE CASCADE
FOOTHILLS AND IN LOCALIZED BANDS AROUND THE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND
AREA.

* WIND...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WILL

BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
THIS EVENING. THE GUSTY NORTH WINDS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG
WIND AND TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER 20S WILL GIVE WIND
CHILL VALUES OF 0 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO TONIGHT.

* IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS NEAR 40 MPH COULD RESULT IN LOCAL POWER

OUTAGES...THUS CONSIDER ALTERNATE...BUT SAFE...SOURCES OF
HEAT IN CASE THIS OCCURS. OTHERWISE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
PLENTY OF EXTRA WARM CLOTHING OR BLANKETS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING

OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND PLAN
ACCORDINGLY.

&&

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