Sunday, January 9, 2011

Weather statement from the National Weather Service

At 7:07 pm the National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
707 PM PST SAT JAN 8 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EVERETT AND VICINITY AND THE EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS...

WAZ505-507-091315- /O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0004.110109T0307Z-110109T1800Z/ EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY- 707 PM PST SAT JAN 8 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY FOR THE EVERETT AND VICINITY AND THE EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EVERETT AND VICINITY AND THE EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST SUNDAY.
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE THE NORTHERN PART OF WESTERN SNOHOMISH COUNTY...AND HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS. IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE...SNOW IS LIKELY TO BE CONFINED TO SNOHOMISH COUNTY AND EASTERN KING COUNTY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN SPOTS. HOWEVER...NOT EVERYWHERE WILL SEE SNOW...AND SOME AREAS WILL GET A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. A CONVERGENCE ZONE IS APPARENT ON THE RADAR IN NORTHWEST SNOHOMISH COUNTY. PRECIPITATION IN THIS ZONE IS DRIFTING SOUTHEAST. WSDOT CAMERAS SHOW SNOW ALONG I-5 NORTH OF ARLINGTON. OTHER SPOTS ARE LIKELY TO GET SOME SNOW LATER TONIGHT...INCLUDING EVERETT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL FALL OFF AND ON THROUGH THE NIGHT...THEN TAPER SUNDAY MORNING. THE ADVISORY ENDS AT 10 AM SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
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Shoreline has no accumulations at the moment, the ground is wet and it is partly cloudy outside.

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