Winter Weather Advisory for Cascades and Mount Baker

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
247 AM PST FRI MAR 12 2010

.LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO VANCOUVER ISLAND THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SNOW THIS MORNING IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME SHOWERY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LOW MOVES BY TO THE WEST. SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL BRIEFLY RISE TO 3500 TO 4000 FEET THIS MORNING BEFORE FALLING BACK TO 2500 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND 1500 TO 2000 FEET TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.


OLYMPICS-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
247 AM PST FRI MAR 12 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING......WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE OLYMPICS AND WEST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL
AND NORTH CASCADES AND PASSES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* SNOW WILL TURN TO SHOWERS TODAY WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6   TO 10 INCHES. SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH  ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN 4 INCHES.

* SNOW LEVELS BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000 FEET THIS MORNING WILL FALL   TO 2500 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON AND 1500 FEET TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVELERS CROSSING THE CASCADES OR BACK COUNTRY USERS OF THE OLYMPICS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER CONDITIONS.

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