WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH CASCADES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING 


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTH CASCADES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS ENDED.

•  SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH  THIS EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
•  THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR WHERE THE PUGET SOUND  CONVERGENCE ZONE EXTENDS INTO THE CASCADES...MOSTLY LIKELY  FROM  STEVENS PASS TO SNOQUALMIE PASS.
•  THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE AROUND 1500 FEET.
•  THIS WINTER LIKE STORM WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL  CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THE CASCADE PASSES.  VISIT  HTTP://WWW.NWAC.US FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS BY THE NORTHWEST WEATHER  AND AVALANCHE CENTER.

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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