Winter Storm Warning

WAZ513-518-519-261200-
/O.CON.KSEW.WS.W.0023.091026T1200Z-091028T0000Z/
OLYMPICS-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
946 PM PDT SUN OCT 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO
5 PM PDT TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE OLYMPICS AND WEST
SLOPES OF THE WASHINGTON CASCADES FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM PDT
TUESDAY.

THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON...4 TO
12 INCHES...WILL OCCUR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT
WILL BRING COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING
TO AROUND 4500 FEET BY NOON MONDAY...AND TO AROUND 3500 FEET
MONDAY EVENING. THIS MEANS STEVENS PASS...WHITE PASS...AND
WASHINGTON PASS WILL LIKELY GET SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW
LEVEL WILL LOWER TO AROUND 3000 FEET BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT
WITH SNOW REACHING SNOQUALMIE PASS.

THE FORECAST CALLS FOR 4 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE BETWEEN STEVENS AND
SNOQUALMIE PASS AS A PUGET SOUND CONVERGENCE ZONE DEVELOPS. IN
ADDITION THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT A NARROW BAND OF NORTHWEST
WINDS ALOFT FLOWING UNIMPEDED DOWN THE STRAIT OF GEORGIA WILL
CROSS THE CASCADES NEAR OR RIGHT OVER STEVENS PASS CAUSING
LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 18 INCHES.

SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...WITH THE SNOW LEVEL
DROPPING EVEN FURTHER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS...CHECK
THE WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE YOU GO.