SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
649 AM PDT SUN OCT 5 2008

SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-
HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-OLYMPICS-
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
649 AM PDT SUN OCT 5 2008

...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM COULD BRING THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
OF THE SEASON TO THE OLYMPICS AND CASCADES ON TUESDAY...

...ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WINDS IS POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA MONDAY
NIGHT...

A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN A COLDER AIR MASS ACROSS THE
AREA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. BY LATE TUESDAY...THE SNOW LEVEL IS
EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3500 TO 4000 FOOT RANGE IN THE OLYMPICS AND
CASCADES. PLUMMETING SNOW LEVELS COMBINED WITH STRONG...MOIST
WESTERLY FLOW COULD RESULT IN 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 4000
FEET BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

SNOQUALMIE AND STEVENS PASSES COULD SEE WET SNOW DOWN TO THE 3000
FOOT LEVEL EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. HOWEVER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT OR LESS THAN TWO INCHES BELOW THE 3500
FOOT LEVEL.

BEFORE THE COLDER AIR ARRIVES...ANTICIPATE ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY
WINDS MONDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF AND WITH THE COLD FRONT. AT THIS
TIME...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON THE COAST AND
FROM EVERETT NORTHWARD...WHERE THERE COULD BE GUSTS IN THE 45 TO
50 MPH RANGE. THE SITUATION APPEARED SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO WHAT
OCCURRED ON SATURDAY. THUS RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF POWER OUTAGES MONDAY NIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN SEATTLE ON THIS UPCOMING EVENT.

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