Short Term Forecast

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
854 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014

PZZ132>135-WAZ001-503>511-514-012100-
EAST ENTRANCE U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
NORTHERN INLAND WATERS INCLUDING THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS-
ADMIRALTY INLET-PUGET SOUND AND HOOD CANAL-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-
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
854 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014

.NOW...
SCATTERED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE INTERIOR OF
WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS MORNING. SOME SHOWERS MAY START OFF AS
RAIN...THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS TEN TO
FIFTEEN DEGREES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD
BE LESS THAN AN INCH. IN AREAS WHERE SNOW DOES FALL...MOTORISTS
SHOULD USE CAUTION.

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GRUB

Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
915 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014

WAZ511-020115-
/O.EXB.KSEW.WS.A.0008.140302T0200Z-140302T2000Z/
HOOD CANAL AREA-
915 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE HOOD CANAL AREA FROM 6 PM
PST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.

* HAZARD TYPE...SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ABOVE THE 500 FOOT LEVEL.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...BRINNON...SEABECK...AND SHELTON.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AND
  BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY
  SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE THE
  PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT OR WINTER DRIVING DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO
  SNOW ON THE ROADS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN THE WATCH AREA...CARRY AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS IN CASE OF
EMERGENCY.

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