Winter Storm Watch

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
305 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017

WAZ511-071200-
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HOOD CANAL AREA-
305 PM PST FRI JAN 6 2017

…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…1 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP
  TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…SHELTON, BELFAIR, HOODSPORT AND
  BRINNON.

* TIMING…SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY MORNING OR AFTERNOON
  AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN IS
  POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW LEVEL…NEAR THE SURFACE.

* MAIN IMPACT…SNOW ON ROADWAYS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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(Be Safe! Keep your radio on.)