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call me when you can't see the grass anymore.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA

811 AM PDT THU OCT 18 2007

 

...TWO STRONG STORMS TO BRING MOUNTAIN SNOWS AND STRONG WINDS

BOTH TODAY AND FRIDAY..

 

A PAIR OF STRONG EARLY SEASON STORMS WILL BRING TWO ROUNDS OF

WINTRY WEATHER TO THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH

IDAHO. THE FIRST STORM WILL ARRIVE THIS MORNING. A SECOND

VIGOROUS STORM WILL TAKE A SIMILAR TRACK ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL BE

THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT BOUT OF HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG

WINDS FOR MANY LOCATIONS THIS SEASON.

 

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EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAVENWORTH...MAZAMA...TWISP...WINTHROP

811 AM PDT THU OCT 18 2007

 

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT FRIDAY

ABOVE 3000 FEET..

 

A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL

3 PM PDT FRIDAY.

 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE EAST SLOPES OF THE

NORTHERN CASCADES DURING THE MORNING. SNOW WILL OCCUR AT MOST

ELEVATIONS...WITH A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE LOWEST

VALLEYS...DURING THE ONSET OF THE EVENT...HOWEVER SNOW LEVELS WILL

SLOWLY RISE THROUGH THE DAY...REACHING 3000 FEET BY LATE

AFTERNOON. MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN

THE VALLEYS...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR MAZAMA...PLAIN...AND

LUCERNE...BUT THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR ABOVE 3000

FEET. LOCATIONS NEAR THE CASCADE CREST WILL RECEIVE ANYWHERE FROM

4 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. ADDITIONALLY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20-30

MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.

 

THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING TO SCATTERED SNOW

SHOWERS...BUT WILL RETURN BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH THE

ARRIVAL OF THE NEXT STORM. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY DROP ANOTHER

SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...HOWEVER THE VALLEYS

WILL SEE PRIMARILY RAIN.

 

HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG

THE NORTH CASCADE HIGHWAY WEST OF MAZAMA THROUGH THE DAY...AS

WELL AS LOCATIONS JUST EAST OF STAMPEDE AND STEVENS PASS. THE

SNOWS WILL IMPACT PERSONS WITH RECREATION INTERESTS THROUGHOUT

THIS PORTION OF THE CASCADES.

 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE

EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL

MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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Bachelor was the place to be on Sunday for early season hike turns. Saw 2 hitting the cone at dawn. Nice pow. Big warm up coming so would wait for next time now...

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