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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
642 AM PDT MON OCT 6 2008

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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 CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
642 AM PDT MON OCT 6 2008

...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AND MOUNTAIN SNOW
TO MUCH OF WESTERN WASHINGTON TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...

A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT OFFSHORE WILL SWEEP ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON
TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA...BUT
SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AS THEY WERE THIS PAST
SATURDAY. THE REASON BEING WAS THAT THE SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK
FARTHER NORTH THAN EARLIER THOUGHT. DESPITE THIS...WINDY CONDITIONS
WILL STILL DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF THE COAST AND NORTHWEST INTERIOR
TONIGHT.

A COLDER AIR MASS WILL INVADE THE REGION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON
TUESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL PLUMMET INTO THE 3500 TO 4000 FOOT RANGE
BY LATE IN THE DAY. ELEVATIONS ABOVE THE 4000 FOOT LEVEL IN THE
CENTRAL CASCADES COULD PICK UP 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW BY THE END
OF THE DAY TUESDAY. THUS DO NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME SNOW IN
STEVENS PASS. ACCUMULATING SNOW APPEARED UNLIKELY IN SNOQUALMIE
PASS.

THOSE PLANNING ON TRAVELING OR ENGAGING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN
THE OLYMPICS AND CASCADES SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECASTS BEFORE VENTURING OUT.

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