Rain and wind coming to the region | Special Weather Statement from NOAA

The National Weather Service has released a special weather statement predicting heavy rain and wind.

The National Weather Service has released a special weather statement predicting heavy rain and wind.

Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

425 AM PST SUN NOV 18 2012

 

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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 NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-

WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-

425 AM PST SUN NOV 18 2012

 

...AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK...

 

A SERIES OF WET PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN

WASHINGTON IN QUICK SUCCESSION. THE TWO STRONGEST FRONTS IN THE

SERIES WILL AFFECT WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

 

TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FALL IN THE MOUNTAINS

BELOW THE SNOW LEVEL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. LANDSLIDES

ARE POSSIBLE AS UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL IN THE

LOWLANDS WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS GENERALLY AT THE COAST AND IN

THE INTERIOR FROM AROUND EVERETT SOUTHWARD.

 

WET AND LOCALLY WINDY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY

WITH MORE SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS ARE FORECAST NEAR

PASS LEVELS. A BRIEF LULL IN THE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE THANKSGIVING

DAY AND FRIDAY...BEFORE ANOTHER WET SYSTEM ARRIVES THIS WEEKEND.

 

STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

IN SEATTLE.