Winter Storm Watch for Whatcom County: Late Tuesday Night Through Wednesday

Urgent - Winter Weather message National weather service seattle wa 3:28 pm pst Mon Dec 15 2008

Winter Storm Watch now in effect from late Tuesday night through late Wednesday night for all of Western Washington...

A winter storm will arrive from Canada late Tuesday night. Snow will fall across Western Washington. Not all areas may see heavy snow...four inches or more...but at this time the details are uncertain. For now a winter storm watch is in effect for all parts of Western Washington...which means heavy snow is possible but not certain.

The national weather service in Seattle has issued a winter storm Watch...which is in effect from late Tuesday night through late Wednesday night.

Heavy snow is likely over Western Washington on Wednesday. Four to Eight inches are possible in certain areas...including the East Puget Sound lowlands...the Northwest interior (Whatcom County) and  the Southwest Interior ...and the Strait of Juan de Fuca area. Snow in these areas will begin in the north late Tuesday night and spread south Wednesday morning.By Wednesday night three to six inches of new snow are possible.

Other areas...including the Seattle metropolitan area and the Kitsap peninsula...could get less snow. Here models show one or two inches are possible. On the coast it is possible that conditions will be warm enough for rain part of the time...or mixed rain and snow. However it is not certain that sub-warning amounts will fall in these areas and the winter storm watch extends to them as well.

The Cascades and Olympics will also receive heavy snow...with one or two feet of new snow likely.Snow levels will be at sea level through much of the event so
virtually all of the precipitation will be in the form of snow.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...Monitor weather forecasts. If you have to travel...Tuesday is likely to be a much better day than Wednesday.

 

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