Snow is in the offing for Forks and the West End. Here is the National Weather Service advisory:
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST FRIDAY FOR
THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST FOR
ACCUMULATING SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST FRIDAY.
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…QUILLAYUTE…FORKS…AND ABERDEEN.
* ACCUMULATIONS…1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING…HIGHEST
ALONG THE NORTH COAST. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.
Other lowland portions of the North Olympic Peninsula are affected by the following weather advisory:
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-
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
521 AM PST THU FEB 17 2011
…SNOW LEVEL TEMPORARILY LOWERING TO SEA LEVEL DURING HEAVY
SHOWERS THROUGH FRIDAY…
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO FEATURE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW
DOWN TO SEA LEVEL THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON. DESPITE
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO TO THE LOWER TO MID 40S
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY…THE AIR MASS IS COLD ENOUGH ALOFT TO SUPPORT
SNOW TO THE SURFACE DURING HEAVIER SHOWERS.
FROM LATER THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY…THE BEST
CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL BE ALONG THE NORTH AND CENTRAL
WASHINGTON COAST…ESPECIALLY HIGHER HILLS AND A BIT INLAND…WHERE
SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BE THE MOST PRONOUNCED. A DRIER PATTERN WILL
START TO TAKE EFFECT LATER FRIDAY AND CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH
THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND.
WHILE THE THREAT FOR LOWLAND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS LOW…MOTORISTS
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SHORT BURSTS OF WINTER WEATHER DURING THIS
TIME PERIOD.
