999 WWUS46 KSEA 211119 WSWSEA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 317 AM PST MON DEC 21 1998 ...A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE WASHINGTON COAST... ...A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON... .A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING SOUTH FROM VANCOUVER ISLAND THIS MORNING WILL BRING LIGHT SNOW TO WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS ALONG THE WASHINGTON COAST. WAZ015-016-211705- NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST- INCLUDING FORKS...HOQUIAM ...A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR WASHINGTON COAST... THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE TODAY. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ALONG THE NORTHERN WASHINGTON COAST...CLOSER TO THE OLYMPICS. HEAVY SNOW FROM THIS SYSTEM HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE WEST COAST OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. $$ WAZ001>011-013-014-211705- SAN JUAN ISLANDS-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-NORTHERN CASCADE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHWEST INTERIOR-EVERETT AND VICINITY- SEATTLE METROPOLITAN AREA-TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA- HOOD CANAL/KITSAP PENINSULA-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- INCLUDING FRIDAY HARBOR...BELLINGHAM...DARRINGTON...NORTH BEND... MT. VERNON...MARYSVILLE...BELLEVUE...LAKEWOOD...PORT TOWNSEND... BREMERTON...SHELTON...OLYMPIA...CHEHALIS...PORT ANGELES...SEKIU ...A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON... ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE OVER THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE HOOD CANAL AREA ALONG THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST FACING SLOPES OF THE OLYMPICS. LIGHT SNOW HAS ALREADY BEGUN EARLY THIS MORNING OVER PARTS OF THE NORTH INTERIOR OF WASHINGTON. $$ KAM |