NOAA is forecasting big snow totals and low snow levels for Washington this Friday and Saturday.ย
NOAA has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the Crystal Mountain area and a Winter Weather Advisory for the Mt. Baker ski area region.
Crystal Mountain ski resort is forecast to see around 1-2 feet of snow and snow levels around 2,000-feet:
* SNOW LEVEL...2500 FEET ON FRIDAY...FALLING TO 1500 FEET ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ABOUT TWO FEET OF SNOW NEAR PARADISE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ABOUT ONE FOOT OF SNOW NEAR WHITE PASS.
Mt. Baker ski area is forecast to see around 8-16″ of snow.
* SNOW LEVEL...2500 FEET ON FRIDAY...FALLING TO 1000 TO 1500 FEET ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN EACH 12-HOUR PERIOD...WITH A TOTAL OF 10 TO 16 INCHES FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
WINTER STORM WARNING for WASHINGTON:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
302 PM PST THU JAN 28 2016
CASCADES OF PIERCE AND LEWIS COUNTIES-
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 3 PM PST
SATURDAY FOR THE CASCADES OF PIERCE AND LEWIS COUNTIES...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 3 PM
PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW LEVEL...2500 FEET ON FRIDAY...FALLING TO 1500 FEET ON
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...ABOUT TWO FEET OF SNOW NEAR PARADISE ON
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ABOUT ONE FOOT OF SNOW NEAR WHITE PASS.
* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL INTO THE CASCADES WILL BE DIFFICULT.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for WASHINGTON:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
302 PM PST THU JAN 28 2016
CASCADES OF WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTIES-
CASCADES OF SNOHOMISH AND KING COUNTIES-
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO 3 PM PST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO 3 PM
PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY MORNING...BECOMING HEAVY IN
AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW LEVEL...2500 FEET ON FRIDAY...FALLING TO 1000 TO 1500 FEET
ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN EACH 12-HOUR
PERIOD...WITH A TOTAL OF 10 TO 16 INCHES FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL INTO THE CASCADES WILL BE DIFFICULT.