Low Snow Levels and Big Snow for Washington Friday & Saturday:

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PINK = Winter Storm Warning.  BLUE = Winter Weather Advisory.  image:  noaa, today
PINK = Winter Storm Warning. BLUE = Winter Weather Advisory. image: noaa, today

NOAA is forecasting big snow totals and low snow levels for Washington this Friday and Saturday. 

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.
Crystal mountain forecast looking good.
Crystal mountain forecast looking good.

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.
Mt. Baker forecast looking fine.
Mt. Baker forecast looking fine.

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 THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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.

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