Weather
NOAA is forecasting 77 – 112″ of snow for Mt. Baker proper in the next 3 days…
NOAA has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Washington today calling for 8-12″ of snow above 3,000-feet.
Mt. Baker ski area just got 8″ of snow last night and now they’ll be waiting on 8-12 more tonight.
NOAA is forecasting 8-12″ of snow tonight and tomorrow for the Cascade mountains of Washington. Snow levels will drop as low as 3,000-feet with this storm. Mt. Baker ski area lives between 3,000 and 5,000 feet.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 12 INCHES IS LIKELY ABOVE THE 3000 FOOT LEVEL BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. - NOAA Seattle, WA today
WINTER STORM WATCH for WASHINGTON:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
326 AM PST WED DEC 2 2015
CASCADES OF WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTIES-
CASCADES OF SNOHOMISH AND KING COUNTIES-
CASCADES OF PIERCE AND LEWIS COUNTIES-
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT MAINLY FOR THE PASSES AND THOSE
AREAS PRONE TO COLD EAST WINDS FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY.
* ICE ACCUMULATION...ABOUT A HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF
FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY IN THE PASSES AND THOSE AREAS PRONE TO
COLD EASTERLY WINDS BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 12 INCHES IS LIKELY ABOVE THE 3000
FOOT LEVEL BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...STEVENS PASS AND SNOQUALMIE PASS.
* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND BECOME
LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL AS MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN IN
SNOQUALMIE PASS BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO JUST RAIN LATE THURSDAY
MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IN
STEVENS PASS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE CAN SNAP TREE
BRANCHES AND DOWN POWER LINES. TRAVEL IN THE PASSES TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING MAY BECOME DANGEROUS DUE TO ICY ROADS.
