– Winter Weather Advisory for Southwest Interior, Washington (includes Thurston County)
Issuing Office: Seattle/Tacoma
Source: National.Weather.Service
3:02am PST, Fri Dec 23
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– Editor’s note:
Yelm’s altitude is 354′ above sea level, the Lackamas/Clearwood area’s altitude is between 500′-600′ –
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… WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM PST SATURDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 AM PST SATURDAY. * TIMING… THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * SNOW LEVEL… FALLING TO NEAR 500 FEET THIS AFTERNOON… THEN 200 FEET THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON HILLS AND OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE SNOW LEVEL DROPS. * MAIN IMPACT… UP TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED… ESPECIALLY ABOVE 200 FEET ELEVATION. LOCATIONS NEAR SEA LEVEL… SUCH AS NEAR THE SHORES OF PUGET SOUND… WILL GET LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION. * OTHER IMPACTS… TRAVEL ON SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL BE CHALLENGING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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