Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
550 AM PDT WED MAY 22 2013

.AN COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL GIVE LATE SEASON
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL WASHINGTON
CASCADES AND PASSES THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED AT PARADISE RANGER STATION IN MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL
PARK...OVER CHINOOK PASS...AND IN THE BACK COUNTRY.

WAZ519-222100-
/O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0019.130522T1250Z-130523T1200Z/
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-
550 AM PDT WED MAY 22 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
THURSDAY.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK...CHINOOK
  PASS...AND THE BACK COUNTRY ABOVE 5000 FEET.

* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. BRIEF HEAVY
  ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 INCHES OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES IN
  HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN TONIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 9 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT ABOVE ABOUT 5000
  FEET.

* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL TO PARADISE RANGER STATION IN MOUNT RAINIER
  NATIONAL PARK AND OVER CHINOOK PASS WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES
  THROUGH TONIGHT.

* SNOW LEVEL...3500 TO 4000 FEET. ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY ABOVE ABOUT
  5000 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. HIKERS
AND BACKPACKERS SHOULD AVOID HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE BACK
COUNTRY.

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ALBRECHT
WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE