SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 342 AM PST SAT DEC 5 2009
Expiration: 500 PM PST SAT DEC 05 2009
...COLD WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...
A MODIFIED ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT.
WHILE IT IS ALREADY RATHER COLD ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON...THIS
FRONT WILL BRING EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO
THE AREA. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN
WHATCOM COUNTY AND THE SAN JUANS...LOCATIONS SUSCEPTIBLE TO
ARCTIC OUTFLOW THROUGH THE FRASER RIVER VALLEY.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS WITH THE FRONT THIS EVENING...BUT
MOISTURE IS LIMITED AND NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY.
THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF THE OLYMPIC
PENINSULA WHERE UPSLOPE FLOW MAY PRODUCE UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW
TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY.
COLD AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES
ACROSS MANY AREAS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON WILL STRUGGLE TO MOVE MUCH
ABOVE FREEZING.
AS WINDS GRADUALLY DIE DOWN LATER SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY...EXPECT NIGHTIME LOWS TO DROP DOWN INTO THE TEENS TO LOWER
20S AND HIGH TEMPERATURES TO ONLY REACH INTO THE 30S.
TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY MODERATE AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
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