[westmex]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 345 PM PDT SAT APR 13 2002 CENTRAL CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN CASCADE FOOTHILLS-OLYMPICS- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENUMCLAW...NORTH BEND AND SULTAN 345 PM PDT SAT APR 13 2002 ...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 2500 FEET FOR SUNDAY... SIGNIFICANT LATE SEASON SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY...WITH THE SNOW BEGINNING IN THE PASSES DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW LEVELS NEAR 6000 FEET THIS EVENING ARE FORECAST TO FALL RAPIDLY TO BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY DAWN WITH AN ADDITIONAL 8 TO 14 INCHES OF NEW SNOW DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER LIKE WEATHER IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. HEAVY SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, USE EXTREME CAUTION AND CARRY CHAINS, FOOD, WATER, BLANKETS, AND FLASHLIGHTS.

[andysandmikesmom]

Sounds like it is going to be quite the big mess...I remember, I think it was last year, we had a really late snow up in the mountains...the hubby and I were going to go to Seattle for the weekend, but after we got all that snow, we decided to go up to Snoqualmie Pass....it was absolutely beautiful...then on our way back we stopped off at Snoqualmie Falls(Shades of the TV series Twin Peaks)...

Hope all travelers up that way, take precautions, and take lots of extra food and supplies and warm clothing, just in case...thanks for the warning...