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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
1258 PM PST FRI DEC 5 2014

...WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING ...

.ONE BATCH OF SHOWERS WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
BRINGING A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. A STRONGER AND WETTER
SYSTEM MOVES IN AROUND MIDNIGHT AND LINGERS INTO SATURDAY MORNING
BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL HOURS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
FREEZING RAIN...MIXING WITH SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES BEFORE
BECOMING ALL RAIN.

WAZ044-052200-
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WATERVILLE PLATEAU-
1258 PM PST FRI DEC 5 2014

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS CANCELLED THE
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY.

ISOLATED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF
SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BUT WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN IS NOT
EXPECTED.

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WAZ041-042-060600-
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WENATCHEE AREA-EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...
CASHMERE...LEAVENWORTH...STEHEKIN...BLEWETT PASS
1258 PM PST FRI DEC 5 2014

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST SATURDAY...

* LOCATIONS...WENATCHEE...CHELAN...ENTIAT...CASHMERE... 
  LEAVENWORTH...STEHEKIN...BLEWETT PASS.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF OF ICE.

* TIMING...LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN IS
  EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN 1PM AND 4PM. A
  WETTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STEADY WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN
  THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS LATER THIS 
  MORNING. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SECONDARY AND 
  LESSER TRAVELED ROADS. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CLIMB 
  TOWARD FREEZING OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE LATER TODAY THE THREAT OF 
  FREEZING RAIN WILL EASE. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE NEAR THE 
  CASCADE CREST SOUTH OF LAKE CHELAN WHERE COOLER POCKETS COULD 
  RESULT IN SOME FREEZING RAIN PERSISTING INTO THE EARLY 
  AFTERNOON.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.

* WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT 
  HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/WRH/WHV/?WFO=OTX.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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