009  
WWUS46 KSEW 171952  
WSWSEW  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA  
1152 AM PST WED DEC 17 2025  
 
WAZ301>304-180600-  
/O.EXP.KSEW.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-251217T2000Z/  
/O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0024.251217T2000Z-251218T1800Z/  
CASCADES OF WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTIES-CASCADES OF SNOHOMISH AND  
NORTHERN KING COUNTIES-CASCADES OF SOUTHERN KING COUNTY-CASCADES  
OF PIERCE AND LEWIS COUNTIES-  
INCLUDING CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN, ASHFORD, STEVENS PASS, SNOQUALMIE  
PASS, LONGMIRE, SR18 AT TIGER MOUNTAIN SUMMIT, MOUNT BAKER,  
GREENWATER, MOUNT RAINIER, WHITE PASS, SILVERTON, AND PARADISE  
1152 AM PST WED DEC 17 2025  
   
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY
 
   
..BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY
 
 
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 5 TO 10  
INCHES. WINDS MAY GUST UP TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
* WHERE...CASCADES OF SNOHOMISH AND NORTHERN KING COUNTIES, CASCADES  
OF WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTIES, CASCADES OF PIERCE AND LEWIS  
COUNTIES, AND CASCADES OF SOUTHERN KING COUNTY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE  
TREE DAMAGE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW LEVELS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING TO  
AROUND 6000 FEET, WHICH COULD BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING  
RAIN. CONFIDENCE IS LOW FOR FREEZING RAIN, BUT THE POTENTIAL  
EXISTS FOR LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE  
POWER OUTAGES.  
 

 
 

 
 
WAZ328-172100-  
/O.EXP.KSEW.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-251217T2000Z/  
OLYMPICS-  
INCLUDING HURRICANE RIDGE AND MOUNT OLYMPUS  
1152 AM PST WED DEC 17 2025  
   
..BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON PST TODAY
 
 
THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE  
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.  
 

 
 
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