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WOUS46 KSEW 050146
AVWSEW

AVALANCHE WARNING
NORTHWEST AVALANCHE CENTER 
SEATTLE WASHINGTON
600 PM PST SUN JAN 04 2015

THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE TERRAIN AND DOES NOT 
APPLY TO HIGHWAYS OR OPERATING SKI AREAS

WAZ567-568-569-019-060100- 

...AVALANCHE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE WASHINGTON CASCADES NEAR AND 
WEST OF THE CREST SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...

A MOIST WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW 
ALONG WITH RISING SNOW LEVELS ALONG THE WEST SLOPES OF THE CASCADES 
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

VERY DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AS A RESULT SUNDAY 
EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. TRAVEL IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN IS 
NOT RECOMMENDED AS HUMAN TRIGGERED AND NATURAL AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY.

AN AVALANCHE WATCH OR WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HIGH OR EXTREME 
AVALANCHE DANGER IS FORECAST FOR ALL THREE ELEVATION BANDS WITHIN A 
FORECAST ZONE. 

THIS STATEMENT WILL UPDATED AS WARRANTED. PLEASE VISIT WWW.NWAC.US 
FOR FORECAST DETAILS AND HOURLY MOUNTAIN WEATHER DATA.

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