At 1:02 p.m. the National Weather Service posted this winter storm warning announcement for tonight.

Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
102 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010

EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY-
SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
102 PM PST MON NOV 22 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING
FOR THE SEATTLE...TACOMA...EVERETT METRO AREAS INCLUDING THE HOOD
CANAL AREA...THE KITSAP PENINSULA AND THE EASTERN PUGET SOUND
LOWLANDS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR THE SEATTLE...TACOMA...EVERETT METRO AREAS INCLUDING
THE HOOD CANAL AREA...THE KITSAP PENINSULA AND THE EASTERN PUGET
SOUND LOWLANDS FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST
THIS EVENING.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...GOLD BAR...SEATTLE... NORTH
BEND...BREMERTON...SHELTON...TACOMA...AND ENUMCLAW.

* TIMING...BANDS OF LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA THOUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL END LATER THIS
EVENING FROM THE NORTH...BUT SOME DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY
TONIGHT AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO
40 MPH.

* ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 2 TO 6
INCHES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE QUITE VARIABLE AROUND THE
AREA WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING CLOSER TO THE CASCADE
FOOTHILLS AND IN LOCALIZED BANDS AROUND THE CENTRAL PUGET SOUND
AREA.

* WIND...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WILL
BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
THIS EVENING. THE GUSTY NORTH WINDS TONIGHT WILL CAUSE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG
WIND AND TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER 20S WILL GIVE WIND
CHILL VALUES OF 0 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO TONIGHT.

* IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS NEAR 40 MPH COULD RESULT IN LOCAL POWER
OUTAGES...THUS CONSIDER ALTERNATE...BUT SAFE...SOURCES OF
HEAT IN CASE THIS OCCURS. OTHERWISE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
PLENTY OF EXTRA WARM CLOTHING OR BLANKETS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS...WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND PLAN
ACCORDINGLY.