Winter Storm Watch Issued For Seattle-Bellevue Area

SEATTLE, WA - The National Weather Service in Seattle issued a winter storm watch Thursday morning for the entire Puget Sound region - from Everett on down to Tacoma.

A new twist in the weather scenario: the NWS is now calling for high winds during the storm.

"Total snow accumulations of 5 to 8 inches possible. There remains some uncertainty in the details as a few areas could see a foot of snow while a few other locations may only see 2-4 inches. Windy conditions will develop late Friday night into Saturday with north winds 20 to 35 mph. Temperatures late Friday night through Saturday will fall through the 20s," the storm watch says.

The storm watch says the storm will begin dropping snow on Friday afternoon with the heaviest snow falling Friday night and early Saturday morning. The winter storm watch is in effect from Friday at noon to Saturday afternoon.

Lower snow totals between 3 and 5 inches are expected for far southwest Washington, from Olympia to the Oregon border.

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