Uh... Swell.

From the National Weather Service

WAZ008-010-011-060600-
HOOD CANAL/KITSAP PENINSULA-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-TACOMA AREA-
1040 AM PST MON JAN 5 2004

...A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...

SIX TO TEN INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN FALLING THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY CHANGING TO RAIN BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

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PEOPLE ARE STRONGLY URGED TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS ON THIS EVOLVING SNOWSTORM... ESPECIALLY WITH THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON THE TUESDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTE. THE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN LATE TUESDAY COULD FURTHER WORSEN DRIVING CONDITIONS BY TURNING THE SNOW ON THE GROUND TO THICK SLUSH.

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We get four inches here and the city shuts down...

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