One Stop Shop (OSS) Update - January 18th, 2012 - Part 3

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UPDATE: Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 - Part 3

In this third update for today we take a closer look at the snow, particularly in Washington. The following snow forecast layer in OSS comes from the National Weather Services National Digital Forecast Database. Heavy amounts of snow was forecast over nearly all of the Western States region, with Washington covered almost completely:

Snow Forecast Layer for 1/18/2012 in OSS from the National Weather Service:

Zooming in yields further detail:

Snow Forecast over Washington on 1/18/2012:

Now let's take a look at some CCTV images to see the snow that has fallen already:

Pine Creek on I-90 in Washington near Snoqualmie Pass:

Top of Easton Hill on I-90 in Washington near Snoqualmie Pass:

Easton Hill on I-90 in Washington near Snoqualmie Pass:

Easton on I-90 in Washington near Snoqualmie Pass:

West Nelson on I-90 in Washington near Snoqualmie Pass:

Bullfrog facing west on I-90 in Washington near Snoqualmie Pass:

Cle Elum on I-90 in Washington near Snoqualmie Pass:

Elk Heights on I-90 in Washington near Snoqualmie Pass:

I-5 at 13th Ave in Chehalis:

I-5 at Labree Road in Chehalis:

I-5 at Rush Road south of Chehalis:

SR 109 near the coast:

State Camp Hill on US-101 near the coast:

Cosmopolis Hill on US-101 near Aberdeen:

East of Spokane:

I-90 East of Spokane:

I-90 East of Spokane:

I-90 in Spokane:

I-90 in Spokane:

I-90 West of Spokane:

Tyler Interchange on I-90 West of Spokane:

This storm is dropping alot of snow, including in places that don't usually receive much snow like Seattle. And, when this happens, accidents are sure to happen too. Here's an incident on the 405 near I-90. Note that slowed traffic indication from the Google Traffic layer:

This incident could be seen on a CCTV camera, and there was definitely snow and reduced visibility:

Here are a few more CCTV images from the Seattle:

Coal Creek Pkwy on I-405 near Seattle on 1/18/2012:

I-405 at 112th Ave SE near Seattle on 1/18/2012:

I-405 at SE 59th Street Near Seattle on 1/18/2012:

I-90 at 142nd Place SE near Seattle on 1/18/2012:

Again, be sure to take a look at multiple OSS updates from today, take a look OSS live at http://oss.weathershare.org/, and, gather as much information as possible from OSS and all available sources both before and while traveling to help plan for safe trips.

Updates from today:

One Stop Shop (OSS) Update - January 18th, 2012 - Part 1
One Stop Shop (OSS) Update - January 18th, 2012 - Part 2
One Stop Shop (OSS) Update - January 18th, 2012 - Part 3 (above)
One Stop Shop (OSS) Update - January 18th, 2012 - Part 4

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