Paging El Nino . . .

. . . El Nino, please report to the Northwest:

Issued by The National Weather Service Seattle/Tacoma, WA  3:58 pm PDT, Tue., Oct. 27, 2009

… FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON… INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES… GRAYS HARBOR… CLALLAM… JEFFERSON… SKAGIT… WHATCOM… KING… LEWIS… MASON… PIERCE… SNOHOMISH… THURSTON.

* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT

* HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREEZING LEVELS OVER 10000 FEET AND STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. MANY RIVERS FLOWING OFF OF THE CASCADES AND OLYMPICS MAY EXCEED FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLOODING AT THIS TIME IS FOR RIVERS FLOWING OFF THE NORTH CASCADES.