Unsettled weather with wind, rain and — in higher elevations — snow continue today. Here are the latest advisories from the National Weather Service:

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

350 AM PST TUE DEC 4 2012

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SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-

ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-

350 AM PST TUE DEC 4 2012

…WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING…

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…WESTPORT…HOQUIAM…PORT TOWNSEND…

OAK HARBOR…FRIDAY HARBOR…AND BELLINGHAM.

* TIMING…THE STRONGEST WINDS ON THE COAST WILL BE THROUGH 8 AM

THEN EASE. FOR THE NORTH INTERIOR…THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE

FROM ABOUT 5 AM TO 8 AM BEFORE EASING LATER THIS MORNING.

* WIND…SOUTH 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS…WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES…

TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES…AND PRODUCE LOCAL POWER

OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOTORISTS…ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES…SHOULD

BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN…STRONG CROSS WINDS ON EAST/WEST ROADWAYS AND

BRIDGES.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR

GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

425 AM PST TUE DEC 4 2012

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SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY-

SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-

LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-

WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-

425 AM PST TUE DEC 4 2012

…HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST WEEK AND ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL

OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS HAS LED TO AN INCREASED RISK OF

LANDSLIDES…

RAINFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE LOWLANDS OVER THE PAST WEEK HAS

INCREASED SOIL MOISTURE TO HIGH LEVELS ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON.

RAINFALL OF A HALF INCH TO MORE THAN TWO INCHES LAST NIGHT WILL

CONTRIBUTE TO ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON SOIL INSTABILITY…LEADING

TO AN ENHANCED RISK OF LANDSLIDES.

CUMULATIVE RAINFALL OVER THE LAST WEEK HAS SOAKED SOILS TO THE

POINT WHERE THE WASHINGTON LANDSLIDE RISK LEVEL IS MODERATE. THE

HIGHER THE RISK LEVEL…THE MORE NUMEROUS THE LANDSLIDES ARE

LIKELY TO BE. ISOLATED LANDSLIDES CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND

PERHAPS THE REST OF THIS WEEK.

WITH AN ELEVATED LANDSLIDE RISK…RAINFALL INDUCED LANDSLIDES ARE

POSSIBLE DURING BURSTS OF INTENSE RAINFALL OR WHEN THERE IS HEAVY

RAINFALL OVER A PERIOD OF A DAY OR TWO AS NOTED IN THE FORECAST

ELEVATED RISK LEVEL. A GRADUALLY DIMINISHING RISK OF LANDSLIDES

WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE RAIN ENDS. AREAS MOST

SUSCEPTIBLE TO LANDSLIDES UNDER THESE CONDITIONS ARE STEEP COASTAL

BLUFFS AND OTHER STEEP HILLSIDES.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CURRENT CONDITIONS…VISIT

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE…SELECT HYDROLOGY…AND THEN SCROLL DOWN

FOR THE LINKS TO THE LANDSLIDE INFORMATION PAGES.

TO REPORT LANDSLIDES TO THE STATE FOR TABULATION…GO TO THE

WASHINGTON STATE LANDSLIDE RISK WEB PAGE AND THE LINK FOR

REPORTING.

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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

234 AM PST TUE DEC 4 2012

…MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING FOR PUGET SOUND.

.HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES AND LOW PRESSURES FROM A FRONT MOVING

ONSHORE WILL PRODUCE MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW FOR PARTS OF PUGET

SOUND AND THE NORTH INTERIOR THIS MORNING.

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EVERETT AND VICINITY-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA–

234 AM PST TUE DEC 4 2012

…COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING

TO NOON PST TODAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL

FLOOD ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING

TO NOON PST TODAY.

* HAZARD…MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW NEAR THE BEACHES.

* IMPACTS…MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE WATER AROUND THE

TIME OF HIGH TIDE.

* TIME OF HIGH TIDE…848 AM AT PORT TOWNSEND.

* PREDICTED TIDE…9.07 FEET AT PORT TOWNSEND.

* EXPECTED TIDAL ANOMALY…1 TO 1.5 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES

WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

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URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

340 AM PST TUE DEC 4 2012

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OLYMPICS–

340 AM PST TUE DEC 4 2012

…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM

PST WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM

WARNING FOR SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10

AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS

NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…HURRICANE RIDGE.

* TIMING…HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS MORNING

AND CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST LATE TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…10 TO 18 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE.

* SNOW LEVEL…NEAR 6000 FEET FALLING TO 4000 FEET BY LATE THIS

AFTERNOON AND 2000 FEET WEDNESDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT…HURRICANE RIDGE ROAD CLOSED TO TRAVEL.

FOR HURRICANE RIDGE ROAD CONDITIONS…CALL 360-565-3131 OR VISIT

WWW.NPS.GOV/OLYM/INDEX.HTM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IF TRAVELING

INTO THE OLYMPICS.