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SPECIAL AVALANCHE BULLETIN 
USFS NORTHWEST AVALANCHE CENTER SEATTLE WA 
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 
806 PM PDT FRI APR 16 2021

...THE NORTHWEST AVALANCHE CENTER HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL AVALANCHE 
BULLETIN...

* WHAT..UNIQUELY DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO 
  PROLONGED HOT AND SUNNY WEATHER. LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE WET 
  AVALANCHES COULD OCCUR.

* WHERE...THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS AND WASHINGTON CASCADES FROM THE 
  COLUMBIA RIVER TO THE CANADIAN BORDER.

* WHEN...IN EFFECT FROM FRI 18:30 PDT TO MON 18:30 PDT. 
  
* IMPACTS...MULTIPLE DAYS OF ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND 
  CONTINUED FORECASTED HOT AND SUNNY WEATHER MAY PRODUCE A NATURAL 
  SPRING AVALANCHE CYCLE. THIS COULD INCLUDE WET, HEAVY, AND 
  POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE SLIDES THAT CROSS COMMON ROUTES. 
  ADDITIONALLY, TRAVELERS MAY EASILY TRIGGER AVALANCHES ON ANY STEEP 
  OPEN SLOPES.  
  
* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...PAY ATTENTION TO THE SLOPES 
  ABOVE YOU. LIMIT ANY TIME YOU SPEND NEAR AND UNDERNEATH STEEP AND 
  HANGING SNOW, ESPECIALLY DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY.

CONSULT WWW.NWAC.US OR WWW.AVALANCHE.ORG FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

SIMILAR AVALANCHE DANGER MAY EXIST AT LOCATIONS OUTSIDE THE COVERAGE 
AREA OF THIS OR ANY AVALANCHE CENTER.

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