Headed Over to Western Washington This Weekend?

Might want to carry chains.

Summer starts in two weeks.

From the National Weather Service:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
430 AM PDT FRI JUN 6 2008

WAZ513-518-519-062230-
OLYMPICS-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 430 AM PDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CASCADES AND OLYMPICS TODAY..

RAIN AND SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS MORNING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY. THE MAIN SNOW LEVEL WILL HOVER NEAR 3500 FEET BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE MARGINAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW BETWEEN 4000 AND 5500 FEET. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON WHEN UP TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL AT THE HIGHER PASSES. ABOVE 5500 FEET...COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW ALL THE FALLING SNOW TO STICK WITH UP TO 2 FEET EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HAZARD FOR MOUNTAINEERING AND TRAVEL IN THE HIGH BACKCOUNTRY WITH POOR VISIBILITY...WINDY CONDITIONS...COLD TEMPERATURES...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF RENEWED AVALANCHE ACTIVITY.

PEOPLE DRIVING OVER THE HIGHER HIGHWAYS INCLUDING STEVENS PASS..CHINOOK PASS...WASHINGTON PASS...THE ROAD TO PARADISE...AND THE ROAD TO HURRICANE RIDGE...WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER SNOW...POOR VISIBILITY...AND SOME WIND. HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS ON THE ROADS WILLGENERALLY BE THREE INCHES OR LESS.