HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 524 AM PST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 600 AM PST THU DEC 10 2009 Expires:200912101400;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
507 AM PST WED DEC 9 2009
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NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-
GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS-
SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-
GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
507 AM PST WED DEC 9 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS IN MOST INLAND VALLEYS
AGAIN TONIGHT...BUT SHOULD REMAIN IN THE LOWER 20S AT THE COAST.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH JUST A
LITTLE MODERATION OCCURRING AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN COLDER THAN
NORMAL. FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SOME
FREEZING RAIN INLAND AREAS AS A DISTURBANCE FROM THE PACIFIC LIFTS
NORTHEAST INTO THE REGION. THIS SYSTEM WILL SCOUR OUT MOST OF THE
COLDER AIR LATER SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 359 AM PST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 200 PM PST WED DEC 09 2009 ...VERY COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST WITH A POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION THIS
WEEKEND...
A MODIFIED ARCTIC AIR MASS OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST
OREGON WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE
INLAND VALLEYS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR FREEZING TODAY AND
THURSDAY...WHILE NIGHTTIME LOWS WILL AGAIN DROP INTO THE TEENS.
MINIMUMS SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY WARMER THURSDAY NIGHT. LIGHT EAST
WINDS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE IN THE WESTERN COLUMBIA GORGE.
A GRADUAL WARMING TREND WILL DEVELOP BEGINNING FRIDAY AND CONTINUE
INTO THE WEEKEND AS MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE A
TRANSITION OUT OF THE ARCTIC AIR MASS. THE NORTHERN EDGE OF A
PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE REGION FRIDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY...AND MAY BRING A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW TO THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS SATURDAY
BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING.
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