WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 753 PM PST THU DEC 10 2009
Expiration: 600 PM PST SAT DEC 12 2009

...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT MUCH OF NORTHWEST OREGON
AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
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COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VERNONIA
752 PM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST
OREGON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS LATE FRIDAY EVENING.
* PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO START AS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING
  RAIN.
* MUCH OF THE NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER
  TO RAIN DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH AREAS OF SNOW AND
  FREEZING RAIN ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST ON THE EAST SLOPES AND
  VALLEYS THROUGH THE ENTIRE DAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE
  POSSIBLE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES.
* WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
* THERE IS A GREATER THAN NORMAL DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS
  FORECAST...SO CHECK WITH LATER FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 619 AM PST THU DEC 10 2009
Expiration: 630 AM PST FRI DEC 11 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
618 AM PST THU DEC 10 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-
618 AM PST THU DEC 10 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
HIGHS WILL ONCE AGAIN STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT MUCH ABOVE FREEZING FOR
MUCH OF THE INTERIOR TODAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY INLAND LOWS
DROPPING BACK INTO THE UPPER TEENS AGAIN TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
INLAND...ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
THAT FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOOR AS A
DISTURBANCE LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE DISTRICT. DETAILS CONCERNING
EXACT TIMING AND ANY ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME.
THIS SYSTEM WILL EVENTUALLY SCOUR OUT THE COLD AIR FROM THE VALLEY
LATER SATURDAY AS IT MOVES PAST THE REGION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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