WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 952 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 600 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2009

...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT MUCH OF NORTHWEST OREGON
AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY...
WAZ040-121530-
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SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOUTLE...ARIEL...COUGAR
951 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST
SUNDAY FOR SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
PST SUNDAY.
* LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT.
* PRECIPITATION WILL PRIMARILY BE SNOW THROUGH THE EVENT...BUT
  MAY MIX AT TIMES WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY
  AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH
  HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE GORGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
&&
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 259 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 600 AM PST SUN DEC 13 2009

...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT MUCH OF NORTHWEST OREGON
AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY...
ORZ009-WAZ023-120700-
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/O.NEW.KPQR.WS.W.0010.091212T0400Z-091213T1400Z/
WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOOD RIVER...STEVENSON
259 PM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
PST SUNDAY FOR THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...THEN
INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT.
* THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE THROUGH THIS EVENT IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN SNOW...ALTHOUGH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY
MIX IN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT...MAINLY WEST OF
CASCADE LOCKS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 607 AM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 615 AM PST SAT DEC 12 2009

Expires:200912121415;;
FLUS46 KPQR 111407
HWOPQR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
607 AM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
ORZ001>014-WAZ019>023-039-040-121415-
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-
607 AM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
DISTURBANCE WILL FALL AS A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
A TRANSITION FROM FROZEN PRECIPITATION TO RAIN WILL TAKE PLACE
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY ARE
EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR LESS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO 3
INCHES IN THE NORTH.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY...COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND AREAS NEAR
THE WEST END OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE
WINTRY PRECIPITATION WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY.
AN EVENTUAL CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS BY
SATURDAY EVENING AS THIS DISTURBANCE SCOURS OUT THE COLD AIR.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 1029 AM 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...
ORZ005-006-WAZ022-039-110630-
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LOWER COLUMBIA-GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-I-
5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. HELENS...HILLSBORO...OREGON CITY...
GRESHAM...LONGVIEW...KELSO...BATTLE GROUND...WASHOUGAL
1029 AM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO
AREAS...AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA AND I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ
COUNTY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS 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 IN THE PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO AREA...AS SNOW FURTHER
NORTH.
* SOUTH AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE METRO AREA MAY CHANGE TO RAIN DURING
THE DAY SATURDAY...WITH SNOW SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING
ELSEWHERE.
* 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.
$$