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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON
AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DENSE FOG
KITTITAS VALLEY, YAKIMA VALLEY

LIGHT WINDS COMBINED WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE HAS ALLOWED PATCHY FOG TO FORM IN THE YAKIMA AND KITTITAS
VALLEYS OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. SOME OF THIS FOG HAS
BECOME DENSE AND IN AREAS WHERE THE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING
THE SUPER COOLED FOG DROPLETS ARE FREEZING ON CONTACT WITH SURFACES
INCLUDING ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THIS WILL CREATE SLICK
DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. A DENSE FOG/FREEZING FOG ADVISORY
IS IN EFFECT OR THE YAKIMA AND KITTITAS VALLEYS THROUGH NOON TODAY.
THE FOG WILL DISSIPATE IN THE AFTERNOON WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES.
PLEASE REFER TO PRODUCT ID PDXNPWPDT FOR MORE DETAILS OF THE DENSE
FOG/FREEZING FOG ADVISORY.

ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT BRINGING
MORE CLOUDS...BUT WITH ONLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS. THIS EVENT
WILL BE PRIMARILY RAIN IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH SNOW IN THE
HIGHER MOUNTAINS ONLY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AMOUNTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

EVEN THOUGH THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN ACTIVE WITH FREQUENT WEATHER
SYSTEMS THESE WEATHER SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEAK WITH ONLY
LIGHT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WITH EACH ONE. A STRONGER HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGE ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH
DRIER CONDITIONS BUT ALSO WITH DEVELOPING VALLEY AND BASIN
INVERSIONS AND POSSIBLY MORE AREAS OF FOG AND OR LOW STRATUS CLOUDS.
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO COOL OFF SLIGHTLY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF
FOG OR LOW CLOUDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS
ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT:

WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PDT/CURRENTHAZARDS/HWO.HTML

ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE...EXCEPT THE H IN
CURRENTHAZARDS.