SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 617 AM PST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 230 PM PST MON DEC 07 2009
...VERY COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST...
A MODIFIED ARCTIC AIR MASS OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST
OREGON WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THIS WEEK. DAYTIME HIGH
TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING TODAY AND
TUESDAY IN THE INLAND VALLEYS...WHILE NIGHTTIME LOWS WILL FALL
INTO THE TEENS AND 20S. SLOW WARMING IS EXPECTED BEGINNING
WEDNESDAY BUT TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COLDER THAN NORMAL THROUGH
FRIDAY.
GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING...BUT SHOULD THEN DECREASE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...PERSISTENT EAST WINDS ARE LIKELY
TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WESTERN GORGE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL REMAIN LOW UNTIL NEXT WEEKEND.
IN THE WINDY AREAS THIS MORNING...EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES OF 5
TO 15 DEGREES. THESE READINGS WILL OCCUR AGAIN TONIGHT IN SECTIONS
OF THE PORTLAND METRO AREA AND CLARK COUNTY NEAR THE GORGE.
OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES IN THE CASCADES WILL BE IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS WITH WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT THE
PASSES AND RIDGES.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 559 AM PST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 600 AM PST TUE DEC 08 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.
GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DECREASE
TODAY...EXCEPT NEAR THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE WHERE WINDS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE
TEENS AND 20S TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY
MODERATE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...BUT WILL REMAIN
COLDER THAN NORMAL.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER REPORTS OF WIND AND COLD TEMPERATURES LIKELY WILL BE
NEEDED TODAY AND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
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