WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1025 AM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY FOR THE PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER
METRO AREAS...AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA AND I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ
COUNTY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SPOTTY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...THEN
BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT.
* PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START AS SNOW.
* PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX SATURDAY OVER
MUCH OF THE PORTLAND METRO AREA...WITH SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN ALL POSSIBLE. AREAS TO THE NORTH AND EAST WILL PROBABLY
STAY AS ALL SNOW INTO THE AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN
NORTHERN AREAS WHERE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE LONGEST. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF
AN INCH.
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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