WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 810 PM PST TUE JAN 05 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM PST
WEDNESDAY FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH OREGON CASCADES...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM PST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING...RAIN...WHICH INCREASED TUESDAY EVENING WILL LIKELY
CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW NEAR THE PASSES LATE TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY FROM ABOUT MOUNT JEFFERSON
NORTHWARD.
* ACCUMULATION/SNOW LEVELS...A COUPLE OF TENTHS OF ICE
ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE IN THE PASSES LATE TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 FEET
WEDNESDAY MORNING UP NEAR THE CREST NORTH OF ABOUT MOUNT
JEFFERSON...WHERE 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE.
* BRISK EAST WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH
THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY...INCLUDING ALONG HIGHWAY 35 FROM
HOOD RIVER TO PARKDALE.
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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