WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 242 PM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTH OREGON AND SOUTH
WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS FRIDAY EVENING.
* PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO START AS SNOW NEAR AND NORTH OF THE
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE FRIDAY NIGHT...AND AS FREEZING RAIN
FURTHER SOUTH.
* A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST
THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY IN AREAS NEAR AND NORTH OF THE
GORGE...WHILE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN
DURING THE DAY SATURDAY.
* 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.
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