WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1029 AM PST WED DEC 09 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS LATE FRIDAY EVENING.
* PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO START AS SNOW SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN.
* MUCH OF THE NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER
TO RAIN DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH AREAS OF SNOW AND
FREEZING RAIN ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST ON THE EAST SLOPES AND
VALLEYS THROUGH THE ENTIRE DAY.
* 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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