HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1205 PM PST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 615 AM PST SUN JAN 03 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON
AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
ANOTHER WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT
BRINGING INCREASING CLOUDS...BUT WITH ONLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS. THIS WILL BE PRIMARILY A RAIN EVENT IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS
WITH SNOW IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS ONLY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AMOUNTS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
EVEN THOUGH THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN ACTIVE WITH FREQUENT WEATHER
SYSTEMS...THESE WEATHER SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEAK WITH ONLY
LIGHT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS PRODUCED BY EACH ONE. A STRONGER
MID/UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD OVER THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH DRIER
CONDITIONS...BUT ALSO WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS FORMING
ACROSS THE LOWER COLUMBIA BASIN AND ADJACENT VALLEYS...WHICH WILL
TRAP MOISTURE AT LOW LEVELS RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD LOW STRATUS
CLOUDS AND AREAS OF FOG. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO COOL OFF
SLIGHTLY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF FOG OR LOW CLOUDS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
GRAPHICAL FORECASTS OF WEATHER HAZARDS OUT TO SEVEN DAYS
ARE DISPLAYED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT:
WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/PDT/CURRENTHAZARDS/HWO.HTML
ALL LETTERS IN THE ABOVE URL ARE LOWER CASE...EXCEPT THE H IN
CURRENTHAZARDS.
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