HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 607 AM PST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 615 AM PST SAT DEC 12 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
DISTURBANCE WILL FALL AS A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
A TRANSITION FROM FROZEN PRECIPITATION TO RAIN WILL TAKE PLACE
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY ARE
EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR LESS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO 3
INCHES IN THE NORTH.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY...COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND AREAS NEAR
THE WEST END OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE
WINTRY PRECIPITATION WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY.
AN EVENTUAL CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS BY
SATURDAY EVENING AS THIS DISTURBANCE SCOURS OUT THE COLD AIR.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
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