WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 359 AM PST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
NOON PST SATURDAY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TODAY TO NOON PST SATURDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY COOL OFF TODAY...PUSHING THE SNOW LEVEL
BACK DOWN TO NEAR THE PASSES BY EVENING. WESTERLY FLOW WILL
ENHANCE PRECIPITATION IN THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...
AGAIN RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON OR
EVENING...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
* TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS...ANOTHER 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY ABOVE 4000 FEET.
LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY BELOW 4000 FEET AS THESE
LOCATIONS WILL TAKE LONGER TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TODAY.
* SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS AROUND 6000 FEET IN THE NORTH AND
CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES EARLY TODAY WILL GRADUALLY LOWER TO 4500
FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DOWN TO 3000 TO 3500 FEET BY
SATURDAY MORNING.
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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