WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 242 PM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO
AREAS...AND THE LOWER COLUMBIA AND I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ
COUNTY...
A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW REMAINS
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 IN THE PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO AREA...AS SNOW
FURTHER NORTH.
* SOUTH AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE METRO AREA MAY CHANGE TO RAIN
DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...WITH SNOW SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN
CONTINUING ELSEWHERE.
* 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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