WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 557 AM PST THU DEC 10 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM PST SATURDAY FOR THE PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO AREAS...AND
TH LOWER COLUMBIA AND I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SPOTTY PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING BECOMING MORE
WIDESPREAD AROUND MIDNIGHT.
* PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW OR SLEET IN THE
PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO AREA...AND AS SNOW FARTHER NORTH.
* SOUTH AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE METRO AREA MAY CHANGE TO RAIN
DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...WITH SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN
CONTINUING FOR AREAS NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OR NORTH OF
THE COLUMBIA RIVER.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY
NORTH WHERE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE LONGEST. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.
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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