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Friday, December 6, 2013

Updated Weather Advisory

Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
941 AM PST FRI DEC 6 2013

.A COLD LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTH ALONG THE OREGON COAST TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA BY LATE TONIGHT. A COLDER AIR MASS SETTLES OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON OVERNIGHT AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STRONG OFFSHORE LOW-LEVEL FLOW TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY WILL CREATE
AREAS OF DANGEROUS WIND CHILL CONDITIONS IN THE OREGON AND SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES.

CORRECTED TIMING OF I-5 CORRIDOR AND LOWER COLUMBIA

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. HELENS...LONGVIEW...KELSO
941 AM PST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE LOWER COLUMBIA AND THE I-5 CORRIDOR...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. MAIN SNOW PERIOD WILL PERSIST THROUGH NOON.

* SNOW LEVELS...NEAR THE SURFACE.

* ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY LESS THAN 1 INCH AT LOWER
ELEVATIONS WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ABOVE 200 FT.

* IMPACTS...ROADS...INCLUDING MAJOR THOROUGH FARES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY.

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