URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
320 AM PST SAT NOV 7 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON
CASCADES...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
PST THIS EVENING.

FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH 4 TO 8
INCHES TONIGHT...MOSTLY IN THE EVENING HOURS. THIS SNOW WILL BE
PRODUCED BY STRONG AND COOL ONSHORE FLOW. ONE ORGANIZED
DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING THROUGH THE CASCADES EARLY THIS MORNING...
WITH ANOTHER ONE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE
SNOW LEVEL WILL HOVER BETWEEN 3000 AND 3500 FEET TODAY AND
TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 18 INCHES TO NEARLY 3 FEET
ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS UP AT
THE SKI RESORTS.

THE SNOW WILL EASE UP LATE TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY.

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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FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND