Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
329 AM PST SAT NOV 21 2009

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NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOVERNMENT CAMP...DETROIT...
SANTIAM PASS...COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS
329 AM PST SAT NOV 21 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
PST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR
SNOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON.

SNOW SHOWERS REMAIN LIKELY THIS MORNING IN THE NORTH OREGON AND
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES. SNOW WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD IN THE
WASHINGTON CASCADES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH JUST A CHANCE OF SNOW IN
THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES... BRINGING STORM TOTALS TO
8 TO 14 INCHES.

SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS EVENING AS A NEW STORM PUSHES IN. THE
SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY SUNDAY...HEAVIEST IN THE MORNING. SNOW
LEVELS TONIGHT AROUND 3500 FEET...WILL RISE TO 4500 FEET IN THE
NORTH OREGON CASCADES. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO 2500 FEET SUNDAY
IN BOTH THE NORTH OREGON AND SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES. STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET...WITH THE HEAVIEST
ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 4500 FEET.

WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ON EXPOSED
RIDGES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL CAUSE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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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