The National Weather Service-Portland has issued a Winter Storm Watch for freezing rain, sleet, and snow for our area. The watch is in effect from Friday evening through Saturday afternoon. The Department of Emergency Management just completed a weather briefing with forecasters from the Portland National Weather Service and they are following a storm system off the Pacific Ocean with a heavy band of precipitation. They are anticipating that the precipitation will begin in the form of snow late Friday evening and transition into freezing rain on Saturday morning with a possibility of ½ inch of ice. As temperatures rise, the ice should mix into regular rain by Saturday evening. So in summary,
* PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS LATE FRIDAY EVENING.
* PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO START AS SNOW ON FRIDAY AND TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN ON SATURDAY.
* THERE IS A GREATER THAN NORMAL DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS
FORECAST...SO CHECK WITH LATER FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILS.
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