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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Weather Update


From National Weather Service
..STRONG SYSTEM FOR APRIL WILL IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN OFF THE WASHINGTON COAST FRIDAY MORNING...CAUSING NUMEROUS WEATHER IMPACTS. THESE WEATHER IMPACTS INCLUDE WIND...SNOW...AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

WIND...WINDY CONDITIONS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED INLAND AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AN ADVISORY FOR THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE WILL BE EXACERBATED BY SATURATED SOILS AND TREES LEAFING OUT. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BRING HIGH WIND CRITERIA TO THE COAST...WIND SPEEDS WILL BE STRONG WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND 70 TO 75 MPH ALONG BEACHES AND HEADLANDS.

SNOW...ANTICIPATE SNOW LEVELS TO REMAIN AROUND 2000 TO 3000 FT TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER EARLY FRIDAY MORNING TO AROUND 1000 FT BEFORE SLOWLY RISING TO NEAR 2500 FT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL AGAIN BEHIND A COLD FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT. DUE TO WINDY CONDITIONS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE PERIODS OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. EXPECT 1 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW IN THE CASCADES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS LIKELY TO OCCUR NEAR AND ABOVE THE PASSES. FOR THE NORTH OREGON AND SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS...AS WELL AS THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY...UP TO 1 FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. IN THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. A QUICK 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN THE NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE AND WILLAPA HILLS BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO RAIN THERE FRIDAY MORNING.

RAIN...EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ALONG THE COAST...2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE COAST RANGE...AND ABOUT 1 INCH OF RAIN IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

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