Heads up! Protect your Pets and Plants...Wrap Hoses and Pipes--I think there is a Really good chance its gonna get chilly... Snippet> THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESENTLY OVER ALASKA IS EXPECTED TO DISLODGE SATURDAY...THEN HEAD SOUTH ALONG THE COAST REACHING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BY MONDAY. THE 06Z GFS HAS NOW COME IN LINE WITH THE CONSISTENT ECMWF IDEA OF BRINGING A SECOND REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...LIKELY BRINGING THE COLDEST AIR MASS WE HAVE SEEN IN NORTHWEST OREGON SINCE NOVEMBER 2010. STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE FROM SIBERIA AND ALASKA IS EXPECTED TO SETTLE SOUTHWARD INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN...KEEPING US VERY COLD BUT DRY DURING THE MID TO LATE WEEK PERIOD. STARTING TUESDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY STRUGGLE TO GET ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE LOWLANDS. STRONG AND BITING EAST WIND WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE GORGE...WITH WIND CHILLS POSSIBLY REACHING THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PORTLAND METRO...NEAR ZERO IN THE GORGE. STRONG WINDS USHERING IN THE COLD AIR COULD PUSH WIND CHILLS TO DANGEROUSLY LOW LEVELS IN THE CASCADES BY MIDWEEK. GIVEN THE CURRENT FORECAST...WIND CHILLS BOTTOM OUT IN THE -10 TO -20 DEG F RANGE IN THE HIGHER CASCADES INCLUDING THE PASSES WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?wfo=pqr&pil=AFD&sid=PQR
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