SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 240 PM PST MON NOV 10 2014 ...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES BEGINNING TUESDAY... ...A CHANCE FOR WINTER PRECIPITATION FALLING IN VALLEY LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... A COLD FRONT DIVING SOUTHWEST OUT OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES WILL BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION BEGINNING TUESDAY. MANY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE YEAR TUESDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS...CONFIDENCE IS SLOWLY GROWING THAT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST LATE WEDNESDAY...AND SPREAD PRECIPITATION OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE SOME COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...AND POSSIBLY EVEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY INCLUDING THE PORTLAND METRO DURING THIS PERIOD. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST AS ADDITIONAL DETAILS EMERGE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER-LIKE DRIVING CONDITIONS LATER THIS WEEK.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:06:00 +0000
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