Cold and Snow Still on Track
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
926 AM PST TUE JAN 9 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY..
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM PST WEDNESDAY.
RAIN WILL TURN TO SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING AS COLDER ARCTIC AIR
INVADES SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN OREGON.
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY ABOVE 500 FEET...AND
LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY IN LOWEST VALLEY
ELEVATIONS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE
WILLAPA HILLS.COAST RANGE...AND CASCADE FOOTHILLS. THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE MORNING HOURS...STARTING DURING THE
MORNING COMMUTE...AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON WITH SOME BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS. SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
NOWCAST - Rain will be increasing later today and winds will increase out of the south. Balmy early then slowly falling temperatures tonight. Rain changes to snow overnight and on Wednesday. 1-4 inches then clearing and colder Thursday.FORECAST - Today: Mostly cloudy. Areas of fog in the morning. A chance of rain in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs around 50. East wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to southwest 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight: Rain in the evening turning to rain and snow showers after midnight. Colder. Snow level 500 feet after midnight. Little or no snow accumulation. Lows 30 to 35. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph.
Wednesday: Snow in the morning then snow showers likely in the afternoon. Colder. Snow accumulation of 1 to 4 inches.. Heaviest amounts above 500 feet. Highs around 35. West wind 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday night: Mostly cloudy in the evening...then partly cloudy. A chance of snow showers. Colder. Lows in the lower to mid 20s. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday: Partly sunny and cold. Highs 30 to 35. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
OUTCAST - As of 8 am Tuesday the cold front was over Vancouver Island where it is 50 degrees at Victoria on the southern end and 32 degrees and moderate snow at Port Hardy on the northern end. This front will drop down during the day and we should see rain change to snow tonight. Amounts will be light UNLESS we see some secondary development which is highly possible. Then we could see advisory amounts of snow in the Clark County area. This will be a NOWCAST event so stay tuned to the weather forecast for the latest if something develops. Here is the following special weather statement from the NWS office in Portland for the local area....COLD WEATHER AND A LITTLE SNOW ON THE WAY..
A BLAST OF COLD AIR FROM CANADA WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND LINGER
INTO THIS WEEKEND. A SOUTH BOUND COLD FRONT WILL USHERIN THE COLD
AIR TONIGHT...WITH SNOW LEVELS DROPPING TO NEAR THE WILLAMETTE
VALLEY FLOOR BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4
INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY
MORNING...WITH THE LIGHTEST AMOUNT ON THE VALLEY FLOORS AND THE
HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE CASCADES.
SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR OF THE WINTER IS EXPECTED LATE IN THE
WEEK...WITH LOWS EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE TEENS AND 20S IN INLAND
VALLEYS...AND INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS IN THE CASCADES. DAYTIME HIGHS
LATE IN THE WEEK ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S IN THE
INLAND VALLEYS.
OFF TOPIC - I have always been interested in ancient civilizations and
marvel at how they built such magnificent structures and intricate kingdoms
and then puff . . . they are gone. Whole civilizations disappeared. I am going
to see Mel Gibson's film Apocalypto today and see how he depicts the
Mayans and how they vanished. BTW, at the Portland Art Museum is a
neat display of ancient relics and art from Egypt, The Quest for Immortally.
MY Quote of the Day - "Stepping forward is good, unless stepping
backward has an advantage." - Pat Timm
-- posted by Pat Timm @ 8:12 AM,
