Snowfall Begins!
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
252 AM PST TUE JAN 16 2007
GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY..
GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...DALLAS...VANCOUVER..
BATTLE GROUND...WASHOUGAL
252 AM PST TUE JAN 16 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE GREATER PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO
AREAS AND THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY..
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM
PST THIS AFTERNOON.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE GREATER PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER
METRO AREAS AROUND 6 AM THIS MORNING AND INTO THE CENTRAL
WILLAMETTE VALLEY AROUND 7 AM THIS MORNING...AND POSSIBLY PRODUCE
1 OR 2 INCHES OF SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 500 TO 1000 FEET COULD
BE 1 TO 3 INCHES. THE FRONT WILL MOVE EAST IN THE AFTERNOON WITH
SCATTERED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED BUT ONLY LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS OF ANY SNOW.
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.Area Forecast For: Greater Vancouver Area
...including Vancouver, Battle Ground, Yacolt, Camas and Ridgefield
Issued: January 16, 2007 03:23:53 PST
Today: Occasional snow in the morning...then a chance of mostly snow showers in the afternoon. Snow accumulation 1 or 2 inches.. Locally up to 3 inches above 1000 feet. Highs around 35. East wind 5 to 15 mph except to 25 mph near the gorge..becoming light in the afternoon..
Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow showers in the evening...then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows 25 to 30 light wind..
-- posted by Pat Timm @ 3:32 AM,
