SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
925 PM PST WED DEC 4 2013
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NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-
CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...TILLAMOOK...
LINCOLN CITY...NEWPORT...YACHATS...FLORENCE...VERNONIA...JEWELL...
SUNSET SUMMIT...LEES CAMP...TRASK...GRANDE RONDE...BURNT WOODS...
TIDEWATER...SWISSHOME...VENETA...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...
WILSONVILLE...STAYTON...DALLAS...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD...
CORVALLIS...ALBANY...VIDA...JASPER...LOWELL...COTTAGE GROVE...
MCKENZIE PASS...MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS
925 PM PST WED DEC 4 2013
...INCREASING THREAT OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...
A WEAK LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL DROP SOUTHWARD ALONG THE OREGON COAST
THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN SWING INLAND ACROSS SOUTHWEST OREGON EARLY
FRIDAY. WITH THE COLD AIR MASS IN PLACE...ANY PRECIPITATION WILL
FALL AS SNOW.
CONFIDENCE OF SNOWFALL POTENTIAL HAS INCREASED. LIGHT SNOW WILL
DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTH OREGON COAST LATER THURSDAY EVENING...THEN
SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST INTO AREAS SOUTH OF A TILLAMOOK TO SALEM TO
SANTIAM PASS LINE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 5
AM AND 2 PM FRIDAY.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD GENERALLY BE AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES
ALONG THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND IN THE SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE
VALLEY. AREAS IN THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST RANGE AND THE LANE
COUNTY CASCADES AND FOOTHILLS MAY SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES.
LITTLE IF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN AREAS NORTH OF A
TILLAMOOK TO SALEM LINE...WITH ONLY OCCASIONAL FLURRIES EXPECTED
FOR THOSE AREAS.
MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN BENTON...LINN AND LANE COUNTIES...AND
POINTS SOUTH AND EAST OF LANE COUNTY...LATER THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLICK SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROAD
CONDITIONS.
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Special Weather Statement
