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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

152 PM PDT TUE OCT 14 2014

A LOCAL-SCALE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NEAR THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND THEN NORTH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...CAUSING A TIGHTENING OF THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND AN INCREASE IN WINDS. STARTING VERY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST AND COAST RANGE AS WELL AS THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY NEAR EUGENE. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH...WINDS WILL PICK UP ACROSS THE NORTHERN OREGON AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COASTS AND COAST RANGE AS WELL AS THE CASCADES AND FOOTHILLS.

FOR THE COAST...COAST RANGE...CASCADES...AND CASCADE FOOTHILLS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER GUSTS ON BEACHES AND IN HEADLANDS AND HIGHER TERRAIN. WITH MOST TREES STILL SPORTING A NEAR FULL COMPLEMENT OF LEAVES...TREES WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE WIND AND MAY TOPPLE ...POSSIBLY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IN GUSTS PARTICULARLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN AND THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES.

FOR THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY INCLUDING EUGENE... WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. FORECAST CONFIDENCE FOR GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH IS LOW BUT THE AREA COULD SEE DOWNED BRANCHES AND TREES AS WELL AS DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. EVEN IN GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...DRIVING CAN BECOME MORE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...IN THIS CASE ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.