Full Notification

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

235 PM PST THU FEB 5 2015

A SERIES OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON THROUGH MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

THESE SYSTEMS WILL HAVE A CONNECTION TO SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE AND WILL BE QUITE WET...BUT BREAKS BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMS MAY BE ENOUGH TO KEEP AREA RIVERS WITHIN THEIR BANKS.

THE NEXT WAVE OF RAIN AND WIND IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WINDS HIGH WINDS ON THE COAST. ANOTHER LOW IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE COAST ON SATURDAY. THERE IS GREATER UNCERTAINTY ON THE STRENGTH AND TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM BUT IT MAY BRING HIGH WINDS TO THE COAST AGAIN...AND DEPENDING ON THE EVENTUAL TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM SOME OF THE SOUTH WINDS MAY EXTEND INTO THE INLAND VALLEYS AS WELL.

THE LAST IN THE SERIES OF SYSTEMS IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY...POSSIBLY THE STRONGEST OF THE SERIES...THAT COULD BRING WIND TO BOTH THE COAST AND THE INLAND VALLEYS.

RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE PERIOD THROUGH MONDAY COULD REACH 4 TO 7 INCHES ALONG THE COAST...IN THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS...AND IN THE CASCADES...WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OR A BIT MORE IN THE VALLEYS.

BE SURE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS OF THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SERIES OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER SYSTEMS THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.