Full Notification

...MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES TODAY AND MONDAY... .AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF COLD OFFSHORE FLOW...A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL FROM THE SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS NORTHWEST OREGON THIS MORNING AND INTO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW HAS ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS LANE COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. WHILE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY...SEVERAL DAYS OF COLD WEATHER HAS RESULTED IN ROADS AND SURFACES BEING RECEPTIVE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME TRAVEL ISSUES DURING A BUSY TRAVEL DAY TODAY AND DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST MONDAY FOR THE GREATER PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER AREAS...THE LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER...AND THE ADJACENT VALLEYS OF THE COAST RANGE AND CASCADE FOOTHILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 1000 FEET FOR A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE PORTLAND METRO AND SURROUNDING AREAS LATE THIS MORNING. SNOW OR SLEET WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE INTO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION...LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND COAST RANGE. AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW IS FOR THE METRO AND COLUMBIA RIVER AREAS.

* ICE ACCUMULATION...GENERALLY AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW OR ICE COVERED AND SLICK TODAY...INCLUDING PRIMARY ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 84...HIGHWAY 205...INTERSTATE 5...AND WASHINGTON HIGHWAY 14.

* AFFECTED AREAS: COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON ... GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA ... LOWER COLUMBIA ... WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE

Instructions:

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.