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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY FOR THE NORTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY...NORTH COAST RANGE OF OREGON...CLARK COUNTY...THE I-5 CORRIDOR...SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS AND THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY.

* TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR VERY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT NOON MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLOWLY RISING THROUGH THE MORNING. MOST AREAS AWAY FROM THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE WILL CLIMB SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING AROUND NOON. HOWEVER...THE WESTERN GORGE AND AREAS EXPOSED DIRECTLY TO THE EAST WINDS MOVING OUT OF THE GORGE WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW FREEZING TODAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END IN MOST AREAS BY NOON BUT THERE WILL BE A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* ICE ACCUMULATION...LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN SLICK AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING IN MANY AREAS. PRIMARY ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATES 5...84... 205 AND 405...AS WELL AS HIGHWAYS 26... 30...AND WASHINGTON HIGHWAY 14...WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED IF NOT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

* 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.