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...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY...THE PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO AREA...THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...THE LOWER COLUMBIA...THE I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY...THE NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST RANGE...AND THE NORTH AND LANE COUNTY CASCADE FOOTHILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY.

* TIMING...POCKETS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TO DEVELOP LATE MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE AT TIMES INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST FAVORED AREAS WILL BE NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AROUND THE PORTLAND VANCOUVER METRO AREAS.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...VERY LIGHT. GENERALLY ONLY A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.

* IMPACTS...ROADS TO REMAIN SLICK IN PLACES FROM PREVIOUS SNOW AND ICE AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING IN MANY AREAS. ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHT ICING WILL EXACERBATE THIS PROBLEM.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY ... CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON ... CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY ... COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON ... GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA ... LOWER COLUMBIA ... NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS ... SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY ... WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE

Instructions:

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.