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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
427 AM PDT FRI OCT 19 2012

...FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON FOR THE CASCADE PASSES AND HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE COAST RANGE THIS WEEKEND...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THIS FRONT WILL DROP CASCADE SNOW LEVELS TO 4000 FT OR SO BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WITH LIGHT PASS ACCUMULATIONS PROBABLE. SATURDAY THEN MARKS THE START OF WHAT WILL BE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF COOL AUTUMN WEATHER AND SNOW LEVELS AT OR BELOW PASS LEVELS...GENERALLY BETWEEN 3000 AND 4000 FT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THESE LOWER SNOW LEVELS WILL ALSO BRING POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST RANGE. SHOWERS WILL OCCUR FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK AS LOW PRESSURE LINGERS OFFSHORE.

HUNTERS...HIKERS AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A CHANGE TO COOL AND WET WEATHER...WITH WINTER CONDITIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. THERE WILL BE A RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA FOR THOSE NOT PROPERLY OUTFITTED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TRAVEL DELAYS DUE TO WET OR ICY ROADWAYS WITH PASS LEVEL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AT TIMES.