thedood
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Low snow levels with incoming storms
| Official Advisory/Bulletin: | NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-
COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-
CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-
GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-
CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-WILLAPA HILLS-
SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-
GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...TILLAMOOK...
LINCOLN CITY...NEWPORT...FLORENCE...VERNONIA...JEWELL...TRASK...
GRANDE RONDE...TIDEWATER...SWISSHOME...ST. HELENS...CLATSKANIE...
HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...SALEM...
MCMINNVILLE...DALLAS...EUGENE...CORVALLIS...ALBANY...HOOD RIVER...
CASCADE LOCKS...MULTNOMAH FALLS...SANDY...
SILVER FALLS STATE PARK...SWEET HOME...GOVERNMENT CAMP...
DETROIT...SANTIAM PASS...VIDA...LOWELL...COTTAGE GROVE...
MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS...PARKDALE...ODELL...
COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS...FRANCES...
RYDERWOOD...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH...CATHLAMET...LONGVIEW...KELSO...
CASTLE ROCK...STEVENSON...SKAMANIA...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND...
WASHOUGAL...TOUTLE...ARIEL...COUGAR
853 PM PDT SUN MAR 23 2008
...COOL UNSETTLED WEATHER THIS WEEK WITH THE LOWEST SNOW LEVELS
SINCE JANUARY AND EARLY FEBRUARY EXPECTED...
A COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN IS TAKING HOLD OF SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON FOR THIS COMING WEEK...WITH
POSSIBLY THE LOWEST SNOW LEVELS SINCE JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRUARY.
WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN 5 INCH SNOW AMOUNTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AROUND MOUNT HOOD...AND WE COULD SEE ANOTHER COUPLE OF
INCHES TONIGHT AND MONDAY OVER THE CASCADES AS SNOW LEVELS LOWER
TO AROUND 1000 FEET IN THE SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES TO AROUND
2500 OR 3000 FEET NEAR WILLAMETTE PASS EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
ANOTHER SERIES OF SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND ON WEDNESDAY WE COULD SEE THE
LOWEST SNOW LEVELS SINCE JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRUARY. THIS UNUSUAL
COLD SPELL FOR LATE MARCH WILL LIKELY SEE SNOW LEVELS WELL BELOW
1000 FEET WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...IF THESE SYSTEMS
COME IN AS CURRENTLY ADVERTISED...THE CASCADES COULD SEE HEAVY
SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH AMOUNTS EXCEEDING A FOOT.
WITH THIS BEING SPRING BREAK WEEK IN OREGON...BEFORE TRAVELING BE
SURE TO CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AND SPECIAL STATEMENTS THIS
WEEK. ROADS OVER THE CASCADES COULD BE SNOW COVERED AT TIMES. THE
SNOW WILL LIKELY IMPACT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK ESPECIALLY IN
THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING ANY MOUNTAIN CLIMBING.
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Well that should be interesting as I'll hopefully be driving to Astoria through the coast range which is pretty high in some places.  
My local forecast for Wednesday is 35/45 and rain. Thursday is 33/48 and rain. |
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Hey I added the advisory tags to your post. They are generated with the button with the red exclamation point on it.
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thedood
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thanks for the tip. My mouse ain't working so I'll have to do the tags manually.
| Official Advisory/Bulletin: |
NORTH OREGON COAST-LOWER COLUMBIA-GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-
CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-
GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...TILLAMOOK...
ST. HELENS...CLATSKANIE...HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...
GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...DALLAS...EUGENE...CORVALLIS...
ALBANY...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH...CATHLAMET...LONGVIEW...KELSO...
CASTLE ROCK...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND...WASHOUGAL
1029 AM PDT THU MAR 27 2008
...LOW SNOW LEVELS EXPECTED AGAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AT
THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST
OREGON...
LOW SNOW LEVELS WILL AGAIN PLAGUE THE INTERIOR VALLEYS OF
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON AS WELL AS PARTS OF THE
SOUTH WASHINGTON AND NORTH OREGON COASTS LATER TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY. OFFSHORE WINDS AHEAD OF THE NEXT RATHER COOL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY SUPPRESS SNOW LEVELS TO QUITE LOW
ELEVATIONS MUCH LIKE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. COLD
AIR BEHIND THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL THEN SPREAD IN LATER
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND WILL LIKELY KEEP SNOW LEVELS QUITE
LOW...MUCH LIKE WHAT HAPPENED DURING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OF
THIS WEEK. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD SEE SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF
SNOW FROM THIS NEW WEATHER SYSTEM THAT COULD EXCEED WHAT WE SAW ON
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
BE SURE TO LISTEN TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS UNUSUALLY COLD LATE MARCH
WEATHER SYSTEM.
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thedood
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| Official Advisory/Bulletin: |
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
957 AM PDT THU MAR 27 2008
ORZ011-013-WAZ019-281200-
/O.NEW.KPQR.WS.A.0007.080328T1200Z-080329T1900Z/
NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-CASCADES IN LANE COUNTY-
SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOVERNMENT CAMP...DETROIT..
SANTIAM PASS...MCKENZIE BRIDGE...OAKRIDGE...WILLAMETTE PASS..
COLDWATER RIDGE VISITORS CENTER...MOUNT ST. HELENS
957 AM PDT THU MAR 27 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH AND
CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES..
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING.
ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE SOUTH WASHINGTON
AND NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND
CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. FROM 1 TO 2 FEET OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED
IN THE CASCADES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS UP
NEAR THE SKI RESORTS.
ANOTHER COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL INCREASE THE SNOW LATE
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MID DAY
FRIDAY...THEN COLD ONSHORE FLOW WILL SPREAD IN NUMEROUS SNOW
SHOWERS OVER THE CASCADES FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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yeah I haven't seen such cold storms here this late in the season in a while...
Portland has had snow in April before though so... |
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Here's a shot of Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood.
http://www.kgw.com/live/livecams_external/popup_tline.jpg
and a page that has a few webcams from PNW volcanoes.
http://www.skimountaineer.com/CascadeSki/CascadeWebCams.php |
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Kinda late for the cascades to be getting snow isn't it? I mean I know Hood has snow year round...but the lower elevations?
They should take the warning labels off of everything and let stupidity sort itself out.
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thedood
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The latest that I've personally seen snow fall at my house was about March 14th in 2006, when the air temp was in the mid 40s. No accumulation of course.
In seasons like this one with above average snowfall, the foothills (1500-4000 ft), can have snow till May-June. I drove up the southern side of St. Helens last May and at about 2400 ft there was still snow on the ground...although very minimal and it didn't affect driving.
But these recent (and still incoming) storms are the coldest since January and early February. Most of February felt like March/April. And now it feels like an average December.
I'll be keeping a close eye on the snow/ice satellite this week. |
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It's snowing in Bothell, WA right now, it's been snowing around Seattle all week. Supposed to have a couple more days of snow. I really can't remember anything like this. It's late in the year for this. |
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thedood
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snow advisory for portland now...
| Official Advisory/Bulletin: | LOWER COLUMBIA-GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-
CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-
GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. HELENS...CLATSKANIE...HILLSBORO...
PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...DALLAS...
LONGVIEW...KELSO...CASTLE ROCK...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND...
WASHOUGAL
154 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ABOVE ABOUT 700 FEET UNTIL 12
PM PDT SATURDAY FOR THE LOWER COLUMBIA AND INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR
OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...THE GREATER PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER
METRO AREAS...AND THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM PDT SATURDAY.
SHOWERS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO THE
INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON
THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL RISE TO
AROUND 500 TO 1000 FEET TODAY BUT LOWER BACK DOWN TO 500 FEET OR
LESS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING ABOVE ABOUT 700
FEET...WITH ANY ACCUMULATIONS BELOW 700 FEET LESS THAN AN INCH.
THE SNOW LEVEL WILL RISE BACK TO BETWEEN 500 AND 1000 FEET
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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Here's a live webcam from Bellingham, WA. Snowing there now.
http://webcam.wwu.edu/ |
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Yeah my mom just emailed from Washington...said its snowing big ass white feathery flakes at her house. She has 5 acres on some river just north of the Columbia.
They should take the warning labels off of everything and let stupidity sort itself out.
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