National Weather Service Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-

COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-

CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-


509 AM PST SUN MAR 4 2012

...COLDER WEATHER AND LOW ELEVATION SNOW POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH

TUESDAY MORNING...

AFTER THIS WEEKEND BREAK FROM COLD AND SNOW OF LAST WEEK...ANOTHER

COLD SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BEGINNING

MONDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE DOWN FROM THE NORTH WITH A

SHARP DROP IN TEMPERATURES AND LOWERING SNOW LEVELS. PRECIPITATION

WILL BEGIN AS RAIN ON THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST...NORTH OREGON

COAST AND WILLAPA HILLS MONDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP

DURING THE AFTERNOON OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA WITH SNOW

SHOWERS AT TIMES AT THE PASS LEVELS IN THE COAST RANGE BY EVENING.

THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE INLAND MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY

WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND LOW SNOW LEVELS...POSSIBLY DOWN TO THE

VALLEY FLOOR. AT THIS TIME NO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE

EXPECTED BELOW 500 FEET...WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE

500 FEET AND IN ISOLATED HEAVIER SHOWERS.