Monday, December 22, 2008

No End in Sight, Yet

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
353 PM PST MON DEC 22 2008
LOWER COLUMBIA-GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-
UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-
GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. HELENS...CLATSKANIE...HILLSBORO...
PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...PARKDALE...ODELL...LONGVIEW...
KELSO...CASTLE ROCK...VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND...WASHOUGAL
353 PM PST MON DEC 22 2008

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH 
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY...THE INTERIOR 
LOWLANDS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...AND THE UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM 
WATCH FOR FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 
WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTHEAST INTO THE 
PACIFIC NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A RELATIVELY COLD 
AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...BRINGING THE CHANCE 
FOR SOME LOW ELEVATION SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN.

3 comments:

Kai Jones said...

I got the call Sunday that my office would be closed today (Monday), and tonight during dinner they called to say they were closing for the whole week.

Granted, we were going to be closed from noon Wednesday on anyway, but it's pretty bad out there.

Kami said...

At least you don't have to fight the weather or worry about coworkers. Sounds like a wise move on the part of whoever made the decision!

The Moody Minstrel said...

I think too many people were singing "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas," and someone took them waaaaaay too literally.

RU-DOLPH!!!!!!!!