Looks like we've got another one on the way this weekend...though the amount of snow doesn't seem like much of a big deal, compared to previous recent Winter Storm Warnings. Maybe it's the chance of ice that makes it WSW-worthy.
Winter Storm Warning for Central Oregon, Oregon
Issuing Office: Pendleton
Source: National.Weather.Service
3:16pm PST, Fri Jan 6
... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS... OF A TENTH OF AN INCH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH... ESPECIALLY NORTH NEAR REDMOND AND MADRAS.
* LOCATIONS... BEND... MADRAS... PRINEVILLE... REDMOND.
* TEMPERATURES... IN THE LOWER 20S... RISING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 4 TO 7 INCHES.
* TIMING... SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE SNOW SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE MORE SNOW DEVELOPS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW... SLEET... FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
* IMPACTS... TRAVELERS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY.
* WINDS... SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=PDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. &&
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... MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ONSHORE SATURDAY... BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE REGION. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE LIKELY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF STEADIER OR EVEN HEAVY PRECIPITATION MOVES INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AND INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS ROUND WILL BE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AREAWIDE THROUGH WEEKEND. WINDS WILL ALSO BE GUSTY AT TIMES... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW... ESPECIALLY IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY AND SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS.
Winter Storm Warning for Central Oregon, Oregon
Issuing Office: Pendleton
Source: National.Weather.Service
3:16pm PST, Fri Jan 6
... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS... OF A TENTH OF AN INCH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH... ESPECIALLY NORTH NEAR REDMOND AND MADRAS.
* LOCATIONS... BEND... MADRAS... PRINEVILLE... REDMOND.
* TEMPERATURES... IN THE LOWER 20S... RISING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 4 TO 7 INCHES.
* TIMING... SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF LULL IN THE SNOW SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE MORE SNOW DEVELOPS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW... SLEET... FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
* IMPACTS... TRAVELERS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND POOR VISIBILITY.
* WINDS... SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * WEB PAGE: FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA VISIT HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/MAP/?WFO=PDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. &&
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... MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ONSHORE SATURDAY... BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE REGION. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE LIKELY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF STEADIER OR EVEN HEAVY PRECIPITATION MOVES INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AND INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS ROUND WILL BE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AREAWIDE THROUGH WEEKEND. WINDS WILL ALSO BE GUSTY AT TIMES... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW... ESPECIALLY IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY AND SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS.