Replying to Its a blizzard!!!!!!!!!!
this is the warning for mt.hood this weekend
Blizzard Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
206 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008
...STRONG PACIFIC WINTER STORM MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...
.A STRONG PACIFIC WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST FRIDAY AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS
OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY AS THE SNOW LEVEL LOWERS TO BETWEEN 500 AND
1000 FEET BY SATURDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER CASCADES...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW AT LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS.
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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
206 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008
...BLIZZARD WATCH UPGRADED TO BLIZZARD WARNING...IN EFFECT FROM
10 AM FRIDAY TO 12 PM PST SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON AND
NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
10 AM FRIDAY TO 12 PM PST SATURDAY.
HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTH WASHINGTON
AND NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS
THROUGH SATURDAY COULD REACH 2 TO 3 FEET...WITH WINDS THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING FREQUENTLY GUSTING TO 35 MPH OR HIGHER IN MUCH
OF THE CASCADES...AND TO 75 MPH AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THIS
WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH WHITE
OUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AS A PACIFIC COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...THEN STRONG ONSHORE FLOW
BEHIND THE FRONT WILL MAINTAIN HEAVY SNOW IN THE CASCADES FRIDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL START NEAR 4000 OR 5000
FEET MID DAY FRIDAY THEN FALL DRAMATICALLY FRIDAY NIGHT...REACHING
TO BETWEEN 500 AND 1000 FEET SATURDAY.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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