this is the "special weather statement" for us right now... I can't take another storm. CAN NOT DO IT!
... ANOTHER POTENTIALLY POTENT PACIFIC WINTER STORM BUT WITH CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXPECTED LATER FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...
AFTER ENDURING SEVERAL STRONG PACIFIC STORMS ALREADY THIS WEEK... ANOTHER POTENT PACIFIC STORM IS ON THE HORIZON FOR SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON FOR LATER FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE WEEKEND.
UNFORTUNATELY... THE CONSIDERABLE VARIATION IN WEATHER COMPUTER MODELS IS CAUSING CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY IN HOW POTENT THIS INCOMING STORM WILL BE AND WHAT ITS FINAL IMPACTS WILL BE.
AT THIS POINT... THERE IS A DECENT CHANCE OF SEEING STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS NOT ONLY ALONG THE COAST BUT ALSO EXTENDING ACROSS THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS INTO THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND THE INTERSTATE 5 CORRIDOR IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON... AND POSSIBLY EVEN IN THE CASCADES. THE TRACK OF THE LOW COULD ALSO RESULT IN COLD EASTERLY WINDS IN THE GORGE AND POSSIBLY SNOW NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER IN THE GORGE. THIS STORM WOULD BEGIN AFFECTING SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
ALTERNATIVELY... THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM COULD END UP BEING FAR ENOUGH SOUTH SO THAT THE IMPACTS COULD BE MUCH REDUCED. HOPEFULLY THIS SITUATION WILL BECOME MORE CLEAR TONIGHT OR BY EARLY FRIDAY.
IN ADDITION... SNOW LEVELS WILL LIKELY BECOME QUITE LOW THIS WEEKEND... AT LEAST INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND COAST RANGE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY... AND POSSIBLY CLOSE TO THE VALLEY FLOOR SUNDAY.
THE UNSETTLED AND FREQUENTLY COOL WEATHER PATTERN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE NEXT WEEK... WITH STORMS EVERY OTHER DAY OR SO... WITH OCCASIONAL VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW AND COASTAL WIND.
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