THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 07 FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
700 PM PST THU NOV 19 2009
...A POWERFUL PACIFIC STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST WITH HIGH WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND HEAVY SNOW...
WINTER STORM AND AVALANCHE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE
WASHINGTON CASCADES AND OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS. WINTER STORM WATCHES
AND WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS
OF WASHINGTON STATE AS WELL AS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AND THE SIERRA NEVADA.. HIGH
WIND...GALE...AND STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST OF
WASHINGTON AND OREGON.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 600 PM PST...A 984 MB...29.05 INCHES...LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS
LOCATED IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC ABOUT 250 MILES OFF THE COAST OF
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED THAT PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED IN THE
VICINITY OF A WARM FRONT ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON
STATE...NORTHWESTERN OREGON...AS WELL AS PARTS OF EASTERN
WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN IDAHO.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM PST WED NOV
18 THROUGH 600 PM PST THU NOV 19...
...WASHINGTON...
FORKS 6.9 WSW 4.27
QUILLAYUTE 4.21
ELKS MEADOW 3.90
POTLATCH 0.1 NW 3.88
WYNOOCHEE LAKE 3.59
ABERDEEN 0.7 WSW 3.06
SHELTON 10.6 WNW 2.84
SEABECK 3.8 SW 2.78
ELMA 0.5 W 2.49
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM PST WED NOV
18 THROUGH 600 PM PST THU NOV 19...
...IDAHO...
LOOKOUT SKI 5.0
MOSES MTN 5.0
SCHWEITZER BASIN 5.0
BEAR MOUNTAIN 3.0
...WASHINGTON...
PARK CREEK RIDGE 12.0
POPE RIDGE 12.0
EASTON 7 NNW 11.0
FORTY-NINE DEGREES SKI 11.0
STEVENS PASS 11.0
LYMAN LAKE 8.0
BUNCHGRASS MEADOWS 6.0
SPRINGDALE 9 W 5.5
QUARTZ PEAK 5.0
NEWPORT 5 WNW 4.0
CLAYTON 3 SW 3.0
LEAVENWORTH 12 N 2.5
METALINE FALLS 9 NNE 2.5
NORTHPORT 5 NE 2.5
COOLIN 7 NNW 2.0
ELK 6 NE 1.5
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...OREGON...
MOUNT HEBO 72
CLATSOP SPIT 68
CAPE FOULWEATHER 67
GARIBALDI 64
WARRENTON 58
NEWPORT 57
ASTORIA 55
ASTORIA 55
CAPE MEARES 55
...WASHINGTON...
HURRICANE RIDGE 107
TOKE POINT 77
LOPEZ VILLAGE 72
VAIL 4 ENE 66
DESTRUCTION ISLAND 63
BELLINGHAM 61
FRIDAY HARBOR AIRPORT 58
ANACORTES 2 WNW 52
OCEAN PARK 52
HOQUIAM/BOWERMAN AIRPORT 49
NEWPORT MUNI ARPT 43
EVERETT/PAINE FIELD 41
THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST SHOULD
CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND MAKE LANDFALL NEAR VANCOUVER ISLAND EARLY
ON FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ONSHORE
SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY PRECIPITATION AND
HIGH WINDS. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
FROM COASTAL NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...NORTHWARD ALONG THE OREGON
AND WASHINGTON COASTS. HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY INLAND...WITH 1 TO 2
FEET POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADES AND INTO
THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY
SNOWS...AVALANCHES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE OLYMPICS AND THE
CASCADE MOUNTAINS OF WASHINGTON. HIGH WINDS EXCEEDING 50 MPH ARE
LIKELY ALONG THE COAST OF WASHINGTON AND OREGON.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 100 AM PST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.
KONG
Last Updated: 951 PM EST THU NOV 19 2009