STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 6 FOR HEAVY RAIN EVENT OVER NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWESTERN OREGON
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
7 AM PST WED DEC 28 2005

... WAVES OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION THREATENING THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST...WIDESPREAD SNOW EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS...

THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS CURRENTLY SHOWING A
DISTINCT PRECIPITATION SHIELD ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND
SOUTHWEST OREGON...AND A SECONDARY AREA ACROSS CENTRAL WASHINGTON
AND NORTHWEST OREGON. 

AT 6 AM PST...THERE WAS ONE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED IN
THE GULF OF ALASKA AND A SECONDARY SURFACE LOW LOCATED 500 NM WEST
NORTHWEST OF SEATLE WASHINGTON. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES INLAND OVER
THE NEXT 24 HOURS... THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA...OREGON...WASHINGTON STATE...NORTHERN
NEVADA...IDAHO...WESTERN MONTANA...NORTHERN UTAH...WESTERN
WYOMING...AND WESTERN COLORADO. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WASHINGTON
STATE...IDAHO...MONTANA...WYOMING...UTAH...AND COLORADO. THE NEXT
WAVE OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BEGIN
ON FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES.

FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNING ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF 
CALIFORNIA AND OREGON. 

HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF IDAHO. FREEZING
RAIN WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF IDAHO AND
MONTANA. WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF IDAHO...MONTANA...WYOMING...AND CALIFORNIA. SNOW
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NEVADA AND UTAH. SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF COLORADO.

HIGH WIND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS INTENSE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM AS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH  AND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH
ARE FORECAST FOR PORTIONS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST. HIGH
WIND WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA.
WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA AND
NEVADA.

AN AVALANCHE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN CASCADE
MOUNTAINS IN WASHINGTON STATE. 

...PRELIMINARY RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH WEDNESDAY 7 AM PST...

CALIFORNIA...

HONEYDEW..............................7.80 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
ELK VALLEY............................5.48 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
GIRARD................................5.16 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
FORT STEWARD..........................4.84 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
TAYLOR RIDGE..........................4.56 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
VENADO................................4.38 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
YORKVILLE.............................4.08 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
HILLCREST.............................4.04 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
SHASTA DAM............................3.52 INCHES   400 AM PST WED

OREGON...

QUAIL PRAIRE..........................4.92 INCHES   610 PM PST TUE
ILLINOIS VALLEY.......................4.10 INCHES   605 PM PST TUE
ELK VALLEY............................4.08 INCHES  1100 PM PST TUE
RED MOUND.............................3.80 INCHES   615 PM PST TUE
EMMIGRANT.............................2.33 INCHES  1050 PM PST TUE
YELLOWSTONE MOUNTAIN..................2.25 INCHES  1035 PM PST TUE
CRATER LAKE...........................2.80 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
SEXTON SUMMIT.........................2.83 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
JOSEPHINE.............................2.41 INCHES   606 AM PST WED
NORTHBEND.............................2.22 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
LAUREL MOUNTAIN.......................1.97 INCHES   900 AM PST TUE
MURPHY................................1.88 INCHES   400 PM PST TUE
EUGENE................................1.85 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
GRANTS PASS...........................1.81 INCHES   400 PM PST TUE
SALEM.................................1.76 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
CHARLOTTE RIDGE.......................1.72 INCHES  1000 PM PST TUE
MT HOOD...............................1.70 INCHES  1000 PM PST TUE
ROSEBURG..............................1.61 INCHES   400 PM PST TUE
CORVALLIS.............................1.54 INCHES   400 AM PST WED

WASHINGTON...

FORT LEWIS............................1.79 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
BREMERTON NTNL........................1.72 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
SANDERSON FIELD.......................1.43 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
TOLEDO................................1.10 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
TAKOMA................................0.95 INCHES   400 AM PST WED
SEATTLE...............................0.68 INCHES   400 AM PST WED


THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1 PM PST FOR THIS SYSTEM.  PLEASE REFER TO
STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS STORM.

TRIMARCO