STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST HEAVY RAINFALL
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
800 AM PDT THU OCT 13 2016

...FIRST OF TWO PACIFIC STORMS COMING ASHORE WITH HEAVY RAIN AND
WIND...

HIGH WIND WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND
NEVADA.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 700 AM PDT...A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT APPROACHED THE COAST
OF WASHINGTON AND OREGON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM
THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST NORTHWARD INTO WASHINGTON AND SOUTHERN
BRITISH COLOMBIA. SOME SHOWERS WERE STRETCHING EASTWARD PAST THE
CASCADES INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND EASTERN OREGON. ANOTHER AREA
OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OBSERVED ACROSS NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST OREGON. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM PDT WED OCT
12 THROUGH 700 AM PDT THU OCT 13...

...OREGON...
SILETZ 2.9 NNE                        1.52                    
BROOKINGS 4.2 ENE                     1.15                    
BROOKINGS 5 NNW                       1.00                    

...WASHINGTON...
HOODSPORT 3.7 WNW                     2.14                    
OCEAN SHORES 1.2 N                    2.14                    
ABERDEEN 6.1 E                        1.88                    
QUINAULT 2.2 NE                       1.60                    
MONTESANO 2.1 SSW                     1.42                    


A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL COME ASHORE TODAY WITH HEAVY RAIN
AND WIND. THE RAINFALL INTENSITY SHOULD INCREASE INTO THE
AFTERNOON AS THE NOSE OF A STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL JET INTERACTS
WITH THE HIGHER TERRAIN. AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES INLAND...RAIN
WILL OVERSPREAD THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND NORTHERN ROCKIES BY
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. FURTHER SOUTH...HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO IMPACT
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...ESPECIALLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN. WHILE THE
FRONT CROSSES THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST TOMORROW ONSHORE FLOW BEHIND
THE FRONT WILL GENERATE LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS ALONG COAST FROM
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO WASHINGTON. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON A
POTENTIALLY MORE POWERFUL STORM WILL NEAR THE OREGON COAST. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL START AGAIN AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. TOTAL
PRECIPITATION FROM THESE STORMS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES
ACROSS MUCH OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FROM THE CASCADES WESTWARD.
THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS COULD SEE OVER 20
INCHES. EAST OF THE CASCADES... RAINFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 1
TO 3 INCHES WITH FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO 6 INCHES.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 200 PM PDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

KREKELER