STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR HEAVY RAIN IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
700 PM PST SUN NOV 05 2006

...LONG DURATION RAIN EVENT IS FORECAST TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY...

...ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...

...HIGH WIND WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THE COASTAL RANGES FROM
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON INTO OREGON...

FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE AND
NORTHWEST OREGON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.    

FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING
OVER PORTIONS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AS AN ONSHORE COMPONENT TO
THE WIND HAS STREAMED A PLUME OF PACIFIC MOISTURE OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. SOILS HAVE BECOME SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING.

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS OF
WASHINGTON WITH WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH.  WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS OF OREGON EARLY MONDAY WITH WINDS
OF 30 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE.
 

...SELECTED STORM RAIN TOTALS SINCE NOV 04 THROUGH 4 AM PST TODAY
IN INCHES...

...WASHINGTON              
  
STAIRCASE RAPIDS                      5.18
STEVENS PASS                          4.80
SKOOKUM CREEK                         4.50
SURPRISE LAKES                        4.50
JUNE LAKE                             4.10
GLACIER RS                            4.10
VERLOT                                3.90
SHELTO/SANDERSON FIELD ARPT           3.88
MARBLEMOUNT RS                        3.80
SKYKOMISH RS                          3.80

...OREGON            

LEES CAMP                             6.40
MAPLETON                              5.20
CEDAR                                 5.05
FALLS CITY                            4.80
JEWELL SIDE CAMP                      4.10
CANNIBAL MTN                          3.80
GOODWIN PEAK                          3.55
REDHILL                               3.40
HOGG PASS                             3.10
DALY LAKE                             3.00
THREE LYNX                            3.00
SUMMIT                                3.00

STRONG LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL STREAM MOISTURE RICH AIR INTO PORTIONS
OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS THAT MAY LEAD TO
RAIN FALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES FOR THE NORTHERN CASCADES AND
THE OLYMPIC RANGES...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER TOTALS OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN.  

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1 AM PST.  PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT.

ZIEGENFELDER