STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
700 PM PST SUN DEC 2 2007        

...MAJOR EARLY WINTER STORM POUNDING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...

A SERIES OF MAJOR EARLY WINTER STORMS HAVE BEGUN IMPACTING THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY..BRINGING VERY STRONG WINDS TO COASTAL
SECTIONS OF WASHINGTON..OREGON AND NORTHWESTERN
CALIFORNIA..SIGNIFICANT RAINS TO MUCH OF WESTERN
WASHINGTON..WESTERN OREGON AND NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA..AND HEAVY
SNOWS TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS FROM WASHINGTON SOUTHWARD TO
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND EASTWARD INTO IDAHO.  THE FIRST IN THE
SERIES OF STORMS IS VERY NEAR THE WASHINGTON COAST THIS SUNDAY
EVENING..WITH THE NEXT STORM FORECAST TO APPROACH THE COAST LATER
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MOVE INLAND MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

WIDESPREAD AND NUMEROUS WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST..INCLUDING....

HIGH WIND WATCHES AND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES FOR LAND AREAS
OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AS WELL AS HURRICANE FORCE WARNINGS FOR
AREAS JUST OFFSHORE..WINTER STORM WARNINGS..SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
ADVISORIES..COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS..AND FLOOD WATCHES.  FOR A
DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS..PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 700 PM PST..AN AREA OF STRONG LOW PRESSURE WAS JUST OFF THE
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COAST..WITH ANOTHER EVEN STRONGER SYSTEM A
LITTLE FARTHER WEST IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC.  THIS FIRST STORM HAS
ALREADY PRODUCED VERY STRONG WINDS..IN EXCESS OF HURRICANE
FORCE..IN SOME LOCATIONS..WIDESPREAD RAINS..AND HEAVY SNOWS IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.  THE SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE
INLAND BEGINNING VERY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING MONDAY INTO
MONDAY NIGHT..BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF EXTREMELY HIGH WINDS AND
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION.  AT 700 PM PST..NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADARS SHOWED WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION FROM WESTERN
WASHINGTON SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AND FROM EASTERN
WASHINGTON AND EASTERN OREGON INTO IDAHO.


...SOME OBSERVED WIND GUSTS AS OF 700 PM PST...

...OREGON...

CAPE MEARS                      109 MPH
CAPE BLANCO                     101 MPH
LINCOLN CITY PD                  91 MPH
MT HEBO                          85 MPH
NEWPORT AIRPORT                  83 MPH
LONG PRAIRIE                     83 MPH
SUMMER LAKE                      82 MPH
N END CANNON BEACH               80 MPH
AGATE BEACH                      78 MPH

...CALIFORNIA...

VAN BREMMER                      72 MPH
WEED AIRPORT                     68 MPH


...SELECTED SNOWFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 700 PM PST...

...WASHINGTON...

JUNE LAKE                        27
SWIFT LAKE                       20
SPENCER MEADOW                   18 
STEVENS PASS                     14

...IDAHO...

LOOKOUT PASS SKI                 16
MOYIE SPRINGS                    15
BEAR MTN                         15
SCHWEITZER SADDLE                13


...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 700 PM PST...

...WASHINGTON...

SHELTON                          2.14
KELSO                            1.82
OLYMPIA                          1.82
KALAMA 6ENE                      1.66
FORKS                            1.63

...OREGON...

SCAPPOOSE                        2.00
CORVALLIS                        1.57


AS MENTIONED ABOVE..THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING INLAND
LATER SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY..BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF EXTREMELY
HIGH WINDS TO COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST..SIGNIFICANT SNOWS TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND EVEN
HEAVIER RAINS THAN THE FIRST STORM BROUGHT.  RAINFALL TOTALS IN
EXCESS OF 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MONDAY EVENING..ESPECIALLY IN THE
FAVORED TERRAIN NEAR THE COAST FROM WASHINGTON SOUTHWARD INTO
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.  THESE ADDITIONAL RAINS..ALONG
WITH THE RAINS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED..COULD CAUSE SOME
FLOODING PROBLEMS BY LATER MONDAY.

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.
 
TERRY