STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
100 AM PST MON DEC 3 2007        

...MAJOR EARLY WINTER STORM CONTINUING TO POUND THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST...

A SERIES OF MAJOR EARLY WINTER STORMS BEGAN 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 MOVED INLAND EARLY SUNDAY NIGHT..WITH THE NEXT
STORM FORECAST TO APPROACH THE COAST LATE 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 AND
WARNINGS.  FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES AND WARNINGS..PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 100 AM PST..THE NEXT STORM IN THE SERIES WAS MOVING EASTWARD
THROUGH THE EASTERN PACIFIC TOWARDS THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON
COASTS.  THIS NEXT STORM IS FORCAST TO MOVE INLAND BEGINNING VERY
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING MONDAY INTO MONDAY
NIGHT..BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF EXTREMELY HIGH WINDS AND
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION.  AT 100 AM PST..NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION CONTINUING
FROM WESTERN WASHINGTON SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AND
FROM EASTERN WASHINGTON AND EASTERN OREGON INTO IDAHO.


...SOME OBSERVED WIND GUSTS AS OF 100 AM PST...

...OREGON...

CAPE MEARS                      109 MPH
CAPE BLANCO                     101 MPH
LINCOLN CITY PD                  91 MPH
MT HEBO                          85 MPH
ROCKAWAY BEACH                   85 MPH
JOSEPH                           84 MPH
MPHNEWPORT AIRPORT               83 MPH
LONG PRAIRIE                     83 MPH
SUMMER LAKE                      82 MPH
N END CANNON BEACH               80 MPH
NEWPORT                          80 MPH 
AGATE BEACH                      78 MPH

...CALIFORNIA...

VAN BREMMER                      72 MPH
WEED AIRPORT                     68 MPH


...SELECTED SNOWFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 100 AM PST...

...WASHINGTON...

JUNE LAKE                        27
SWIFT LAKE                       20
GLENWOOD                         18
SPENCER MEADOW                   18
CASHMERE                         17
POTLATCH                         16
PLAIN                            15  
STEVENS PASS                     14

...IDAHO...

MOYIE SPRINGS                    18
LOOKOUT PASS SKI                 16
BEAR MTN                         15
SCHWEITZER SADDLE                13


...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 100 AM PST...

...WASHINGTON...

SHELTON                          3.34
KELSO                            2.69  
OLYMPIA                          2.63
KALAMA 6ENE                      1.66
FORKS                            1.63

...OREGON...

SCAPPOOSE                        3.15
HILLSBORO                        2.46
ASTORIA                          2.38
CORVALLIS                        1.57


AS MENTIONED ABOVE..THIS NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVING INLAND LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WILL BRING 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 EARLIER SUNDAY.  RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF
5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATER MONDAY NIGHT..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..WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME
FLOODING PROBLEMS.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 700 AM PST.  PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.
 
TERRY