STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 05 FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
700 AM PST THU NOV 19 2009
 
...A POWERFUL PACIFIC STORM IS AFFECTING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
WITH HIGH WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND HEAVY SNOW...
 
FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL RANGES OF
WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON.
 
WINTER STORM AND AVALANCHE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE
WASHINGTON CASCADES AND OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS.  WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON.  HIGH
WIND...GALE...AND STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST OF
WASHINGTON AND OREGON.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 600 AM PST...A 988 MB...29.18 INCHES...LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS
LOCATED ALONG THE CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST...NEAR 54.7
NORTH...131.6 WEST...WITH AN OCCLUDED FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWARD
ALONG THE WESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
COAST. THIS LOW AND SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ARE WEAKENING THIS
MORNING. A SECOND...995 MB...29.38 INCHES...LOW PRESSURE CENTER
WAS LOCATED OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC NEAR 43.0 NORTH...139.5
WEST. THIS LOW IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS IT
MOVES TOWARDS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...SOUTHWESTERN CANADIAN
COASTS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS ARE SHOWING MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION AFFECTING
MOST OF WASHINGTON STATE AND NORTHWESTERN OREGON.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM PST WED NOV
18 THROUGH 400 AM PST THU NOV 19...

...WASHINGTON...
ELKS MEADOW                           3.90                     
WYNOOCHEE LAKE                        3.59                     
QUILLAYUTE                            3.43                     
HOODSPORT                             1.45                     
PACKWOOD                              1.18                     

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...OREGON...
ASTORIA                                 55                     

...WASHINGTON...
BELLINGHAM INTL ARPT                    58                     
FRIDAY HARBOR AIRPORT                   58                     
HOQUIAM/BOWERMAN AIRPORT                49                     
NEWPORT MUNI ARPT                       43                     
EVERETT/PAINE FIELD                     41                     


THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER NEAR 43.0 NORTH...139.5 WEST IS EXPECTED
TO DEEPEN TODAY AS IT MOVES TOWARD VANCOUVER ISLAND AND THE
CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS LOW AND THE
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT STRETCHING SOUTHWARD OFF THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST COAST WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY PRECIPITATION AND
HIGH WINDS.  TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
FROM COASTAL NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...NORTHWARD ALONG THE OREGON
AND WASHINGTON COASTS. HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY INLAND...WITH 1 TO 2
FEET POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WASHINGTON AND OREGON CASCADES AND INTO
THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY
SNOWS...AVALANCHES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE OLYMPICS AND THE
CASCADE RANGES OF WASHINGTON. HIGH WINDS EXCEEDING 50 MPH ARE
LIKELY ALONG THE COASTS OF WASHINGTON AND OREGON.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 100 PM PST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

ORAVEC