STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
100 PM PST MON NOV 19 2012

...MULTI-DAY HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW EVENT CONTINUES FOR THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...

THERE ARE WINTER STORM WARNINGS ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES...NORTHEASTERN
WASHINGTON...AND EXTREME NORTHERN IDAHO. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS IN MONTANA.
WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IDAHO.

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST OREGON AND
AREAS WEST OF THE CASCADES IN WASHINGTON. FLOOD WATCHES ARE ALSO
IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS IN NORTHERN
OREGON...NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...AND PARTS OF NORTHERN IDAHO.

HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
WASHINGTON... OREGON... NORTHWESTERN IDAHO... AND EXTREME NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA.

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

AT 1200 PM PST...A STRONG CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS LOCATED OVER
THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC. IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM...A SURFACE
LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 978 MB...28.88 INCHES...WAS LOCATED
OFF THE COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA IN THE GULF OF ALASKA. A TROUGH
OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM THE LOW SOUTHWARD ALONG THE
COASTLINES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND WASHINGTON. A SECONDARY LOW HAS
FORMED OFF THE COAST NEAR THE OREGON WASHINGTON STATE LINE WITH A
COLD FRONT EXTENDING INTO THE PACIFIC OFF TO THE SOUTHWEST.
ACCORDING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS... THE
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF
WASHINGTON AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OREGON.  SOME
ORGANIZED BUT LESS INTENSE PRECIPITATION IS ALSO FALLING IN
EASTERN WASHINGTON AND EXTREME WESTERN IDAHO.  MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING AS RAIN EXCEPT IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF THE CASCADES AND NORTHERN ROCKIES.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM PST SAT NOV
17 THROUGH 1200 PM PST MON NOV 19...

...CALIFORNIA...
CALLENGE-BROWNSVILLE 1.3 WSW          4.62                    
GRASS VALLEY                          4.32                    
CAZADERO 5.6 W                        3.99                    
SHINGLETON 2.8 NNW                    3.79                    
POLLOCK PINES 0.5 NW                  3.55                    
REDDING 3.8 S                         3.49                    
SANTA CRUZ 6.3 NNE                    3.49                    
NEVADA CITY 3.4 NNW                   3.32                    
ANDERSON 2.6 NE                       3.30                    
BLUE CANYON                           3.26                    
LOS GATON 5.2 SSW                     3.21                    
REDDING MUNI ARPT                     1.87                    

...OREGON...
NAHALEM                               6.23                    
SADDLE MOUNTAIN                       5.20                    
CEDAR CREEK                           4.87                    
ASTORIA                               4.67                    
TIMBER 1.4 NNW                        4.58                    
GRANDE RONDE                          4.50                    
PORT ORFORD 5.0 E                     3.69                    
BROOKINGS 4.2 ENE                     3.17                    
FLORENCE 1.8 NW                       3.08                    
SCAPPOOSE                             2.75                    
GOLD BEACH 0.6 S                      2.64                    
WALDPORT 0.6 N                        2.62                    
BANDON 11.4 S                         2.20                    
BLODGETT 1 N                          2.16                    
SALEM 3.7 SSW                         2.03                    
PORTLAND 0.8 ENE                      2.02                    

...WASHINGTON...
HUCKLEBERRY                           6.20                    
LILLIWAUP                             4.00                    
OYSTERVILLE 1 SW                      3.70                    
BATTLE GROUND                         3.29                    
BRINNON 1.7 WSW                       3.28                    
BELFAIR 3.2 WSW                       3.20                    
MONTESANO 4.5 SW                      3.18                    
HOQUIAM/BOWERMAN AIRPORT              2.76                    
QUILLAYUTE                            2.76                    
BREMERTON NATIONAL ARPT               2.33                    
COSMOPOLIS 6.0 SE                     2.25                    
TRACYTON 2.4 WSW                      2.12                    
VANCOUVER 2.1 NW                      2.11                    
OLYMPIA 1.3 S                         2.04                    
KELSO-LONGVIEW AIRPORT                1.96                    
VANCOUVER                             1.39                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM PST SAT NOV
17 THROUGH 1200 PM PST MON NOV 19...

...CALIFORNIA...
SODA SPRINGS 1.5 SSW                 12.0                    

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

...OREGON...
YAQUINA HEAD                          98                    
ASTORIA 5 W                           92                    
GARIBALDI                             90                    
LINCOLN CITY                          85                    
HEBO 5 ESE                            82                    
NEWPORT                               80                    
PACIFIC CITY WSW                      75                    

...WASHINGTON...
NASELLE RIDGE (2000 FT)              114                    
ABERNATHY MTN                        111                    
MEGLER TOWER (1189 FT)               101                    
CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN                      78                    
HURRICANE RIDGE 2 SW                  68                    


THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IS FORECASTED TO PUSH SOUTHEAST OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE DAYS.  HEAVY RAIN... WIND...AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING.  THE
HEAVIEST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE COASTLINE
OF WASHINGTON ...OREGON...AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WHERE RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...THERE IS RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING IN
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND WESTERN OREGON ON MONDAY AND NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA ON TUESDAY.

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

KREKELER