Thursday, December 10, 2009

Oh. Terrific.

I may need to head home a little early tomorrow. As of yesterday, the prediction was that we wouldn't get freezing rain until well into the night. There are a lot of people traveling tomorrow and Saturday. Please be careful, folks. (From NOAA-NWS)
SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUGENE...CORVALLIS...ALBANY
242 PM PST THU DEC 10 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY...

A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

* PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY TO START AS FREEZING RAIN.

* FREEZING RAIN WILL MOSTLY LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT.

* THERE IS A GREATER THAN NORMAL DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS
FORECAST...SO CHECK WITH LATER FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
On the upside, we're supposed to be back to more normal highs in the mid- to upper 40's an night time lows of mid- to upper 30's by Sunday. Which is about 15-20 degrees improvement in both.

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