Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Is Winter White Coming?

We have a company holiday party on Friday night. It could be quite 'holiday' indeed. Here's what the local weather service is saying today about our upcoming weekend weather:

...TURNING EXTREMELY COLD WITH VERY LOW SNOW LEVELS THIS WEEKEND OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON...



THE COLDEST AIR OF THE WINTER SEASON WILL BE SETTLING IN OVER SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION AND SNOW LEVELS POSSIBLY NEAR THE VALLEY
FLOOR.



THE INITIAL SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND
NORTHWEST OREGON FRIDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
WHILE AIR AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL BE RELATIVELY MILD...VERY COLD AIR
BEHIND THIS FRONT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DROP SNOW LEVELS QUITE LOW...NOT
UNLIKE A SNOW EVENT THAT OCCURRED IN MID NOVEMBER OF 2003 WHICH DROPPED
SEVERAL INCHES

OF SNOW IN THE PORTLAND METRO AREA. WHILE THIS KIND OF DETAIL IS NOT
CERTAIN AT THIS POINT...THE SNOW LEVEL AT THE BACK EDGE OF THE COLD
FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT COULD TURN OUT TO BE QUITE LOW.



After Friday, Saturday is a Boy Scout service project for R, and gym session mid-day. M has the day off, I believe. That evening is also a party at our friends, the Andersons.

Sunday night, the 14th, is an unofficial sneak-peek night on Peacock Lane. The neighborhood's going to close the street to all vehicular traffic and kick off the display season with a 'pedestrians only' evening. We'll certainly be lit for that event at our house!



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