As I was saying (beotching) about trying to tune in this weather...........
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...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY FOR THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY...THE LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY AND COWLITZ RIVER VALLEY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR LIGHT ICING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON PST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING...SPOTTY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 4 AM AND 6 AM...BUT MAIN THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE BETWEEN 6 AM AND 10 AM. FREEZING RAIN THREAT WILL LAST UNTIL NOON IN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COLUMBIA RIVER.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO AS MUCH AS ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.
* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY MORNING...WARMING ABOVE FREEZING BY NOON. AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS REGION AND SOUTH WINDS DEVELOP...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S IN THE AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...ICY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON ROADWAYS...SIDEWALKS...AND STREETS WEDNESDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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