| CURRENT FLIGHT CATEGORIES AND PILOT REPORTS FOR TURBULENCE AND ICING |
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| PORTLAND AREA WEATHER SYNOPSIS |
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SYNOPSIS...A POTENT BUT COMPACT UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DISTRICT TODAY...WITH RAIN TURNING TO SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL BE A COLD SYSTEM...WITH SNOW LEVELS FALLING TO 500 TO 1000 FEET. HEAVIER SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL OR A BRIEF PERIOD OF WET SNOW DOWN TO LOWER ELEVATIONS. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE QUICKLY... KEEPING DOWN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO JUST A COUPLE INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS...COAST RANGE...AND CASCADES. THE UPPER LOW WILL DIG SOUTH INTO THE SIERRA NEVADA LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY WED WITH DRIER WEATHER DEVELOPING FOR OUR AREA. WET WEATHER WILL RETURN LATER THIS WEEK...WITH A WEAK SYSTEM THURSDAY AND POSSIBLY A MUCH STRONGER AND POTENTIALLY WINDY SYSTEM LATER FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. |
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PDX TRACON WEATHER IMPACTS ISSUED: 2/14/2012 11:50:37 AM |
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| SFC WIND DIR 180-210° AND SPD >20 KT | ||
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| LOW LEVEL WINDS >40KT AOB FL050 | ||
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| TS WITHIN 10NM | ||
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| DENSE FOG WITH VIS < 1 SM | ||
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| HAZARDS | A | B | C | D |
| ICING (>=LGT) | X | X | X | X |
| LO-TURB (>=MOD) | ||||
| HI-TURB (>=MOD) | X | X | X | X |
| IFR CONDS | X | X | X | |
| CIG AOB 050 | X | X | X | X |
| VIS AOB 5SM | X | X | X | X |
| TSTMS | X | |||
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| CURRENT RADAR/SATELLITE IMAGES |
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