Wow it is wet out there now. Astoria so far has seen over an inch and a quarter of new rainfall! Expect heavy rain for a few hours, until we see more showers for the afternoon. Also expect very very slow roads.

morning update below:
October 26, 2009,

Good morning from the First Alert Storm Center,

We squeezed out a beautiful day on Saturday, then saw much more cloud cover and rain on Sunday. Today we'll continue with that cloudy pattern, and today we'll add a lot of rain into the mix.

Temperatures this morning are fairly mild, and are probably at daytime max temperatures. I think this afternoon we'll actually cool off a little as the rain pushes in, and cooler air moves in behind the cold front. I think later this morning through the afternoon we'll have some very wet weather. The coast range and some spots in the mountains may see about an inch of rain.

Tonight as the cold front pushes through the snow level will start to drop near 4,500 feet, even down to about 2,500 feet tonight. We have a Winter Weather Advisory in effect from this evening through tomorrow morning. We could see as much as 6-12" of new snow.

Tomorrow we'll sit in a showery pattern, with a slight chance for some thunderstorms. Wednesday looks dry, but then the rest of the week looks wet. Have a great Monday

Meteorologist Nick Allard
First Alert Storm Team

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