Winter Storm Watch in Effect

WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD A WINTER MIX OF PRECIPITATION OVER EASTERN OREGON AND SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OREGON LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON LATE TONIGHT. A STATIONARY FRONT WILL SET UP ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS...FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY SNOW SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. * THE MAIN EFFECT FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS WILL BE HEAVY SNOW...ALTHOUGH THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ALONG THE BLUE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON.