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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
208 PM PDT THU MAY 23 2013

ORZ509-241400-
EAST SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...CAMP SHERMAN...LA PINE...
SISTERS...SUNRIVER
208 PM PDT THU MAY 23 2013

...LATE SEASON SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT TIMES IN THE CENTRAL
OREGON CASCADES INTO FRIDAY...

AN UNSEASONABLY COLD LATE SEASON WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE SNOW AT TIMES IN THE CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES AND EAST
SLOPES INTO FRIDAY.

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK OVER THE REGION TONIGHT AND
EARLY FRIDAY BRINGING A PERIOD OF STEADY PRECIPITATION. SNOW
LEVELS WILL BE LOWERING TO AROUND 4500 FEET WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4500 FEET. SOME
AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE CLOSER TO THE CASCADE
MOUNTAINS. ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 4000 AND 4500 FEET WILL SEE A MIX OR
RAIN AND SNOW AND COULD SEE AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW.

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING AND DOING ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN
THE CASCADES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

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