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From: Emergency Preparedness Manager

Dear Corvallis students,

Hers is some information about campus conditions today, Saturday, January 13, 2024.

  • Campus and city roads/sidewalks are coated with ice and then covered with frozen rain, creating very slippery surface conditions.
  • Avoid driving until the icy rain has stopped and deicing treatment can be applied to the roads.
  • Minimize travel on campus.  Avoid walking on frozen grass and vegetation so it won’t be damaged.
  • Expect icy rain all day Saturday.   

Today

Freezing rain and rain. Ice accumulation of a tenth to one half of an inch. Highs in the lower 30s. North wind 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent. Rainfall amounts around one inch.

Tonight

Freezing rain, rain, sleet with a slight chance of snow in the evening, then sleet, rain, freezing rain likely with a chance of snow showers after midnight. Little or no snow accumulation. Ice accumulation of up to a tenth of an inch. Lows around 19. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent. Rainfall amounts around a quarter of an inch.  https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=ORZ008&zflg=1

Thank you,

Mike Bamberger, CEM®, ORCEM, MEP, Emergency Preparedness Manager
Oregon State University, 601 SW 17th Street, Cascade Hall, Room 264, Corvallis, Oregon  97331

[email protected] | http://emergency.oregonstate.edu

Air Quality:  https://ehs.oregonstate.edu/aqi-map
Weather forecast:  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/
Snow prediction:  http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/pwpf/wwd_accum_probs.php?fpd=24&ptype=snow&amt=1&day=3&ftype=probabilities
River height/stream gages: http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=pqr
Weather bulletins/updates:  https://www.facebook.com/NWSPortland?fref=nf

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Category: 
Campus Operations
Send Date: 
Saturday, January 13, 2024