Winter storm warning for Portland-Vancouver
The Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area is under a winter storm warning until 10 AM Thursday morning. The latest:
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY FOR THE GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA...THE GREATER VANCOUVER AREA...THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND THE NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES..Residents of the Seattle Metro area can expect another snowstorm too. So the best thing to do is run through the grocery story screaming and purchasing things randomly. I did that and now I have to eat beef jerky and baby food for dinner.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL PUSH MOISTURE INTO THE NORTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY...CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES STARTING LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL OVERRUN THE COLD AIR IN PLACE AND PRODUCE AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WHICH WILL MIX WITH SNOW IN THE CASCADES AND WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE NEAR HOOD RIVER. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE GREAT ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ICING OF ROADS AND SURFACES THROUGHOUT THE FREEZING RAIN AREAS. SOME TREES OR BRANCHES ALONG WITH POWER LINES MAY COME DOWN.
IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THE POTENTIAL OF DAMAGE IN THE FORM OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL BE COMBINED WITH FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE HOOD RIVER AREA.
OVER THE NORTH OREGON CASCADES 4 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE PASSES AND THE HOOD RIVER VALLEY. SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED WITH POTENTIAL OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW.. SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
