By Rod Hill on 2011-01-17
The big weather story this morning is receding water. All rivers are expected to drop below flood stage by this evening! Here are a few highlights of our wet weekend:
Newport Rainfall: 7.75"
Downtown Portland: 2.25"
Timberline Lodge: 8.50" (all rain)
Estimated Cascade 2-Day Snow Melt: 12"
PDX Temperature stays above 50 degrees from the afternoon of the 13th, through this morning - the 17th
Residents along the Sandy and other Cascade rivers say it's the highest water since the floods of the 1990s.
Combination of two days of heavy rain, warm temperatures day and night with snow levels as high as 9,000' producing melting snow in the Cascades all created recipe for flooding. Coastal rivers flood but would have been much worst if snow pack was in place over the Coast Range.
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