By Rod Hill on 2014-02-06
Likely Thursday snow in Salem of 3-6", starting in the morning & falling through the day. Portland will see increasing afternoon snow into early evening. East winds may dry the air, producing only a trace or dusting in parts of the metro area. However, if 1-4" fall, the Portland evening commute would be a mess. Accumulations north of Vancouver could reach 3-6".
A change in the orientation of Saturday's warm front has made the snow and ice forecast for Friday night & Saturday very uncertain.
Portland could see 3-6" of snow through the day Saturday depending on how much sleet or ice mixes with the snow. Accumulations will be possible into Sunday morning.
All of the valley metro will warm Sunday and transition into rain showers. The Columbia River Gorge may see snow and ice accumulations all weekend. Travel on I-84 will likely become very difficult.
Cold weather to arrive next week