By Rod Hill on 2015-11-01
FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED AT 5PM SATURDAY.
Portland Metro seeing serious street flooding. Up to 2" of rain could fall over the city through 7:00 pm this evening. Lane closures and long delays have been reported on area highways.
The National Weather Service has issued a FLOOD WATCH through Saturday evening for parts of southwest Washington, including Cowlitz county, the Willapa Hills and the Cascades including Mt. St Helens. The Kelso, Longview metro area could see 3-4" of total rainfall, the Willapa Hills 3-6" and areas near Mt. St Helens 4-8" of total rainfall. Landslides will be possible.
Residents should be alert for rapidly rising streams and rivers as well as high water spots and ponding of water over roadways.
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Portland will see a mix of steady rain and dry breaks. In general, rain will be heavier north of Portland and more broken with dry periods to the south near Salem and Eugene. Rainy weather is likely through Sunday. The heaviest rain will come Saturday afternoon as a cold front brings a heavy rain band. All total through Sunday, PDX could see 1-2" of rainfall. Snow levels will hold near and above 8,000 feet, lowering to near 5,000' Sunday evening and near 4,000' Monday! Timberline could see 3-6" of Sunday snow, while Gov. Camp might see snow cover by Monday morning.
Rod Hill
Winter Outlook 2015-2016