By Rod Hill on 2010-03-29
All wind warnings have been canceled for the coast as of 8:00 a.m. Monday morning. The cold front will clear the Portland and Salem metro areas around mid-morning. Once the front passes, the heaviest rain rates will end and the strongest winds will also wind down. The front will hit the Cascades around noon. Winter storm conditons will continue through the day across the Cascades. The afternoon snow level will be near 3,500 feet. Earlier this morning, exposed beach fronts saw peak wind gusts reach into the 80s! Astoria saw a 66 mph wind gust. Both the Salem and Portland metro areas did experience spotty wind gusts near 50 mph. There were reports of trees down and spotty power outages. Monday afternoon will continue to see likely rain and breezy winds from the coast to the Cascades. Central and eastern areas will see lowering snow levels late Monday, with snow in many locations Monday night.
Wet And Windy Monday