8:30am…
There isn’t going to be a snowstorm in Portland today.
Here is the latest…
- Warm air has moved in overhead as models showed, bringing the chance for significant sticking snow down to just about zero for most of the metro area.
- Metro area highways/freeways will remain clear today
- In the hills there will be some icy roads in spots, mainly before noon
- A wintry mix will fall all day. That includes ice pellets, freezing rain (less likely), snow, and just plain rain.
- Temperatures remain near/above freezing so accumulation of anything will not be on roads, except in and near the Columbia River Gorge
- There is still a chance it changes back over to snow from Forest Grove to Vernonia, but I’d say just an inch or two is possible now.
- The NWS has cancelled the Winter Storm Warning for the metro area.
- RESUME YOUR NORMAL LIVES if you don’t live near/in the Columbia River Gorge
Looks like the trusty mesoscale models have done very well again today, with those soundings showing a warm layer moving in above being accurate. Go Huskies!
At this moment ODOT road surface temperatures at the 217/26 interchange on the west side and I205/Division on the eastside are only a degree above freezing…a close call! But with daytime warming (a little) that should keep them from falling below freezing.
I started with ice pellets and snow here at 1,000′ at the west end of the Gorge, but as of 8:30am it’s mostly snow now. So lots of blowing snow and ice pellets if you’re driving out I-84 this morning.
Here is a nice pic showing a glazing in the hills above Newberg
FOX 12 Weather Blog 
Side roads are snow covered and very slick! Stoll coming down!
Temp held @ 37 all day…now that precip (cloud cover) is mostly gone…down to 35
been snowing since 10 am this morning–everything is white 33 degrees 6 miles up the Lewis river out of Woodland at 250 ft.–no warm tongue here!
Out here in the gorge near Vista House (elevation 450 ft.)
Winds in high 30s to low 40s with gusts to 60 mph
Blowing snow with visibility at times as low as 300 feet
Snow levels maybe 2-3 inches but now starting to have minor drifts
Temp 28.2 degrees
Vista House gusts near 80 mph most of the day
Back edge of the moisture isn’t too far away now. Too bad the heavier precip ended down around Corvallis-Salem otherwise it may have been more exciting.
Next up… Potential for overnight freezing of roads into skating rinks!
Vancouver’s been getting the goods the past two hours. Big, fat snowflakes have been falling steadily, mixed with sleet at times. Got about 1/2″ accumulation now. Nothing to write home about, except for the fact that it’s November 13th…
In North Portland.
What started out as 75% snow and 25% ice pellets, which accumulated a nice dusting has now changed to freezing rain/sleet but my temperature has dropped from 33ºF at 10:00 to 31 now. This might be a messy ice storm- the streets should stay liquid though I would think.
Ice Ice Baby
WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1229 PM PST THU NOV 13 2014
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http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/FXC/make_img.php?wfo=pqr&iname=Active_Screen1L&size=1&force=no
pappose –I’m just across the river in Woodland (actually 6 mi. up the river) and have only been getting snow–are you getting snow?
Snow turned to sleet early afternoon, then nothing last few hours.
Seems like there was more snow for many folks across the river.
Guess the warm nose didn’t stick itself up there!
PAPPOSE
You are probably right–it has stopped over here too.
33 with North winds to 10 MPH in Salem at 1:30 PM. Have been as high as 35 2 hours ago. Some sleet earlier but now just a cold rain. Mayhaps tonight may have a few icy spots if the sky clears out. Don’t see much additional warming today. Could be just as cold tomorrow if we have fog and low clouds most of the day. Then a cold weekend with another surge of cold coming down from the North. Certainly not what I expected a week ago. Peace.
Any reports on snow totals out of the Gorge? Hood River, The Dalles, Ect…
10 day GFS shows jet streaming south into California by day 10. Looks like an El Niño setup may develope.
I think that’s why were getting this cold/snow/sleet now because the rest of the winter will be boring due to el nino, this has happen before in other el nino years as well.
Noticed temperature drop since 6am to now in Tualatin. Approx. 3-4F drop. One station read 35F at 6am, now it reads 31.
The thermometer isholding steady on our deck so 30-degrees. Ice pellets off and on but cars don’t seem to have a problem zooming down the hill
I wonder what sun angle will do later this afternoon with cold air still in place? Right now it is all cold flippin’ rain.
NE Portland – After waking up to a temperature of 38 and rain coming down, we’ve now got 32 degrees and lots of frozen pellets coming down. Glad I didn’t have to go in to work today – I’m thinking the evening commute could be downright ugly.
Flurries most of the day with a little sleet mixed in.
PDX down to 32 now
Temps gone above freezing at the 400 foot elevation mark in Bethany. Starting to thaw out. All rain.
Uhhhh… Mark?
It’s not so mixish and much more wintery now.
It’s beginning to pile up… and “resume your normal lives” is on the front page of the KPTV website.
Temperature is dropping. Kinda looks like a snowstorm for the moment.
Operative statement is “for the moment.” Once the heavier precip moves on it’ll flip back to rain/sleet/ice pellets.
Nice call Ryan. The road was just cold enough to get covered when the moisture dropped out and it went back to rain.–33.1
Things are icing up quick. Roads soon to follow. Already seeing icicles on limbs, street signs
radar looks as if there should be more than just very light sleet with a few flakes………..east wind must be eating a lot of it…………
Snowing pretty good in Fairview now. Too windy for the kids to play it but it looks nice for making snowballs.
Uh oh. 32 in aloha with LOTS of moisture. Icing up now.
still just raining here in Tigard
We might be ice skating tomorrow morning…….
Steady very light sleet with a few snowflakes mixed in here in E Portland. Temperature has been falling slowly all morning, now 29.5°. DP is 26°.