Low Snow Levels Next Few Days!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Snow recently on the coast range pass to SeasideNOWCAST - A cold showery period for the rest of the week is in the cards with snow down to 1,000 feet and to 500 feet mixed with any heavy showers that may occur. There may also be a thunderstorm or an ice pellet shower. The mountains will get some nice spring powder snow. So bottom line, chance of showers and clearing periods, highs 48-53 and lows 30-38 depending on any clearing overnight.
OUTCAST - How late has it officially snowed here in the valley? George Taylor had this to say: " I was looking at the last historic dates for snowfall in the Valley. In Portland and Eugene, it's today (3/25) -- PDX in 1965, EUG in 1972. Interestingly, both were legitimate La Nina years (not surprisingly!) -- see this
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
345 AM PDT TUE MAR 25 2008
SNOW AND UNSEASONABLY COOL WEATHER WILL AFFECT THE REGION THIS
WEEK. A WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVING LATE TODAY WILL BRING SNOW TO
THE CASCADES...THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS...AND TO THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL
BE IN THE CASCADES WHERE ABOUT A FOOT OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM
THE SYSTEM. SIGNIFICANTLY LESSER AMOUNTS WILL FALL IN THE CASCADE
FOOTHILLS AND IN THE COAST RANGE...BUT SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOW
ENOUGH TO AFFECT TRAVEL ON SOME OF THE MAIN PASSES AND CORRIDORS.
Sunrise this morning with Mount St. Helen's in background taken by photographer Tyler Mode of Vancouver
-- posted by Pat Timm @ 1:34 PM,
