Hello everyone!

Today will be devoted to digging out as our storm is now about 25 miles off of Portland with a pressure of 978 mb. Snow continues on the backside of the storm up in the Mountains where the ski resorts are getting a solid dumping of POWDAH!

After getting about 6″ down my walkway with the shovel, it promptly snapped in half signaling a very heavy, wet snow with a nice layer of ice on top. I advise anyone who has to shovel to do it now before more snow falls on top of it later on today.

Wintry mix should change to all snow as the storm pulls away and the heavy band over the mountains pivots south and east. Expect another dusting to maybe 2″ through this afternoon.

Temps will be falling from near freezing to the lower 20’s as the day goes on. Gusty NW winds will make it feel even colder as the storm intensifies while moving NE.

We may see some partial clearing before out next storm moves in tomorrow. The models are taking this storm farther and farther West with every passing run so I’m leaning towards a solid 2-4″ for most areas with 3-6″ along the coast. I expect no issues whatsoever with mixing as this storm will be much colder.

Keep in mind that if the track shifts west, we could be looking at another major storm and if it shifts east, we see nothing but a dusting. Confidence is high in my mind that we will get at the very least an advisory criteria event (2″+).

-Jack