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AND WELCOME TO THE NEWS AT 4:00
ON THIS SNOWY TUESDAY.
FIRST SNOWFLAKES FALLING ACROSS
WESTERN OREGON FROM THE ASTORIA
SKYCAM ALONG THE COAST.
YOU CAN SEE IT THERE TO STOLLER
ESTATES OUT DAYTON WHICH LOOKS
LIKE A POSTCARD THIS AFTERNOON
REALLY THE SNOW COVERING THE
GRASS AND IT'S STILL FALLING
NOW IT LOOKS SO PRETTY OUT
THERE BUT THIS IS WHAT WE WANT
TO FOCUS ON TO RIGHT THAT SNOW
CLOSER TO THE METRO AREA AND
WHAT THAT MEANS FOR DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
CONDITIONS. OUR DRIVE EIGHT IS ON I FIVE
JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN.
YOU CAN SEE CONDITIONS PRETTY
WET ON THE ROADWAYS.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING DOWN
LIKE SNOWWW BUT WHEN IT HITS
THE GROUND IT IS FALLING LIKE
RAIN >> AND THAT CAN MAKE FOR
QUITE A MESS.
WE'RE ALSO GETTING A LOT
OF PICTURES FROM YOU THIS
AFTERNOON SHOWING JUST HOW MUCH
SNOW IS COMING DOWN IN YOUR
NECK OF THE WOODS.
JENNIFER ROSE SENDING THESE
SHOTS OF FOREST GROVE.
YOU CAN SEE QUITE A BIT OF SNOW
IS FALLING AND ACTUALLY
ACCUMULATING ER THE SNOW ALSO
ACCUMULATING A BIT FURTHER WEST
AND GAIL'S CREEK WITH SNOW
COVERING THE ROADS OUT THERE.
>> WELL LET'S GET RIGHT TO
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MATT
ZAFFINO WITH THE LATEST ON THE
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
MATT SNOWWW IN PORTLAND A
LITTLE BIT BUT A LOT MORE
ELSEWHERE.
ELSEWHERE. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THIS THE SYSTEM CAME IN A
LITTLE BIT SOONER AND A LITTLE
BIT STRONGER THAN WE MAY HAVE
EXPECTED, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE
SEEING MORE SNOWFALL.
WE KNEW THE BEST CHANCE FOR
SNOW WOULD BE THE WESTERN SIDE
OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND
THE COASTAL RANGE AND THAT
HAPPENED BUT IT DID COME ON A
LITTLE BIT SOONER AND THAT DRY
THEY SHOT WAS REALLY TELLING
BECAUSE ALONG I-95 THE BOTTOM
OF THE VALLEY WE'RE NOT REALLY
SEEING IT STICKING AT ALL.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING OUTSIDE HERE
ON KGW IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND AND
WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY
ACCUMULATIONS ON A CONCRETE
LITTLE BIT ON THE RAILWAY
REALLY JUST A DUSTING.
BUT THIS IS THAT STOLLER
VINYARD SHOT THAT YOU GUYS
SHOWED JUST A BIT AGO AND LOOK
AT THE TEMPERATURE THERE.
IT'S THIRTY ONE DEGREES.
THE TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN
FASCINATING THIS AFTERNOON.
BEAVERTON, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST
BEFORE ONE O'CLOCK WAS STILL 40
DEGREES.
DEGREES.
DEGREES. AN HOUR LATER THEY HAD DROPPED
TO THIRTY FOUR AND NOW THEY'RE
DOWN TO THIRTY THREE AND IT'S
ALL BECAUSE OF THE
PRECIPITATION PROCESSES WHEN
YOU GET HEAVY PRECIPITATION
FALLING INTO DRY AIR WHICH THE
EAST WIND DELIVERED LAST NIGHT
AND THIS MORNING YOU GET
EVAPORATION THAT IS A COOLING
PROCESS.
PROCESS.
PROCESS. IT COOLED THE AIR LITERALLY
BROUGHT THE SNOW LEVEL DOWN
WITH IT.
WITH IT.
WITH IT. THIS IS THE RESERVE GOLF COURSE
OUT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
AGAIN, THIS IS ONLY IN
ELEVATION OF ABOUT A COUPLE
HUNDRED FEET STICKING ON THE
GRASS.
GRASS.
GRASS. THESE SERVICES LESS SO ON THE
CURRENT PATH AS YOU CAN SEE AND
REALLY NOT AT ALL UNDERNEATH
THE TREES BUT IT'S THIRTY FOUR
DEGREES THERE WITH THE RAIN
SNOW MIX BEING REPORTED IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
WASHINGTON COUNTY. BUT AGAIN THE TEMPERATURES ARE
ALL RIGHT AROUND OR SLIGHTLY
ABOVE FREEZING FROM THIRTY FIVE
IN PORTLAND TO VANCOUVER TO
THIRTY TWO AND KING CITY THIRTY
ONE HAPPY VALLEY OF COURSE
HAPPY VALLEY HAS ELEVATION UP
AT ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET SO
AGAIN ANYWHERE ABOVE FIVE
HUNDRED FEET THOSE FEW DEGREES
OF COOLING THAT YOU HAVE
BECAUSE OF ELEVATION HELPING
THE SNOW TO STICK THERE THAT'S
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WHAT'S HAPPENING. BUT SOME INTERESTING THINGS
ALSO HAPPENING ON RADAR.
FIRST OF ALL AS I WATCHED IT
THIS AFTERNOON YOU COULD SEE
THE RAIN JUST TURNED TO SNOW ON
RADAR.
RADAR.
RADAR. NOW WE'RE SEEING THE REVERSE
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. SEE THIS WHERE IT WAS SNOWWW
IT'S TURNING BACK TO RAIN IN
PARTS OF THE VALLEY BECAUSE THE
PRECIPITATION INTENSITY IS
BEGINNING TO BACK OFF.
SO A LOT OF AREAS THE LOW
ELEVATIONS THAT ARE SEEING SNOW
WE'LL ACTUALLY SEE IT BACK TO
RAIN TONIGHT OFF THE COAST.
WE'RE ALSO GETTING A COUPLE
OF THUNDERSTORMS OUT THERE TOO
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF WEATHER
WE'LL HAVE TOMORROW.
LOTS OF SHOWERS AND SOME BREAKS
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. IT
. IT WILL
. IT WILL BE WARMER BUT YOU CAN
SEE THAT WE HAVE THAT BACK EDGE
THAT I SHOWED YOU ON RADAR.
SO THIS IS BEGINNING TO END
ALREADY OUT ALONG THE COAST
WE'VE HAD SOME SOME BREAKS IN
THE LAST HALF HOUR THAT'S GOING
TO BE SWEEPING INLAND.
SO THE SNOW THAT WE'RE GETTING
WON'T LAST MORE THAN A COUPLE
MORE HOURS.
MORE HOURS. SO HERE'S WHAT WE CAN EXPECT
THE SNOW TAPERS OFF ABOUT FIVE
OR SIX P.M. ACROSS THE METRO
AREA FOR THE VALLEY FLOOR, A
TRACE TO MAYBE AN INCH WHEN YOU
GET UP A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET
BUT ABOVE FIVE HUNDRED FEET AS
MUCH AS THREE INCHES.
I ALREADY HAD ONE REPORT FROM
BULL MOUNTAIN OF NEARLY THREE
INCHES THERE I SEE AREAS FOR
THE MORNING COMMUTE ARE A
POSSIBILITY BECAUSE
POSSIBILITY BECAUSE TEMPERATURES ARE AROUND
FREEZING RIGHT NOW.
NOW THE AREAS THAT ARE MOST
LIKELY TO BE ICY OVERNIGHT AND
IN THE MORNING WILL BE THE
AREAS THAT HAVE THE SNOW
COVERED FOREST GROVE WESTERN
YAMHILL COUNTY, WASHINGTON
COUNTY UP IN THE FOOTHILLS
WHEREVER THERE'S SNOW
COVER BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO
KEEP IT COLDER FOR THE METRO
AREA WHERE THE ROADS AND MOST
OF OUR SURFACES DON'T GET
COVERED IN SNOW.
WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT WARMER
TEMPERATURES.
TEMPERATURES. SO AGAIN WE'LL BE KEEPING AN
EYE ON THESE TEMPERATURES
OVERNIGHT AND SNOWFALL FALL AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. BUT
WELL. BUT AGAINT EXPECT IT TO TAPER
OFF WITHIN A