THIS
THIS IS
THIS IS A
THIS IS A KGW NEWS SPECIAL EDITION A WINTER STORM BRINGS
WHEN SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN TO
THE PORTLAND METRO AREA.
THE GORGE AND SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON TRAVEL IS ALREADY
DANGEROUS IN THE GORGE AS WE'VE
SEEN TODAY ODOT CREWS HAVE BEEN
WORKING TO CLEAR SNOW FROM THE
ROADS.
ROADS.
ROADS. PARTS OF THE PORTLAND METRO ARE
SEEING ICY ROAD CONDITIONS AS
WELL CAUSING TROUBLE FOR SOME
DRIVERS.
DRIVERS.
DRIVERS. THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THIS
SPECIAL EDITION OF THE KGW NEWS
AT SEVEN WE'RE GOING TO GET
STRAIGHT TO CHIEF METEOROLOGIST
MATT ZAFFINO..
MATT ZAFFINO.. MATT, WHAT ARE WE SEEING
TONIGHT?
TONIGHT?
TONIGHT? HEY >>, MORGAN, THE SNOW HAS
PICKED UP A LITTLE BIT IN
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND RIGHT NOW
AND WE REMAIN UNDER THAT WINTER
STORM WARNING.
STORM WARNING. I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR SNOW
AND I FOUND SOME FOR YOU
TIMBERLINE OF COURSE RIGHT IS
DUMPING UP THERE AND THE
TEMPERATURES DOWN TO TWENTY ONE
DEGREES WILL BE HEADED FOR THE
TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE VALLEY
OF COURSE AFTER EVERYBODY WANTS
TO KNOW ABOUT TEMPERATURES IN
THE 20S AND WESTLUND AND KING
CITY THIRTY TWO IN PORTLAND 30
TO TROUTDALE BORING IS DOWN TO
TWENTY SEVEN AND AS WE GO INTO
THE GORGE IT'S TWENTY SEVEN
AND HOOD RIVER TWENTY FOUR.
MOSHER SEVENTEEN TROUT LAKE.
THIS IS WHERE OUR AIR IS COMING
FROM SO OUR TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE TO DROP OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT AND THAT EAST WIND WILL
CONTINUE TO BLOW.
IT'S ROLLING AT ABOUT TWENTY
EIGHT THIRTY MILES AN HOUR IN
PORTLAND AND WE'VE HAD GUSTS AS
HIGH AS SEVENTY THREE MILES AN
HOUR UP ACROSS EIGHT POINT
FIFTY FIVE MILES AN HOUR IN
CORBETT TODAY.
CORBETT TODAY. SO AGAIN IT HAS REALLY BEEN
COMING DOWN.
COMING DOWN. THE WINDS HAVE REALLY BEEN
BLOWING HARD.
BLOWING HARD. ALL RIGHT .
TO THE SNOW SITUATION.
WE'VE BEEN RIGHT ON THE EDGE
THIS RAIN SNOW LINE OR THE SNOW
FREEZING RAIN LINE HAS PUSHED
SOUTH A LITTLE BIT NOW IS THE
COLDER AIR THAT'S BECOMING MORE
ENTRENCHED.
ENTRENCHED. THAT'S DOWN TO ABOUT TWO OH
FIVE AND THEN SOUTH OF THERE A
MIX OF RAIN TOWARDS CAMBIE SNOW
OR RAIN SNOW MIX TOWARDS
MCMINNVILLE AS I ZOOM IN ON
THIS, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT
THIS BAND OF SOMEWHAT HEAVIER
SNOW OVER PORTLAND RIGHT NOW
AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER BANDS
TO THE SOUTH THAT WILL CONTINUE
TO ROLL ON UP.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I'M
EXPECTING THE SNOW TO PICK UP
AT TIMES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT
AND WITH THAT IN MIND, I THINK
WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A
COUPLE OF INCHES BY MORNING.
TWENTY EIGHT DEGREES, SEVEN
O'CLOCK PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE
ARE DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW.
TWENTY DEGREES STILL AT NINE
O'CLOCK DROPPING A DEGREE
AND ANY SNOW THAT WE GET SHOULD
BEGIN TO LIGHTEN UP IN THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS AND IN FACT
TOMORROW WE'LL GET A BREAK.
THERE'LL BE A PERIOD FOR THE
FIRST HALF OF THE DAY TOMORROW
WHERE IT'S JUST NOT DOING
ANYTHING, JUST BEING CLOUDY
AND WINDY AND COLD AS IF THAT'S
NOT ENOUGH.
NOT ENOUGH. RIGHT .
RIGHT .
RIGHT . SO OVERNIGHT TONIGHT HERE'S
WHAT WE CAN EXPECT ONE TO TWO
INCHES OF SNOW NORTH AND EAST
OF DOWNTOWN.
OF DOWNTOWN. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT UP IN THE
HILLS OF CLARK COUNTY OR EAST
COUNTY THAT WE MAY SEE THREE
INCHES OR SO.
BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE
ONE TO TWO FOR MOST PLACES
AND THEN SOUTH AND WEST
DOWNTOWN WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT
SOME FREEZING RAIN THERE.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME IN THE
GORGE.
GORGE.
GORGE. A
GORGE. A BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUING
WITH THREE TO FIVE INCHES
OF SNOW THOSE VERY STRONG WINDS
BUT THIS IS JUST ROUND ONE
ANOTHER STORM PROMISES TO BRING
HEAVIER SNOW TOMORROW NIGHT.
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT
LATER.
LATER.
LATER. LADIES, BACK TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT .
THANK YOU >>, MATT.
LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT THIS
AROUND ONE WHERE THE SNOW HAS
BEEN COMING DOWN IN HOOD RIVER
FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS.
THAT'S WHERE CATHERINE COOK HAS
BEEN ALL DAY.
CATHERINE, WHAT'S THE LATEST
FROM THERE >>?
WELL, LAURAL, THERE ARE
DEFINITELY NOT BLIZZARD LIKE
CONDITIONS OUT HERE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S BEENEN HOLDING STEADY LIGHT
SNOW REALLY ONLY ABOUT TWO
INCHES OF ACCUMULATION AT THE
MOST IN THIS AREA AND HARDLY
ANYWHERE.
ANYWHERE.
ANYWHERE. AND SO I GUESS THAT'S REALLY
GOOD NEWS FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE TO
TRAVEL HERE ON IBOSHI FOR
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. SPEAKING OF F AVEL, IT'S BEEN
VERY LIGHT BUT ANY CARS
AND TRUCKS WE'VE SEEN GOING BY
TONIGHT HAVE BEEN MOVING ALONG
VERY STEADILY.
VERY STEADILY. THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE HAVING
ANY KIND OF PROBLEMS.
AGAIN, WE'RE NOT REALLY SEEING
FREEZING RAIN OUT HERE SLEET
ANY OF THAT JUST LIGHT SNOW
AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AS
MATT MENTIONED.
MATT MENTIONED. TWENTY SEVEN DEGREES OF COURSE
BEING OUT HERE IN THE GORGE.
YOU KNOW HOW QUICKLY CONDITIONS
CAN CHANGE AND THAT'S REALLY
WHAT WE'RE HOLDING TIGHT TO SEE
IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WHEN
THESE WINDS PICK UP IN THE
GORGE, THE ICE STARTS TO FORM
AND THESE CONDITIONS FOR
DRIVING MAY CHANGE AT THIS
POINT ODOT IS NOT CLOSED 84 BUT
CERTAINLY IF WE SEE SIGNS
OF THAT COMING THE PROBABLY THE
FIRST SIGNS WILL BE OUT IN EAST
MULTNOMAH COUNTY IN TROUTDALE.
BUT RIGHT NOW IN HOOD RIVER
JUST A COLD SNOWY WINTER NIGHT.
BUT AGAIN WE'LL BE WATCHING AS
THINGS COULD CHANGE QUICKLY.
LAURAL BACK YOU WILL HOPE TO
AVOID THE ICE.
THANK YOU, CATHERINE.
AND TALKING ABOUT ICE, IT COULD
POSE A PROBLEM FOR MAX TRAINS
TREMENDOUS PLANNING TO KEEP THE
TRAINS RUNNING OVERNIGHT TO
KEEP ICE FROM BUILDING UP ON
THOSE OVERHEAD WIRES.
WE JUST CHECKED IN WITH THEM
AND THERE WERE SEVERAL BUSSES
OUT RIGHT NOW WITH DROPDOWN
CHAINS WHICH HELP DRIVERS
RESPOND TO CHANGING CONDITIONS.
THEY'RE ALSO PREPARED TO SEND
PEOPLE OUT TO PUT HEAVY DUTY
CHAINS ON ANY BUSSES IF THE
SNOW REALLY PILES UP.
THEY ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE
RIDERS ARE PREPARED FOR THE
COLD ESPECIALLY OF COVID
RESTRICTIONS CAPACITY >> ON
BOARD BUSSES AND TRAINS IS
LIMITED AND SO WHEN THE BUS
COMES, IF IT'S AT CAPACITY, YOU
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET ON BOARD
SO WE REALLY DO ENCOURAGE
RIDERS TO BUNDLE UP AND BE
PREPARED TO WAIT OUTSIDE IN THE
ELEMENTS.
ELEMENTS.
ELEMENTS. >> ANOTHER REASON TO BUNDLE UP
ALSO BE PREPARED FOR SOME
WINDOWS TO BE DOWN ON THE
BUSSES TO IMPROVE AIR FLOW ON
BUSSES >>.
BUSSES >>. ONE SPOT THAT ALWAYS SEE SNOW
FIRST IS THE WEST HILLS IN
PORTLAND AND THAT IS WHERE WE
FIND OUR KEELY CHALMERS KEELY
ONE ROAD UP THERE ALREADY SHUT
DOWN TONIGHT.
DOWN TONIGHT. YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH. AND
YEAH. AND THE ROADS ALL THE ROADS UP
HERE FOR THE MOST PART ARE
COVERED IN SNOW.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ON WEST BURNSIDE
JUST WEST OF SKYLINE AND WE ARE
IN A CHAIN UP AREA PBOT PUT UP
THIS CHAIN UP AREA BECAUSE
OF THE CONDITIONS UP HERE
RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN'T SEEN
ANYBODY ACTUALLY PULL IN
AND USE IT AND PUT ON CHAINS
BUT WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL CARS
GOING BY SLOWLY.
WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO YOU
TALKED ABOUT THAT ROAD CLOSED
THAT IS NORTHWEST GERMANTOWN
ROAD AND IT'S CLOSED BETWEEN
SKYLINE AND CAYZER DUE TO JUST
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
THE SIGNS ARE UP STREET CLOSED
SIGNS.
SIGNS.
SIGNS. WE
SIGNS. WE TALKED TO SEVERAL DRIVERS
WHO WERE HEADING DOWN THERE ARE
TRYING TO GET DOWN THE STREET,
HAD TO PULL OVER TRYING TO
FIGURE ANOTHER WAY TO JUST GET
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. WE
HOME. WE ALSO TALKED TO ONE WOMAN WHO
WAS AN AMAZING DRIVER.
SHE WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET UP
THE ROAD AND OUT BEFORE THEY
CLOSED IT.
CLOSED IT. LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT SHE
HAD TO SAY ABOUT CONDITIONS ON
THAT ROAD >> MAYBE 20 MINUTES
AGO OR MAYBE 30 MINUTES GO NOW
AND IT SHUT DOWN SO JUST TRYING
TO MAKE MY WAY BACK HOME >>.
YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH. AND
YEAH. AND A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS ARE
REALLY STRUGGLING AT THIS POINT
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO
GET BACK ON IT IS COLD.
IT IS WINDY AND AS YOU CAN SEE
THE SNOW IS STILL COMING.
WELL, I WOULD SAY COMING DOWN
BUT IT'S REALLY JUST GOING
SIDEWAYS AT THIS POINT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE
SNOW COVERED ROADS NOT A LOT
OF SNOW ON THE ROADS BUT I TELL
YOU THEY ARE SLICK AND I WANT
TO NOT ONLY TELL YOU I WANT TO
SHOW YOU THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY
ICE UP HERE IF YOU PAN DOWN
THIS IS THIS IS ACTUALLY
BURNSIDE ODOT >> IS ICE THAT IS
ICE UNDERNEATH THE SNOW.
I MEAN I MEAN IT IS JUST
THERE'S SNOW I MEAN THERE IS
JUST PURE A LAYER OF ICE
UNDERNEATH AND THAT IS WHAT IS
DANGEROUS.
DANGEROUS. WE'VE SEEN ACTUALLY SEVERAL
PLOWS UP HERE PLOWING.
WE ALSO DID SEE ONE THAT
APPEARED TO BE LAYING DOWN THE
ROCK SALT WHICH WILL HELP TREAT
THIS ICE BUT YEAH, I MEAN IT IS
COLD ENOUGH FOR ALL THIS.
IT IS FREEZING SNOW.
BACK TO YOU.
BOY, THAT'S A GOOD VISUAL
OF THE BLACK ICE THERE AND A
GOOD WARNING FOR DRIVERS WHO
MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO GO OUT.
THANK YOU, KELLY.
TIM GAUDENS KEEPING TRACK
OF THINGS FOR US IN CLARK
COUNTY AND TIM, YOU'RE JUST
NORTH OF VANCOUVER NOW.
WHAT'S THE LATEST FROM THERE >>
?
?
? >>
? >> ALL
? >> ALL RIGHT .
WELL, WE DON'T HAVE IT AS BAD
AS WE'RE CHELIOS FOR SURE.
PAVEMENT STILL JUST WET HERE
AND NOT ICED UP THE SNOW IS
FALLING, YOU KNOW, SO THE >>
BUT AND THESE LITTLE DIVIDERS
HERE OUT IN THE PARKING LOT
OF THIS GRAND PARKING LOT WHERE
WE ARE RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE
CERTAINLY PLACES UP HERE IN
CLARK COUNTY WHERE THE WINTER
WEATHER SET IN A BIT EARLIER
TODAY EAST OF HERE EMISON
WASHOUGAL YOU KNOW THEY GET THE
GORGEOUS FACT OUT THERE.
SO IT WASAS ICY AND WINDY.
THINGS GOT STARTED BEFORE NOON.
BOTH THE WASHOUGAL AND CAREMAR
SCHOOL DISTRICTS CANCELED
IN-PERSON LEARNING IN
CLASSROOMS TODAY NOT TAKING ANY
CHANCES.
CHANCES.
CHANCES. HERE'S CAREMAR SUPERINTENDENT
JUST NOW DESCRIBING THE VARIETY
OF ELEVATIONS AND CONDITIONS IN
THAT AREA.
THAT AREA. >> SO DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU
LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW, IT MIGHT
LOOK VERY DIFFERENT ENCAMPMENTS
AND SO OUR COMMUNITY
UNDERSTANDS THAT THOUGH
AND THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THE
HILLS ARE YOU KNOW, THEY CAN
GET REALLY DICEY AND NOBODY
WANTS KIDS OUT DRIVING OR
WALKING ON THOSE IF WE CAN
PREVENT IT >>.
A GOOD CALL.
WELL, WE'VE GOT SOME YOUNG KIDS
FROM MANNAHOUSE CHRISTIAN
ACADEMY GOING HOME EARLY TODAY
FROM THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
THAT'S THE EAST VANCOUVER.
A HANDFUL OF OTHER SCHOOLS ALSO
MADE CHANGES TO THERE IN PERSON
LEARNING A SCHEDULE TODAY
AND EXPECT MORE CHANGES FOR
TOMORROW, PROBABLY CANCELATIONS
IF THIS KEEPS GOING.
NOW LAURAL, I'VE GOT TO SAY
HERE WE ARE.
YOU KNOW, HALF AN HOUR AGO WE
SAW THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE SEDAN
HERE, THAT SNOW ALL OVER IT.
YOUR SUGGESTION, LAURA, WE PUT
THE LITTLE SMILEY FACE ON THE
ON THE GLASS AND THEN AFTER
THAT CHAD TALK TO ME JUST A
SMALL LITTLE SNOW AND I PUT IT
ON THE ROOF OF THE CAR JUST
NOTHING MAJOR.
NOTHING MAJOR. BUT THEN THIS GUY CAME OVER.
HE APPARENTLY WORKS HERE AT THE
CETRON FACILITY AND HE WIPED IT
ALL OFF AND HE WASN'T SMILING
WHEN HE WIPED OFF THE SMILE.
OH.
OH.
OH. ANYWAY, HE WAS FINE BUT CLEANED
UP HIS WHOLE CAR.
HE'S GONE BACK TO WORK.
YEAH, WELL I I ONLY MENTIONED
YOUR FIRST NAME SO I THINK
YOU'RE ALL RIGHT >>.
>> ALL RIGHT .
I'LL BE WATCHING OVER MY
SHOULDER.
SHOULDER.
SHOULDER. THANK YOU >>.
WITH TEMPERATURES >> DIPPING TO
FREEZING OR BELOW FREEZING, A
CHURCH IN VANCOUVER IS OFFERING
A WARM PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO STAY
LIVING.
LIVING.
LIVING. HOPE CHURCH OPENED ITS
OVERNIGHT WARMING SHELTER.
IT'S NOT THE CHURCH'S LIVE LOVE
CENTER WHICH IS ON NORTHEAST.
ANDERSON WROTE THE CHURCH IS
ASKING FOR DONATIONS OF BASIC
ITEMS LIKE BOTTLED WATER
AND HAND WARMERS BOTH SO
IMPORTANT MULTNOMAH COUNTY IS
OPENING THREE EMERGENCY SHELTER
SPACES.
SPACES.
SPACES. THEY INCLUDE A PARKING GARAGE
NEAR THE OREGON CONVENTION
CENTER WHICH OPENED AT NOON
TODAY IN OLD RITE AID STORE
ALONG NORTH LOMBARD AND A SPACE
IN THE CONVENTION CENTER ITSELF
BOTH OPENING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK
TONIGHT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE
IN CLOSE TO THREE HUNDRED
PEOPLE TOTAL BUT OF COURSE
THERE'S CONCERN THAT JUST WON'T
BE ENOUGH.
BE ENOUGH. IT'S BEEN HARDER