THE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE IS
TRAUMATIC TO BANK.
-- DRAMATIC TOO.
KRISTEN: IT IS WARM EVERYWHERE
ABOVE US.
IT IS JUST DOWN AT THE GROUND ON
THE SURFACE WHERE YOU HAVE THIS
HUGE DISCREPANCY.
YOU ARE GETTING HIT
WITH THE
HEAVY RAIN AND WIND.
TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 50'S.
MEANWHILE, EAST WINDS ARE
CRANKING THANKS TO THE SYSTEM
MOVING IN.
THAT
SYSTEM BRINGS IN SOUTHERLY
WINDS.
IT IS ALL CONVERGING RIGHT HERE.
WE HAVE THE EAST WIND
PUMPING IN
THIS COLD AIR IN THE LOW 20'S.
MEANWHILE IN CORVALLIS, THERE'D
OUT OF THE 30'S.
IT IS JUST A SMALL AREA FROM
PORTLAND METRO AND EAST OF I-205
ALONG I-84 THAT WE ARE SEEING
VERY ICY CONDITIONS.
IN MANY AREAS JUST A SHEET OF
ICE.
THE FARTHER WEST YOU GO YOU ARE
DEALING WITH SLUSH AND PONDING.
FLOODING CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY
STARTING TO CREEP UP THERE.
YOU CAN SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN
PINK
IS THE FOCUS AREA WHERE WE ARE
SEEING THE FREEZING RAIN COMING
DOWN.
THERE IS ALREADY SOME FREEZING
RAIN AT THE AIRPORT.
MORE OF IT OUT TOWARDS
TROUTDALE.
THAT IS STILL DEALING WITH
FREEZING RAIN AND AT LEAST
SLUSHY ROADS.
YOU GET OUT TOWARDS WASHOUGAL,
THAT IS WHERE IT GETS ICY,
CONTINUING ALONG I-84.
IT IS NOT SLOWING DOWN AND
COMING TO AN END ANYTIME SOON.
MOST OF THE REST OF THE VALLEY
AND AS YOU HEAD BACK TOWARD THE
COAST, TAPPING INTO SOME VERY
DEEP MOISTURE OFF OUR COAST.
SUBTROPICAL ORIGINS.
WE ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF
HEAVY RAIN MOVING IN.
ERNIE DEGREES IN PORTLAND.
A LOT OF WHITE OUT THERE.
IT WILL TAKE A BIG JUMP IN THE
TEMPERATURES.
THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN UNTIL WE
GET INTO TOMORROW MORNING.
WE MAY FLIRT WITH THE FREEZING
MARK.
A SLOW MELT FOR US.
EAST WIND AT 24 MILES PER HOUR.
IT FEELS LIKE
IT IS ONLY 60
DEGREES OUT THERE.
IT FEELS BITTERLY COLD.
34 DEGREES IN BEAVERTON.
LAKE OSWEGO AT 36 DEGREES.
THE ROADS GETTING BETTER FOR
SOME OF YOU.
IT IS NOT A SHEET OF ICE
ANYMORE.
THE AIRPORT, WE ARE AT 30
DEGREES.
DOWNTOWN, ABOVE FREEZING.
THE ROADS GETTING BETTER FOR
OUT TOWARD GRESHAM IS WHERE YOU
REALLY START TO SEE A CHANGE TO
A SHEET OF ICE.
WE GO FROM TEMPERATURES
IN THE
MID-30'S TO TEMPERATURES ONLY IN
THE MID 20'S.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS
CONTINUE.
WE ARE GUSTING BETWEEN 25 AND 30
MILES PER HOUR HERE.
COASTAL AREAS ARE SEEING HIGHER
GUSTS.
STEADY WINDS AT ABOUT 20 TO 30
MILES PER HOUR.
TEMPERATURES STAY IN THE LOW TO
MID 30'S FOR MOST OF THE
PORTLAND METRO AREA.
THOSE SOUTHERLY AND EASTERLY
WINDS WILL CONTINUE ALL NIGHT,
GUSTING AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT.
IT CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY
WEDNESDAY.
BY THE TIME WE GET THURSDAY, WE
ARE TALKING 1.5 TO THREE INCHES
IN PARTS OF THE VALLEY.
FOR THE EIGHT INCHES ON THE
COAST RANGE OF PARTS OF THE
CASCADES.
WE ARE GOING TO SEE PLANNING
CONCERNS TOMORROW MORNING.
THAT WILL STICK AROUND THROUGH
MUCH OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY INTO
EARLY THURSDAY.
HERE IS ALL OF THE RAIN MOVING
IN.
IT LIGHTENS UP A BIT BY 10:00
P.M. BEN PICKS BACK UP AGAIN.
TOMORROW MORNING WE
THOUGHT
THINGS OUT PRETTY DECENTLY.
MEANWHILE FOR THE
GORGE, IT WILL
STILL BE A LITTLE ICY.
THE RAIN JUST DOES NOT WANT TO
QUIT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE RAIN AS
WE GO INTO THURSDAY.
YOUR THURSDAY FORECAST,
TEMPERATURES GET INTO THE 40'S.
STEADY RAIN ALL DAY.
PROBABLY LOOKING AT BETWEEN ONE
TO TWO INCHES.
MAYBE ANOTHER INCH ON TOP OF
THAT, PLUS SNOW MELTING.
YOU HAVE A WEDNESDAY THURSDAY.
KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THAT URBAN
AREA.
A COUPLE OTHER TIMES WE HAVE
HAD
TWO INCHES OF RAIN AND IT HAS
MADE A BIG MESS.
WE HAVE THOSE TWO INCHES OF RAIN
PLUS ALL OF THAT SNOW MELTING AT
THE SAME TIME.
DAN: I WAS READING IN THE
SEATTLE NEWSPAPER THEY WERE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE HAVE
ALL OF THE SNOW AND THEY DON'T.
THEY WERE EXPLAINING THE GORGE
EFFECT TO THE PEOPLE UP THERE.
KRISTEN: IT IS VERY TRICKY TO
FORECAST.