First Alert Weather

Good morning! It’s a wet and breezy start to our Tuesday across northwest Oregon and southwest Washington. A low pressure system is rapidly strengthening offshore of the Oregon Coast. This system is doing two things: drawing our wind from land to sea and pushing rain & mountain snow inland. It’s going to be a gray and wet day, and pretty snowy in the Cascades (plus much of central & eastern Oregon). Temperatures will gradually rise through the 40s across the metro area, eventually reaching about 50 degrees. The breeziest conditions should occur this morning as the low pressure system slowly moves southward. Our snow level will be relatively high compared to this past weekend. It’ll be somewhere between 3,500-4,000 feet, keeping the greatest snow accumulation near/above the Cascade Passes. We should pick up about 5-10 inches of new snow when all is said and done.