Saturday, March 7, 2009

Will It Snow ?

That's the big question for the weekend ! I think it will snow in the Portland Metro area. We should begin to see the snow fly this evening and then we get into the snow showers until Monday. Most of the metro area will see somewhere around an inch of snow. Higher elevations will see more. The 12Z model runs are indicating that there is enough precip around that even folks living on the valley floor will see sticking snow.

My forecast for the weekend is as follows:

Portland City Proper and surrounding metro areas below 500 feet, will all see sticking snow and accumulations around an inch. You might see more if you are under a heavier shower.

For Folks above 500 feet, I think you're looking at snow depths up to three inches.

We will continue to see cold weather into the week, but the precip begins to die off quickly. Models want to usher in spring in a big way later in the week !

Thanks to Ben in Tillamook who knew the answer to my question on the last post. The official water year begins in October.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hear is mythight for snow on the coast 1 I think dusting-1inches is likley . but in localized areas maybe 2-3inches . but hear is the catch I think You will have to live a couple miles inland not right on the sandy beaches! Also i think everybody will see snow flakes flying!