Welcome to winter, a few days early. Of course, the meteorological winter begins Sunday, while the calendar lags a few weeks. However, it will certainly feel like winter with gusty easterly winds, low snow levels and frost conditions overnight.
A huge storm developed and is moving inland over southern Oregon today. It will pull loads of cold air our way from the north and east. For you snow lovers, little if any snow will fall here at city levels today or tomorrow. I do expect a dusting to an inch or two in our foothills. Otherwise, chilly showers will be on the light side.
If traveling south or east for Thanksgiving, be prepared for winter driving. Heavy snow and high winds will make driving nearly impossible over the mountains of southern Oregon and northern California. Also, a good amount of snow will be falling over the Cascades, lighter amounts over Mount Hood but heavy amounts from Santiam Pass southward.
Eastern and especially central Oregon will be clobbered with upward of a foot of snow. It will be a white Thanksgiving over and east of the Cascades in Oregon. Scant light snow is predicted for the Columbia Basin.
