After days of uncertainty, forecasters have gone all-in on their forecast for winter weather later this week with predictions of up to 6 inches of snow and possible freezing rain.
The National Weather Service office in Portland has issued a winter storm watch from Thursday afternoon through Friday morning, predicting heavy snow with possible accumulations of 1 to 6 inches and occasional light freezing rain or sleet west and south of the metro area.
“Plan on snow-covered roads,” the storm watch said.
The storm watch also predicts winds gusting as high as 45 mph, with the strongest winds east of Interstate 205 toward the Columbia River Gorge.
Precipitation is expected to decrease later Thursday night but cold temperatures in the 20s and east winds will create low wind chills across the region.
