A Weather system brought additional snow and ice to Southwest Washington March 8th. This is the third cold weather event in a series where there was a widespread snow/ice event on March 7th that followed a widespread heavy snow event on the 6th.
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The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
A Weather system brought additional snow and ice to Southwest Washington March 8th. This is the third cold weather event in a series where there was a widespread snow/ice event on March 7th that followed a widespread heavy snow event on the 6th.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Portland, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 8, 10:21 AM PST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
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AFDPQR
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1020 AM PST SAT FEB 8 2014
.SYNOPSIS...THE THIRD SYSTEM IN A ONE-TWO-THREE PUNCH OF WINTRY
WEATHER WILL IMPACT NORTHWEST OREGON AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OFF THE
SOUTHERN OREGON COAST WILL PUSH MORE MOISTURE INTO THE REGION...AND
TEMPERATURES ARE STILL GENERALLY BELOW FREEZING WITH THE EXCEPTIONS
BEING THE COAST AND HIGHER TERRAIN OF LANE COUNTY. SLIGHTLY WARMER
AIR ALOFT WILL LEAD TO A MAJOR ICE STORM FOR SOME INTERIOR VALLEYS
SALEM SOUTHWARD AND POSSIBLY A BIT FARTHER NORTH. ENOUGH COLD AIR
REMAINS ENTRENCHED FOR MOST PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS SNOW NORTH OF A
SALEM TO TILLAMOOK LINE. THIS SYSTEM WILL CLEAR OUT SUNDAY MORNING
WITH JUST SOME LINGERING RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS FOR SUNDAY. GRADUALLY
MILDER AIR MOVES IN BY MONDAY...BUT NOT BEFORE MORE POTENTIAL ICING
IN THE COLUMBIA GORGE. ONSHORE FLOW AND A CONSOLIDATED PACIFIC JET
WILL BRING A RETURN TO MORE TYPICAL PERIODS OF VALLEY RAIN AND
MOUNTAIN SNOW AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES.
&&
.UPDATE...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH WITH RATES OF 1-2
INCHES PER HOUR AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THIS
THE REST OF THE MORNING. SEE NOWPQR. HAVE ENDED THE WINTER WX
ADVISORIES THAT WERE IN EFFECT FOR FZDZ. HEAVY SNOW AGAIN STARTING A
BIT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. ROADS WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS VERY QUICKLY
FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.
ALSO CHANGED THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND THE NORTH OREGON CASCADE
FOOTHILLS. TO AN ICE STORM WARNING. WHILE THERE
WILL BE CONTINUED SNOW TODAY...FREEZING RAIN WILL DOMINATE LATER IN
THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SALEM SOUTHWARD. FIGURED THIS WAS THE
HIGHER THREAT EVEN THOUGH POINTS NORTH MAY JUST MIX WITH FZRA LATER
TODAY. THIS IS ALL SEMANTICS AND WAS IN THE WORDING OF THE WSW
EARLIER...BUT WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION TO THIS SIGNIFICANT THREAT
FOR PARTS OF THIS AREA ESPECIALLY AS THE DAY GOES ON. WILL STILL
MENTION THE INITIAL SNOW IN THE PRODUCT.
REST OF THE UPDATE UNCHANGED...THE NAM BUFR AND RAP SOUNDINGS WOULD
SUGGEST THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY WILL
LIKELY TURN BACK TO FZRA AFTER SNOW THIS MORNING. 12Z SLE SOUNDING
SHOWS THE WARM NOSE CENTERED AROUND 900 MB WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 33F
AT THIS LEVEL. SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THIS ONLY GETS WARMER THROUGH THE
DAY. IF YOU FOLLOW RAP 925 MB TEMPERATURES WHICH HAVE A REASONABLE
GRASP ON THE LOCATION OF THE WARM NOSE...THIS PUSHES THROUGH THE
CENTRAL VALLEY AND EVEN NORTH THROUGH THE PORTLAND METRO AREA. THE
BIG QUESTION IS WHAT SURFACE TEMPERATURES DO. IF YOU BELIEVE MOS AND
RAP...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE
CENTRAL VALLEY. WITH A NORTH GRADIENT FEEDING THE LOWER LEVEL COLD
AIR FEEL THIS ISOVERDONE.
AM CONSIDERING CONVERTING THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND THE NORTH OREGON
FOOTHILLS TO AN ICE STORM WARNING. THERE IS A PRETTY HEAVY BAND OF
SNOWFALL THAT THE MODELS ARE IN REALLY GOOD AGREEMENT SETTING UP OVER
PORTLAND LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NAM BUFR SOUNDINGS KEEP
THE PORTLAND AREA ALL SNOW OR A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW...BUT IT IS
CERTAINLY REASONABLE THAT THE SOUTH METRO AREA COULD GET IN ON THE
FREEZING RAIN. THIS COULD MAKE FOR A DISASTROUS SITUATION FOR THE
METRO AREA. CURRENTLY FEEL THAT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED
THIS FAR NORTH INITIALLY DUE TO SNOW AND SLEET WITH THE REINFORCING
FEED OF COLD AIR COMING.
WHERE THE UNCERTAINTY COMES INTO PLAY BUT CONFIRMS FEELINGS IN THE
LAST SENTENCE IS THE WELL PERFORMING ECMWF OF THE LAST FEW DAYS KEEP
THINGS ALL SNOW THROUGH THE BULK OF THE EVENT NORTH OF SALEM AND
WITH THE COLD AIR GETTING REPLENISHED AS THE OFFSHORE LOW ARRIVES AND
STRENGTHENS THE OFFSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENT...WITH THE WARM NOSE NOT
PUSHING THROUGH THE NORTH UNTIL AFTER HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION PUSHES
THROUGH...THEN TRANSITIONS TO A SLEET FREEZING RAIN MIX TOMORROW
MORNING IN LIGHTER PRECIPITATION. .
THOSE OF YOU CONSIDERING TRAVEL TODAY SHOULD RECONSIDER IF IT ALL
POSSIBLE ...AS THERE IS ALREADY SIGNIFICANT ICING AS FAR NORTH AS
ALBANY...AND IT IS LIKELY THIS AREA WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
NORTH...ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING.
EITHER WAY FOR POINTS NORTH THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SLUG OF MODERATE
TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
EITHER WAY...MOST MODELS SUGGEST A MIX OF LIGHTER PRECIPITATION ON
SUNDAY. STILL ROADS WILL BE MESSY. POINTS FARTHER SOUTH WILL BEGIN
TO FINALLY THAW AND REMAIN RAIN.
/KMD
&&
.SHORT TERM...THE SHORT TERM DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON THE SYSTEM TO
IMPACT THE FORECAST AREA TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...AS THIS WILL BE THE
BIG SHOW IN TOWN. A MAJOR RE-SHUFFLING OF WATCHES WARNINGS AND
ADVISORIES WAS DONE FOR THE MORNING PACKAGE...HENCE THE VERY LATE
DISCUSSION ONCE AGAIN. APOLOGIES FOR THAT.
TODAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY WILL FEATURE A HIGH-IMPACT...MULTI FACETED
WINTER STORM WHICH WILL AFFECT NORTHWEST OREGON AND PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON WITH HEAVY SNOW...ICE...AND EVEN WIND NEAR THE
COLUMBIA GORGE. AREAS FROM THE PORTLAND/VANCOUVER METRO NORTHWARD
WILL SEE MAINLY SNOW...AND IT WILL BE HEAVY FOR A PERIOD THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AREAS FROM SALEM SOUTHWARD WILL SEE PRIMARILY
FREEZING RAIN WITH MAJOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY IN SOME LOCATIONS.
SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OUR FORECAST AREA
FAIRLY RAPIDLY...SO THE LINN/LANE COUNTY CASCADES MAY SEE A QUICK
CHANGE TO RAIN AND VALLEY FREEZING RAIN AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW.
CASCADES NORTH OF SANTIAM PASS WILL SEE MORE IN THE WAY OF
SNOW...WITH UP TO A FOOT NEAR MOUNT HOOD.
THIS DISCUSSION WOULD GROW AS LARGE AS A NOVEL IF I WERE TO EXPLAIN
ALL THE METEOROLOGICAL REASONING BEHIND THESE DECISIONS. BELOW I WILL
FOCUS ON THE RATIONALE BEHIND WHAT WE CONSIDER THE MOST DANGEROUS
THREATS TO AFFECT THE AREA. THE MOST CONCERNING ISSUE WITH THIS
INCOMING SYSTEM WILL BE THE HEAVY ICE POTENTIAL FOR THE LOWLANDS...
PARTICULARLY THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR
42N/132W...HEADING E-NE TOWARD THE OREGON COAST. THIS SYSTEM IS
STRONGER THAN THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS THAT BROUGHT WIDESPREAD SNOW
TO THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AS A RESULT...WARM ADVECTION OUT
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM IS STRONGER THAN IT WAS WITH THE PREVIOUS TWO
SYSTEMS...PARTICULARLY BETWEEN 950-800 MB. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW GOOD
AGREEMENT THAT THIS WILL PUSH A WARM NOSE OF ABOVE FREEZING AIR WELL
NORTH INTO THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY...AND IN FACT THAT IS ALREADY
HAPPENING WITH -FZRA BEING REPORTED AT EUGENE. THIS SYSTEM HAS A
DECENT SUBTROPICAL TAP THAT EXTENDS SW TOWARD HAWAII...WHICH WILL
FEED PLENTY OF MOISTURE OVER THE LOW-LEVEL COLD AIR.
THE LOW-LEVEL COLD AIR IS BEING LOCKED IN BY INCREASING EASTERLY
PRESSURE GRADIENTS AND A DEEP COLD POOL EAST OF THE CASCADES. AS LOW
PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE SW...NORTHERLY PRESSURE GRADIENTS ARE
ALSO INCREASING UP THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. THIS SHOULD KEEP THE ENTIRE
WILLAMETTE VALLEY BELOW FREEZING FOR A MAJORITY OF THE EVENT...WHILE
LOCALLY 0.35-0.75 INCH OF QPF FALL OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST OREGON.
WITH SOME CONDITIONAL INSTABILITY...THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME HEAVIER
BANDS WHICH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO QPF LOCALLY OVER ONE INCH. 00Z
ECMWF/UKMET...06Z NAM/GFS...ALL SHOW SOME FORM OF THIS OCCURRING.
SOUTH OF SALEM...WHERE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALMOST ALL FREEZING
RAIN...NEARLY ALL OF THIS AMOUNT WILL FREEZE ON TREES... POWER
LINES...AND ROADS WHICH WILL MAKE FOR A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AS
A RESULT...WE OPTED FOR AN ICE STORM WARNING FOR OUR SOUTHERN VALLEYS
TO HIGHLIGHT THIS THREAT. AREAS SALEM SOUTHWARD CAN EXPECT NUMEROUS
POWER OUTAGES TODAY AND TONIGHT...WHICH MAY TAKE SOME TIME TO RECOVER
FROM.
FARTHER NORTH...IN THE PORTLAND/VANCOUVER METRO...THE WARM NOSE WILL
HAVE A MORE DIFFICULT TIME WORKING ITS WAY TO THE COLUMN. THIS DUE TO
THE DEPTH OF THE COLD POOL EAST OF THE CASCADES...FILTERING COLD AIR
WESTWARD THROUGH THE GAPS AND PASSES. THE RELATIVELY LOWER TERRAIN
BETWEEN MOUNT ADAMS AND MOUNT HOOD WILL ALLOW THIS COLD AIR TO PUSH
FREELY WESTWARD INTO THE PDX/VUO METRO. IF THERE IS ANY QUESTION AS
TO THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS COLD AIR...IT IS ONLY 10 DEGREES AT
GOVERNMENT CAMP. BASED ON REPORTS NEAR THE CASCADE CREST IT APPEARS
THIS COLD POOL IS ABOUT 5000 FEET DEEP.
SINCE THE COLD AIR WILL BE STUBBORN IN THE PDX/VUO METRO...EXPECT
MOST PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS SNOW. BASED ON THE QPF EXPECT GENERAL
4-8 INCH TOTALS WHERE PCPN REMAINS SNOW...LIGHTER AMOUNTS NORTH OF
CLARK COUNTY. DEPENDING ON WHERE THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CSI BANDING SETS
UP...SOME SPOTS IN THE METRO AREA COULD SEE A FOOT OF NEW SNOW. THE
BEST CHANCE FOR THIS WILL BE WESTERN WASHINGTON AND YAMHILL COUNTY
WHERE EASTERLY FLOW OFTEN GETS A LITTLE OROGRAPHIC BOOST.
THERE ARE STILL SOME UNCERTAINTIES. IF THE EASTSIDE COLD POOL AND
ASSOCIATED COLD ADVECTION DOES NOT REMAIN AS DEEP THROUGH THE
CASCADES...THERE IS A CHANCE ENOUGH OF THE COLUMN MAY WARM ENOUGH TO
CHANGE PRECIPITATION TO SLEET IN THE PDX/VUO METRO THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. THIS WOULD CONSIDERABLY CUT DOWN THE SNOW ACCUMULATION
POTENTIAL. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN IN THE NORTH WILLAMETTE
VALLEY WILL BE IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY...BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT
THE PDX/VUO METRO AREA.
ALSO THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE LOW OFFSHORE COULD CONTINUE TO
RAPIDLY INTENSIFY...PUSHING UP THE COAST AND DRAGGING WITH IT MORE
LOW-LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW IF IT MOVES ONSHORE. THIS WOULD CHANGE
EUGENE TO RAIN EARLY AND CONSIDERABLY CUT BACK ON THEIR ICE
ACCUMULATIONS...POTENTIALLY PUTTING THE PDX/VUO METRO IN THE
CROSSHAIRS FOR A MAJOR ICE EVENT. THIS APPEARS UNLIKELY...AS THE MAIN
BAROCLINIC ZONE REMAINS NEAR THE LANE/DOUGLAS COUNTY LINE...AND THIS
IS OFTEN WHERE LOWS TEND TO TRACK. MORE LIKELY THE LOW WILL APPROACH
THE COAST AND OCCLUDE AS IT ENCOUNTERS THE STRONG COLD POOL
ENTRENCHED OVER NW OREGON.
THE UPPER ENERGY MOVES ACROSS THE CASCADES EARLY SUN MORNING AND
PRECIP WILL TAPER TO SHOWERS THEREAFTER. IT IS LIKELY TEMPERATURES
WILL MODERATE JUST A BIT SUNDAY...POTENTIALLY ENOUGH TO START THAWING
OUT SOME AREAS THAT GET HIT HARD BY SNOW AND ICE TODAY AND TONIGHT.
BUCKLE YOUR SEAT BELTS FOLKS...ITS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING RIDE
TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEAGLE
.MEDIUM AND LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...MOST ALL AREAS WILL
BE MILDER BY MON AM...WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING.
HOWEVER...WITH COLD AIR STILL LOCKED IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN...WILL
STILL HAVE COLD AIR BLEEDING INTO THE GORGE. WILL KEEP AREAS OF
FREEZING RAIN IN THE GORGE AND UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY DURING THE
MORNING. BY AFTERNOON...MILDER AIR WILL FINALLY REACH THOSE
AREAS...WITH GRADUAL WARM UP.
MODELS ALL INDICATE A MUCH MORE PROGRESSIVE PATTERN OVER THE REGION
FOR NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL BRING RAIN...WITH SNOW CONFINED TO THE
HIGHER CASCADES. SYSTEM PASSING ACROSS REGION TUE NIGHT/WED WITH
ANOTHER STRONG FRONT ON THU. THESE WILL BRING FAIRLY DECENT ROUND OF
RAIN. SNOW LEVELS 5K FT ON TUE/TUE NIGHT...THEN SETTLE AROUND 3500
TO 4500 FT. LOOKS GOOD FOR BUILDING CASCADES SNOWPACK. ROCKEY.
&&
.AVIATION...A MIX OF FLIGHT CONDITIONS THIS MORNING...PRIMARILY
MVFR TO LOW-END VFR AT THE TAF SITES. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO LOWER
INTO IFR THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE REGION AFTER 18Z...STARTING IN THE
SOUTH AND SPREADING NORTH THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIP TYPE
WILL BE A CHALLENGE. HIGH CONFIDENCE IN -FZRA IN THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY...AND OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS THROUGH 06Z
SUN. NORTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND SW WA LIKELY TO BE IFR IN SNOW
THROUGH 06Z SUN. PRECIP DIMINISHES AFTER 06Z...BUT STILL EXPECT
WIDESPREAD IFR TO MVFR. ELEVATED TERRAIN WILL BE OBSCURED AND
ICING WILL BECOME MORE OF A SIGNIFICANT FLIGHT ISSUE THROUGH THE
FORECAST PERIOD.
KPDX AND APPROACHES...VFR AS OF 16Z BUT WILL NOT LAST MUCH LONGER.
NEXT ROUND OF PRECIP SHOULD REACH THE TERMINAL AROUND 18Z.
CONDITIONS TO DROP INTO IFR IN SNOW. PRECIP TO REMAIN AS SNOW
THROUGH AT LEAST 03Z SUN...AND POSSIBLY AS LONG AS 06Z.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING
TO -FZRA. LOOKS LIKE MORE -FZRA AND SLEET THREAT FOR THE TERMINAL
AFTER 06Z SUN...BUT FORTUNATELY PRECIP WILL BE DIMINISHING. IFR TO
LOW-END MVFR TO PREVAIL AFTER 06Z SUN. WEISHAAR
&&
.MARINE...EAST OFFSHORE WIND CONTINUES THIS MORNING. STILL GETTING
GUSTS 25 TO 30 KT AT BUOY 029. BASED ON LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE WILL
EXTEND THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND IN THE NORTH WATERS
THROUGH 22Z. GFS WOULD SUGGEST POSSIBLE 20-25 KT S-SW WIND ACROSS
THE FAR SRN WATERS LATE TODAY. NAM AND ECMWF MAINTAIN EAST WIND
AND HAVE TRENDED TOWARD THOSE SOLUTIONS. THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE BACK INTO SMALL CRAFT RANGE THROUGHOUT THE COASTAL WATERS
SUN NIGHT AND MON. A STRONGER SYSTEM TUE NIGHT AND WED COULD
PRODUCE GALES.
SEAS RUNNING A COUPLE FEET HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE THIS MORNING. NRN
BUOYS AT 7-8 FT...DESPITE THE EAST WIND. HAVE NUDGED SEAS UP A
FOOT OR SO TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEAS TO REMAIN BELOW 10 FT THROUGH
MON NIGHT. SWELL THROUGH MON NIGHT WILL BE DOMINATED BY A SHORT
PERIOD FRESH SWELL FROM THE S TO SW. SEAS MAY APPROACH MID TEENS
WITH THE STRONGER SYSTEM TUE AND TUE NIGHT. WEISHAAR
&&
.PQR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OR...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR GREATER PORTLAND
METRO AREA-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADES-UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR CENTRAL
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR CASCADES IN LANE
COUNTY-COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON
ICE STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR CASCADE
FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
ICE STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST FOR CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-
NORTH OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR LOWER
COLUMBIA.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL
COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR NORTH
OREGON COAST.
WA...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR GREATER
VANCOUVER AREA.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST
SUNDAY FOR CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER
GORGE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST SUNDAY FOR I-5 CORRIDOR
IN COWLITZ COUNTY-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 2 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON
FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CASCADE HEAD
OR OUT 60 NM.
&&
MORE WEATHER INFORMATION ONLINE AT..
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
INTERACT WITH US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.PORTLAND.GOV
WWW.TWITTER.COM/NWSPORTLAND
THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FROM
THE CASCADE CREST TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. THE AREA IS COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS THE FORECAST AREA.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1111 AM PST SAT FEB 08 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0140 AM FREEZING RAIN 2 S DALLAS 44.89N 123.31W
02/08/2014 M0.25 INCH POLK OR PUBLIC
IN LAST 6 HOURS.
0643 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 ENE HILLSBORO 45.56N 122.85W
02/08/2014 M1.0 INCH WASHINGTON OR TRAINED SPOTTER
LAST 12 HOURS. STORM TOTAL AT 5 INCHES.
0643 AM HEAVY SNOW OREGON CITY 45.34N 122.60W
02/08/2014 M5.5 INCH CLACKAMAS OR NWS EMPLOYEE
IN LAST 12 HOURS. STORM TOTAL AT 8.0 INCHES.
0722 AM FREEZING RAIN 2 SW CORVALLIS 44.55N 123.31W
02/08/2014 M0.15 INCH BENTON OR TRAINED SPOTTER
LAST 6 HOURS.
0723 AM FREEZING RAIN 1 SSW SODAVILLE 44.47N 122.88W
02/08/2014 M0.20 INCH LINN OR TRAINED SPOTTER
LAST 12 HOURS.
0736 AM ICE STORM 1 W SWEET HOME 44.40N 122.72W
02/08/2014 LINN OR TRAINED SPOTTER
0.50 INCH FREEZING RAIN OVER LAST 12 HOURS.
0748 AM ICE STORM 2 NNE EUGENE 44.08N 123.09W
02/08/2014 LANE OR TRAINED SPOTTER
0.50 INCH LAST 12 HOURS.
0750 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 SSE INDEPENDENCE 44.84N 123.18W
02/08/2014 M7.0 INCH POLK OR TRAINED SPOTTER
LAST 24 HOURS.
0750 AM FREEZING RAIN 4 NNE CORVALLIS 44.62N 123.25W
02/08/2014 M0.10 INCH BENTON OR TRAINED SPOTTER
LAST 12 HOURS.
0857 AM ICE STORM 1 SSW SODAVILLE 44.47N 122.88W
02/08/2014 LINN OR TRAINED SPOTTER
0.10 INCH LAST 2 HOURS. 0.40 INCH LAST 14 HOURS.
0911 AM HEAVY SNOW 4 SW GASTON 45.39N 123.20W
02/08/2014 M7.0 INCH YAMHILL OR COCORAHS
LAST 24 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH 24 INCHES.
0913 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 ESE DETROIT 44.73N 122.14W
02/08/2014 M5.0 INCH MARION OR TRAINED SPOTTER
LAST 12 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH 11.5 INCHES.
&&
MHIGA2 ice storm, 1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Up to 3 inches of additional snow fell on March 8th before the precipitation changed to freezing rain in the afternoon. The freezing rain persisted through midnight. A Battleground Spotter reported 1 inch of snow followed by 0.25 inch of ice. Another spotter reported 0.25 inch of ice accumulation in Camas.
Although there were not many reports in the Washington side of the Gorge, reports from the Oregon side can be used to verify snow and ice for the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. A local media meteorologist reported 0.5 to 0.75 inch of ice in Corbett, and there were numerous crashes along Interstate 84 due to snow and ice near Cascade Locks.
Although there were not many reports in the Washington side of the Gorge, reports from the Oregon side can be used to verify snow and ice for the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. A local media meteorologist reported 0.5 to 0.75 inch of ice in Corbett, and there were numerous crashes along Interstate 84 due to snow and ice near Cascade Locks.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, February 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 507449, 507450, 507451.