The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement regarding the possibility of snow at levels as low as 500 feet.
Please read below for the full statement.
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NORTH OREGON COAST-LOWER COLUMBIA-GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA- CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY- WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY- SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY- GREATER VANCOUVER AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASTORIA...CANNON BEACH...TILLAMOOK...
ST. HELENS...CLATSKANIE...HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY... GRESHAM...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...DALLAS...EUGENE...CORVALLIS... ALBANY...HOOD RIVER...CASCADE LOCKS...MULTNOMAH FALLS... PARKDALE...ODELL...RAYMOND...LONG BEACH...CATHLAMET...LONGVIEW... KELSO...CASTLE ROCK...STEVENSON...SKAMANIA...VANCOUVER... BATTLE GROUND...WASHOUGAL
...LOW SNOW LEVELS VERY LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON...
IN THE WAKE OF THE VERY STRONG PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT WAS MOVING THROUGH ON MONDAY...COLDER AIR WILL SPREAD IN AND WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY LOW SNOW LEVELS TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON VERY LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND ON TUESDAY MORNING.
SNOW LEVELS COULD GET CLOSE TO 500 FEET OR LOWER TUESDAY MORNING... AND POSSIBLY CLOSE TO THE VALLEY FLOOR IN BRIEF HEAVIER SHOWERS. AMOUNTS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AROUND THE VALLEY SUCH AS THE WEST HILLS OF PORTLAND COULD SEE SOME ONE OR LOCALLY TWO INCH ACCUMULATIONS. AMOUNTS AT THE VALLEY FLOOR SHOULD BE SPOTTY AND LIGHTER.
