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A Real Taste Of Winter On The Way?

Up to five inches of snow expected in Portland by Thursday Evening

 PORTLAND, Ore. – Brace yourself.
The Portland metro area could get up to 5 inches of snow by Thursday evening, with another storm coming along over the weekend, KATU meteorologist Dave Salesky said.  

"I think there is a good chance now that widespread snow will fall in the metro area tomorrow afternoon.  If so, it could be a mess since it’ll be dry in the morning and most schools/businesses will be in session.  We sure don’t need an Atlanta repeat in Portland tomorrow evening, so please think carefully before you head out in the morning.
The big story this evening is that models have shifted farther north with the precipitation and the evening ECMWF model (what I was really waiting for) still runs a ton of moisture with a surface low directly into northwest Oregon.  That gives me enough confidence to say we’ll have our first widespread snow event in the metro area since December 2008" Chief Meteorologist - Mark Nelsen - Fox 12 Weather Blog