Winter Storm Warning in effect for the Portland Metro area, residents ready for snow and ice

NWS Portland has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the Portland Metro area beginning at 4 a.m. Thursday.

An Ice Storm Warning will go into effect at 10 p.m. Wednesday for the Willamette Valley & parts of The Coast Range.

The timeline of wintry weather begins between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. starting around Salem and south. As the storm tracks north expect snow to begin around 10 a.m. Thursday locally. Precipitation begins as snow and could turn to a mix of snow & freezing rain by late afternoon in the Willamette Valley on Thursday.

Areas under the influence of east winds from the Columbia River Gorge will stay with snow until late Thursday or early Friday.

Snow totals locally will be between 1 inch to 3 inches of snow, some drifting is likely because of gusty east winds.

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