Depending on where you were in the Portland metropolitan area for the past three days, either you had some snow or you did not. Some towns in the region received a couple inches of snow accumulation. Other towns only saw a light dusting or no accumulation. In Milwaukie, the snow accumulation amounted up to nothing, except for a dusting on Sunday.

A cold air mass moved over the Pacific Northwest late Saturday night, lowering the snow level as moisture off the Pacific Ocean moved in. The system was weak, bringing scattered showers over the Coast Range and then dissipating before entering the Portland area. The National Weather Service radar even showed precipitation practically avoiding the Milwaukie area.

Air temperature was near the freezing mark. Daytime temperatures for Milwaukie hovered around the mid 30s, so the precipitation falling was wet snow or rain and snow mix. On Sunday night, however, the sky cleared and that brought temperatures to below freezing, causing icy conditions on the area’s wet roads.

Small accumulation of snow dusted the ground in the Ardenwald-Johnson Creek neighborhood on Sunday. Around 1:30 p.m., a strong snow shower passed over the area, giving the ground a light dusting of snow. The snow then completely melted away about an hour later.

By Monday night, the weather forecast changed for significant snowfall and accumulation for Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Snow will turn to heavy rain on Wednesday morning and the snow level will rise to 4,400 feet in the afternoon. Look out, the “Pacific Firehose” is aimed straight for us!

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