It was cold, nasty and sufficiently wet enough to push some rivers to flood stage. But the predicted snow and ice never arrived Sunday.
As of 8:51 p.m., the difficult-to-forecast low-pressure system was still dragging across the area, and forecasters said there was still a chance of some snowfall on valley floors overnight.
“The back edge of the main front associated with this system will move through our area overnight and could briefly drop snow levels back down to the valley floors, mainly in the north, as it passes through,” the National Weather Service said, which added that accumulations could be between a trace and 2-3 inches.
“The forecast ended up being about as difficult as they come,” they added.
The steady rain on Sunday will give way to showers Monday. Snow levels will climb to 1,000 feet. Snow will be heavy in the mountains.
More than 2 inches fell in much of the Metro area Sunday — the rain gauge at Riverdale High School in Southwest Portland topped out at 2.53 inches. The Siuslaw River in the Coast Range, Mary’s River near Corvallis and Johnson Creek in Southeast Portland were all running at or near flood stage.
— Jeff Manning
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