by Bobby Corser, Rhonda Shelby, and Dave Salesky

Wed, February 12th 2025 at 7:03 AM

Updated Wed, February 12th 2025 at 3:59 PM

Streets in Portland were still icy Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, after nearly a foot of snow fell Wednesday night. (KATU)

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — You should be finishing up your winter weather preparations by now. It’s not a question of if but when winter weather will arrive across the region.

WEATHER | LATEST STORM TRACKER 2 FORECAST

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.

If any location receives significant icing, tree limbs could come down, causing possible power outages. Most areas should transition to milder conditions by late Friday, with the exception of areas near the gorge, where freezing rain could continue until early Saturday.

Storm Tracker 2 meteorologists will be tracking the latest forecast every few hours and Dave Salesky will have most up to date timing and snowfall amounts at 4, 5, 6, and 11 p.m.