Snow plows clear U.S. Route 26 near the junction with Oregon Route 216 on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 in the Oregon Cascades where heavy snowfall is forecasted until the evening.
Screen capture / Oregon Department of Transportation
A winter weather advisory is still in place along the northern Oregon Cascades until 8 p.m. Tuesday. Travel could be difficult along the mountain passes.
The National Weather Service says several inches of snow are possible at elevations as low as 2,000 feet. Another foot of snow could fall above 3,000 feet by the evening.
But forecasters say precipitation should slow down later in the evening, and most of Oregon and Southwest Washington will dry out by Wednesday. Drier and warmer weather should last through the weekend into early next week.
The forecast heading into the weekend shows much of the region returning to sunny skies and high temperatures in the 60s. Portland high temps could reach the 70s Friday through Monday.