As is tradition, the Banks Post will host a constantly updated live blog right here all day with impacts from the winter storm. Should the winter storm continue, we'll make a new one for Friday.
"All district schools and facilities are closed due to the Winter Weather Warning in Effect for today," the Banks School District said early Thursday morning.
A winter storm. Wind gusts up to 45 mph. Ice, freezing rain, snow. We've got information from the National Weather Service, PGE, Washington County, the Banks School District, and more on what could be coming Thursday and Friday.
Overnight winds brough trees down on area roads, littering Highways 26 and 6 with debris and taking out power for Portland General Electric and West Oregon Electric Co-op customers throughout the region. Highway 6 remained closed in Tillamook County Thursday morning.
High winds are anticipated starting Tuesday afternoon, the Portland Office of the National Weather Service said in a Wind Advisory. Gusts up to 45 mph at lower elevation areas are expected, and higher coast range elevations could see 60 mph gusts.
The northern lights could be visible starting Thursday, and power and communications systems could see impacts from what could be a severe geomagnetic storm hurtling toward Earth.
Fire danger in lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (NWOFPA) were set to “moderate” or blue at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
With temperatures expected to soar into the triple digits Thursday and a Red Flag Warning starting 9 a.m., local fire officials are urging the public to use caution and avoid anything that could spark a fire.
Fire danger in lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (NWOFPA) were set to “moderate” or blue at noon Monday.
