The Oregonian/OregonLive

Showers for the metro area on Friday, with a slight chance of hail.

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Jamie Hale | The Oregonian/OregonLive

After what was a wild and dangerous day on Oregon and Washington beaches on Thursday, the strong low pressure system that produced dangerous surf is in the process of weakening. The high surf advisory along the coast continues through 3 p.m. on Friday. The National Weather Service warns of breaking waves continuing to surge up beaches much higher than normal. Waves can break over jetties much closer to the shore. Watch for large driftwood logs being carried by the surf and into areas above the normal high-tide line.

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Ocean Park, Washington

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The Oregonian/OregonLive

In Portland, the forecast calls for off-and-on showers into the evening. The Cascades will see snow showers with accumulations up to 8 inches in the higher elevations. Small hail is possible on Friday with heavier showers due to relatively low freezing levels. Snow levels will generally remain around 2,500 feet through Saturday morning.



A weak ridge of high pressure will move in later on Saturday and bring down the shower activity. The ridge, however, will not last long. Saturday's high will be 47.





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Another wet system arrives for Sunday offering up 100 percent chance of showers and a high of 46. Snow levels will stay fairly low through the weekend, around 3,000 feet, so rain in the valleys means plenty of mountain snow.

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WHOA! Viewer in Seaside captured hail pics after a 30-second hailstorm earlier this morning! This must have sounded terrible on the roof! Ice chunks in this thundershower turned out to be abnormally large! #LiveOnK2 #pdxtst #Oregon pic.twitter.com/r7LFBd9Ubu — Rhonda Shelby (@shelbykatu) January 18, 2018

Hail at the Oregon coast on Thursday

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We have snow cover in all 50 states this morning! A warm up on the way for the states that are shivering - plus a new system moves into the West. Details on @foxandfriends #almostFriday pic.twitter.com/0trmcMdNvM — Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) January 18, 2018

There was snow in all 50 of the continental United States on Thursday.