The Oregonian/OregonLive

UPDATE 10 a.m.; The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for Salem, McMinnville, Woodburn, Stayton, Dallas, Eugene, Springfield, Corvallis, Albany, and Lebanon areas for high winds through 2 p.m. Thursday. Sustained wind speeds of 15-25 mph are expected with gusts possible to 45 mph.

Winds of this strength may bring down tree limbs, and cause minor property damage and isolated power outages.

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Wind and rain are on the menu for Thursday with some potentially strong gusts in the valleys to 40 mph. A strong low pressure system is moving across Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon on its way to the Olympic Peninsula. With it comes plenty of rain and winds that will be most felt along the coast and into the Coast Range. Forecasters with the National Weather Service have issued a high wind warning for the coast for gusts up to 65 mph that will be most felt around mid-day.

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NOAA

The high wind warning remains in effect at the coast from 8 a.m. Thursday through the afternoon. Sustained winds will be in the 30-45 mph range. Damaging winds can cause power outages, downed trees and branches and can make driving hazardous for high profile vehicles. Use caution at the coast on Thursday.



In Portland, showers and wind should decrease by later Thursday afternoon. The daytime high will be 55.

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Rosemarie Stein | The Oregonian/OregonLive

Friday will start out wet, but rain will taper off by late morning, leaving a partly sunny day. Some higher elevations will see snow showers above 5,000 feet on Friday. The high in Portland will be 53.



Clouds should clear out by Saturday morning though some areas could see morning fog. Saturday will be mostly sunny with a high near 58.

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The Oregonian/OregonLive

Currently, forecasters are looking at computer model consensus that shows a drier and warmer period for Sunday and Monday. Highs will be well into the 60s those days and are slightly possible to reach 70 in some areas. Wow, wouldn't that be something?

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Northeast getting socked by second big, blustery storm in less than a week. Lots of people still without power from the last one. Story: https://t.co/5yZsVTU3IF pic.twitter.com/GfAygwO28s — AP Eastern US (@APEastRegion) March 7, 2018

Meanwhile, the East Coast is digging out of the second snow storm in less than two weeks. According to the Associated Press, hundreds of thousands of utility customers are without power in New Jersey. More than 2 feet of snow fell in parts of northern New Jersey while some central areas had a foot or more.

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