Following record high temperatures earlier this week, parts of Portland were flooded with patchy fog Saturday morning. The fog is expected to give way by mid-morning to mostly sunny skies and a warm winter day, according to the National Weather Service.

The Portland area can expect sunshine and a high of 55, according to the meteorological service. Evening skies should also be mostly clear, with a low around 42.

Thursday brought record high temperatures to Portland, Vancouver and Hillsboro. All reached 58 degrees, the Weather Service said, tying a previous record set in Portland and Vancouver in 2014 and in Hillsboro in 1953.

Those temps come almost a year to the day after the 2017 "snowpocalypse," when Portland was inundated with snow and ice, and freezing temperatures kept it around for days. The storm, which dumped a foot of snow in downtown, was among the 10 worst in Portland history. It froze the city in its tracks, prompting Gov. Kate Brown and Mayor Ted Wheeler to declare an emergency.

-- Gordon R. Friedman

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