Strong winds gusting up to 50 mph could create near-whiteout conditions, reducing visibility to below a quarter-mile.

A winter weather advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 12:36 p.m. valid from Friday 4 a.m. until Saturday 4 p.m. for Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon.

On Thursday at 12:36 p.m. a winter weather advisory was issued by the National Weather Service valid from 10 p.m. until Saturday 4 p.m. for East Slopes of the Oregon Cascades.

The Washington Cascades, Mount Hood and the Olympic Mountains are at risk of an avalanches during an ongoing winter storm.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for the Cascades from Central Oregon to the Canadian border starting Thursday evening and lasting through Saturday afternoon.

Rain and snow is returning to Oregon this weekend, and low elevation snow and ice will become possible next week.

A surface inversion is preventing the normal mixing of air, meaning pollutants will remain trapped at lower altitudes.

The National Weather Service has simplified some of its winter weather alerts for Wind Chill and Extreme Cold Warnings.

National weather forecasters are warning drivers to postpone travel or slow down in East Linn County with a winter storm expected to bring up to 15 inches of snow to the region by Saturday, Feb. 1.

It should be another nice day today as our atmosphere gets set up for the winter weather pattern. Highs today will be in the 40s and 50s. We’ll have a mostly sunny start, but clouds will increase throughout the afternoon,

Cold Weather Advisories have been put into place across the Pacific Northwest this week, but many might be unaware of the new cold weather terms.

A winter weather advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 1:48 p.m. valid for Friday between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. for Oregon Lower Treasure Valley and Baker County.