The scene outside our NE Portland home this afternoon:

We thought we'd left all this behind in St. Louis....

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST TUESDAY FOR THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON...THE GREATER PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO AREA AND INTERIOR PORTIONS   OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...AND THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM PST TUESDAY.

A MOIST PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO OUR AREA THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY AND OVERRUN A COLD AIR MASS BRINGING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW TO COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...NORTHERN WILLAMETTE VALLEY...CLARK COUNTY...LOWER COLUMBIA IN COWLITZ COUNTY AND PARTS OF THE NORTH OREGON COAST RANGE.

THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS SNOW IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND EASTERN MULTNOMAH COUNTY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. ELSEWHERE...PRECIPITATION SHOULD FALL AS SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE LATE MONDAY NIGHT IN MOST PLACES AND TURN THE PRECIPITATION TO ALL RAIN...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND EASTERN MULTNOMAH COUNTY NEAR THE COLUMBIA RIVER WHERE FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.