UPDATE (11:03 a.m. PST) — Cities throughout Oregon received another coating of snow overnight Wednesday, and so far this month, Portland has seen its sixth snowiest February in the past 75 years. There's a chance for more on the way.
"As Friday afternoon progresses, we're transitioning to a wintry mix of snow and rain. Friday night and Saturday night we're fully transitioning into rain," said David Bishop, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Northeast Portland received 2 inches of snow overnight. Hillsboro received 3 inches and Council Crest Park, at more than 1,000 feet, received 3.7 inches. In Salem, snowfall reached just under an inch. In southern Oregon, a winter storm warning is in effect for Medford until 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon.
In the Portland metro area, TriMet has begun removing chains from all its buses as conditions improved late Thursday morning. It's also re-examining cancelling and detoured routes. Some chain removals will occur in the field, possibly causing delays. Removals will allow buses to return to normal speeds and are expected to be complete by the afternoon commute.
The Portland Bureau of Transportation had crews working overnight to deploy nearly 50 tons of road salt, including at new routes in the Northeast Alameda, Southeast Pleasant Valley and Mount Tabor areas.
PBOT still suggests commuters take public transit if they must travel.
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/Carolyn McMahon shovels her driveway in Southeast Portland, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018.
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/David Schor scrapes snow and ice off his car in Southeast Portland, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018.
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/Ken McBride walks his dogs in a Southeast Portland neighborhood park, Feb. 21, 2018.
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/Commuters wait for the bus on Portland's Powell Boulevard, Feb. 21, 2018.
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/The snow begins to thaw in Portland neighborhoods after the storm, Feb. 21, 2018.
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/Carolyn McMahon shovels her driveway in Southeast Portland, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018.
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/The morning commute after Portland's snowstorm, Wednesday Feb. 21, 2018.
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/A quiet sunrise greets Portland Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, following an overnight snowstorm.
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/Morning in Beaverton on Feb. 21, 2018 after snow blanketed the Portland metro area.
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/Commuters drive slowly the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, following an overnight snowstorm.
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/The Beaverton School District and several others are closed Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, after snow blanketed the Portland metro area the previous night.
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/A pedestrian carefully navigates an iced-over sidewalk in Southeast Portland Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018.
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/A tulip in southeast Portland after Tuesday’s late winter snow blanketed the region in snow.
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/At sunrise, the Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 commute is slow and sleepy along Powell Boulevard due to the snowstorm the evening before.
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/A UPS truck drives with caution up a side street, Feb. 21, 2018.
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/A side street in Southeast Portland is dusted with a few inches of snow and crusted over with ice on the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018.
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/Drivers carefully drive through neighborhoods in Southeast Portland the morning after a snowstorm.
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/Snow began to fall along Willamette Park in Southwest Portland, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.
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/A man shovels outside an apartment building in Portland, Feb. 21, 2018.
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/Snow began to fall along Willamette Park in Southwest Portland, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.
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/Snow began to fall along Willamette Park in Southwest Portland, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.
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/Geese look for food as snow falls in Willamette Park in Southwest Portland, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.
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/Commuters cross Powell Boulevard early in the morning on Feb. 21, 2018.
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/A truck waits for traffic to clear on Powell Boulevard , Feb. 21, 2018.
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/Drivers cross the Sellwood bridge in Portland, Oregon, Feb. 20, 2018.
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/A person commuting by foot during the snowstorm in Portland, Oregon, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.
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/Shoppers stock up on supplies at New Seasons in Southeast Portland's Sellwood neighborhood, Feb. 20, 2018 as a snowstorm moves into the city.
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/A fisherman on the Willamette River outside of Portland, Oregon, Feb. 20, 2018.
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/Snow falling in a neighborhood in Southeast Portland Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.
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/Fledgling snow art popping up in Beaverton, Feb. 20, 2018.
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