Light snow falling around the Portland/Vancouver area has some schools starting the day 2 hours late, and adjusting bus service for students. Schools outside the metro area are more likely to see accumulating snow as precipitation will be showery much of Wednesday.

Deficits for the season are around 15 inches in Portland and 20 inches in Caribou. The weather pattern is shifting though, and it’s turning more active. For much of January, the jet stream was far to our south,