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Oregon’s Willamette Valley is soaked this morning, with steady rain falling across Eugene and temperatures hovering in the mid-40s. Water beads on windshields along I-5, and puddles are forming on Beltline Highway as the next round of February weather settles in.
According to the National Weather Service in Portland, rain continues through today with highs near 45 degrees and precipitation chances around 80 to 90 percent. Showers ease briefly late Sunday, but another surge of moisture arrives Sunday night into President’s Day Monday. Snow levels drop to around 2,400 feet Sunday, then fall closer to 1,000 feet by Monday night…