A cold front moving through the Pacific Northwest will bring increasing showers Monday morning and afternoon, with dropping snow levels expected to create travel impacts at higher elevations through Tuesday.
Snow levels will fall to around 1,000 to 1,500 feet late Sunday night into Monday morning, then drop further to approximately 500 feet Monday night into Tuesday morning. This will result in accumulating snow for elevations above 500 to 1,000 feet, with the most significant impacts expected over the Cascade passes.
Travel difficulties are anticipated in mountain areas, where the Cascade passes could receive 4 to 10 inches of total snow from Monday morning through Tuesday afternoon. The highest accumulations are expected in the south Washington Cascades, on Mount Hood and along Highway 26 near Government Camp. Elevations above 5,000 feet in the south Washington and north Oregon Cascades could see up to one foot of snow…