Portland area wakes up to slushy mess, but no heavy snow

The weather service issued winter storm warnings and advisories covering the Pacific Northwest from Bellingham, Washington, to Eureka, California, including Seattle and Portland, Oregon. As flakes began falling yesterday, Seattle public schools closed

Portland's in for a mostly rainy day today with daytime temperatures stuck in the chilly 30s. If you're above 500 feet — or headed that way — you could see between 1 and 3 inches of accumulation snow.

The National Weather Service puts the chance of rain at 100 percent so you might consider grabbing an umbrella as you head out the door today.

"Any time we have any weather event there are folks on both sides of the fence when it comes to the decision," said Matt Shelby with the Portland Public School District. Shelby says it is a decision made after heavily researching weather conditions,

Portland metro area streets are expected to freeze overnight Monday, and snow and rain are expected to be back in the area Monday. In case you haven't had enough of the winter weather yet, there's more to come. Drivers traveling throughout the Portland