Originally Posted by italdesign

I looked at several Portland news sites. Interestingly none of them talks about the rain/flood on the main page. Nor is it on any national news. Nor can I find any Google News about possible travel disruption. Seems like no one thinks it's a big deal. I hope they are right.

Here in Indy whenever we are about to get significant snow (>2 in), it's always on the front page.

I hope that means it won't be bad for travel.

Originally Posted by NWS Portland

THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE MODELS THIS
MORNING AND WE APPEAR TO REMAIN ON TRACK FOR A SIGNIFICANT
ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EVENT BEGINNING TONIGHT. COMPARED WITH
YESTERDAY...IT LOOKS LIKE MODELS ARE SHOWING A SLIGHTLY LATER ONSET
OF TRUE WESTERLY 850 MB FLOW...WHICH WOULD SOMEWHAT LIMIT THE
OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENT...BUT THAT
SHOULD NOT CHANGE STORM TOTAL QPF VERY MUCH. HAVE ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BASED ON FORECASTS OF FLOOD OR
NEAR FLOOD STAGE AT MANY RIVER POINTS IN THE AREA.