Don’t let today’s sunny skies fool you. Snow and freezing rain is on the way.
The ground should stay dry and the skies sunny throughout the day, but come nightfall, things will get messy.
During the day, temperatures shouldn’t get much higher than freezing and light wind from the east will sweep through the area. That wind will continue to blow into Vancouver through the weekend, colliding with warm precipitation to cause snow and freezing rain, said Rodger Nelson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Portland.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for the Vancouver area from 8 tonight to 6 p.m. Saturday. Residents of the area should expect snow or freezing rain beginning at about 8 p.m., and snow after midnight, Nelson said. The valley floor may get dusted with a couple of inches of snow overnight. Higher elevation areas should expect about 4 inches, Nelson said.