Portland Forecast Says No White Christmas Except In The Mountains

PORTLAND, OR – If you're willing to use your imagination, it will be a white Christmas in Portland and the surrounding area. There will be lots of fog in the morning and clouds throughout the day.

Admittedly, fog and clouds are maybe more grayish than white but, that's where the imagination comes in.

If you do want the genuine stuff, however, there is the 11,000-foot mountain nearby. Mt. Hood has plenty of snow.

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Back in town, it's a fairly average Christmas Day forecast.

There will be patchy fog before 10 a.m. followed by a mostly cloudy day.

The high temperature will be around 43 degrees and there will be an early light wind of about 5 mph before it calms later in the morning.

At night, the clouds will converge, resulting in rain about 4 a.m., which is technically Wednesday. The low will be around 37 degrees.

Either way, forecasters are warning of potentially dangerous driving conditions with rain, ice, snow, depending where you are.

Graphic via National Weather Service's Portland office.