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Mid-Valley Spring Snow 2012
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I drove home from the Gazette-Times in Corvallis last night about 12:10 and it took me until close to 1 to get home in west Albany. Normally, it takes no more than 20 minutes. I avoided Oakville Road and took Highway 34 to 99E. Never got past 30 mph. Only a few people went faster. If you don't have all-weather tires, and you're driving a lot neighborhood streets, chains would be a good idea.
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Here are the closures and delays we've gathered so far:
School closures
* Alsea schools; Closed due to inclement weather and power outage. Staff to report at noon for parent teacher conferences, power and weather permitting.
* Corvallis schools
* Central Linn schools
* Harrisburg
* Philomath schools
* Santiam Canyon schools
* Santiam Christian Schools
* Sweet Home schools
Delayed starts
* Albany Christian School: 2-hour delay, no morning or afternoon kindergarten, no preschool; child care opens at 11 a.m.
* Greater Albany schools, 2-hour delay; no morning kindergarten, no morning special education programs.
* Jefferson schools: two-hour delay
* Lebanon schools: two-hour delay, buses on snow routes
* Lane Community College: LCC Eugene and Cottage Grove campuses are on a delay and will open at 9 a.m. An updated finals schedule will be available soon from Lane\'s home page at lanecc.edu
* Linn-Benton Community College: opens at 10 a.m.
* Western Oregon University: Campus is on a two-hour delayed opening (open at 10 a.m.). Final exams scheduled for 8 a.m. today have been rescheduled to Friday, May 23 at 2 p.m. in the same location as originally planned.
Open today, no delay
* Oregon State University main campus
* Pioneer Pacific College - Springfield -
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Here's the forecast from the National Weather Service in Portland:
Today: A chance of rain and snow showers before 11am, then a chance of rain showers. Snow level rising to 1400 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. South southeast wind between 7 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Areas of fog after 11pm. Areas of freezing fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. South wind between 4 and 7 mph becoming calm.
Friday: Areas of fog before 11am. Areas of freezing fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 51. Calm wind becoming east northeast around 5 mph.
Friday Night: Patchy fog after 11pm. Patchy freezing fog after 11pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 32. East northeast wind at 5 mph becoming west northwest.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 11am. Patchy fog before 11am. Patchy freezing fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming north northeast between 6 and 9 mph.
Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.
Sunday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. Chance of precipitation is 60%. -
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Daniel Chipman uploaded this photo of a snow dragon created by grateful kids. The caption read, "We love these snow days! Thank you Albany Public Schools." Fifty-three photos have been uploaded to the "Spring snow of March 2012" on our photo-sharing sites. Feel free to add more photos to the Democrat-Herald site at bit.ly the Gazette-Times site at bit.ly or the Lebanon Express site at bit.ly
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Albany firefighter Damon Martin places a badge on the snowman that he and fellow firefighter Ron Wackford created in front of Station 11 in Albany Wednesday. Although Albany firefighters had a quite morning other Linn County agencies east of Albany were not so fortunate responding to a number of wire down and motor vehicle accidents. (Mark Ylen/Democrat-Herald). Here's a link to more staff photos: bit.ly
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