Portland’s snowy Thursday morning left almost enough snow on the ground for intrepid sledders, but the winter weather isn’t over yet. A winter storm warning is in effect for the Portland area until Friday morning,

Update: Storm Tracker 2 Meteorologist Rhonda Shelby says a back edge to the first band of precipitation is just about to move through the metro area.1

Virtually every school district in and around Portland canceled school for a second straight day Friday, given the mix of freezing rain, snow and ice expected during the morning commute. Portland Public Schools said it would close on Friday,

A storm arriving in southern Maine on Saturday, just two days after a combination rain-and-snow storm swept through the area, is likely to bring another round of cold, wet weather.

The City of Portland is preparing for potentially hazardous roads this week as snow and freezing rain are forecast to hit the region Thursday and Friday. It will be dry and cool again on Wednesday with mostly sunny skies, but another chance of snow is right around the corner.

Sure, it looks fine now, but snow, sleet and freezing rain are on the way, moving south to north through the Willamette Valley early Thursday.