Forecast firms up: Wind and cold on the way

After several days of wavering, computer weather models now show that much colder weather will likely strike the entire Pacific Northwest beginning early next week, says meteorologist Steve Pierce of Northwest Weather Consultants.

In a Thanksgiving Day press release, Pierce stated that snowfall levels will likely fall to very near the valley floor as a cold system from Alaska sweeps across the region on Monday. In the wake of the frontal passage, temperatures will fall further with a frigid east wind developing near the Portland metro area and the Columbia River gorge.

Pierce said daytime high temperatures will likely struggle to get above freezing most of next week, with overnight lows of 15 to 25 degrees on the west side of thelead us out of this crisis,” Pelosi said in her endorsement.

The endorsement comes at an opportune time for Biden, who has struggled to maintain a high profile during the COVID-19 pandemic and sustain the momentum he had built up in his lightning-quick run toward becoming the Democratic nominee.

Besides current and past Democratic leaders, Biden has also won endorsements from some other key stakeholders like Washington state Governor Jay Inslee, a prominent climate change campaigner, and the 400,000-member United Auto Workers union.

The endorsements have given Biden a series of headlines at a time when his campaign is effectively on hold due to the coronavirus outbreak — and when U.S. President Donald Trump has captured media attention with his combative White House briefings.

The Democrats are eager to project unity heading