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Warmest Day Of Spring Could Melt Away Freshly Fallen Snow

Warm weather has left the Cascades with little to no snow at lower elevations; the only places to ski are at higher elevations.
Warm weather has left the Cascades with little to no snow at lower elevations; the only places to ski are at higher elevations.

If you weren't able to take advantage of the new powder this week, the clock is ticking.

The National Weather Service in Portland tweeted that Thursday is expected to be the warmest day so far of the season. Temperatures are forecast to range from about 60 on the coast to nearly 80 in parts of central Oregon.

Tomorrow will be warmest day so far this spring - forecast highs for Thur & Fri #spring #orwx #wawx #pdxtst pic.twitter.com/Bm82IlZziW

The report comes less than 24 hours after snow was dumped on Mt. Hood, the Cascade Mountains, Crater Lake National Park and other parts of the state.

"We are in a transition season now that we're into spring," said Matthew Cullen, meteorologist at National Weather Service in Portland. "It's to be expected that eventually about this time of year that we'll start to warm up and we'll have these warmer stretches."

24-hr snow totals reported from various weather observation stations in the Cascades. #orwx #wawx pic.twitter.com/vAkCOlwzAe

Cullen said it's possible that another snowstorm could come to Oregon, but mostly rain is forecasted for the future.

"We'll unfortunately start to decrease some of that snowpack that may have accumulated with the snowstorm we saw earlier this week," he said.

It's been a rough ski season for Oregon's various resorts. Though all were able to open during the season, only a handful have enough snow for skiers and snowboarders. Only four of Oregon's 12 ski areas are still open, according to .

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