KGW (NBC Portland) 5 p.m. news open - 2006-11-29

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[0:02] A winter storm warning. Freezing rain is

[0:04] in the forecast. How the metro area is

[0:06] getting ready. What you need to do to

[0:08] your home now to save you money on your

[0:11] next heating bill. A break in a triple

[0:13] murder case. Who police arrested for

[0:15] killing a Bethany woman and her two

[0:17] sons. Plus, saving money on car

[0:20] insurance. How easy is it and is it

[0:22] worth it?

[0:26] >> From KGW, where the news comes first.

[0:29] This is Northwest News Channel 8 at 5.

[0:37] >> Getting ready for freezing rain. The

[0:38] deicers on hand. Try is chaining up and

[0:41] folks are bundling up preparing for

[0:43] dangerous conditions. Will the commute

[0:45] be an icy mess? That's the question

[0:48] tonight. Good evening. I'm Tracy Barry

[0:50] >> and I'm Joe Donlin. We have News Channel

[0:51] 8 team coverage from how crews are

[0:53] getting ready to how you can prepare.

[0:54] But we begin with News Channel 8's Matt

[0:56] Safhino who's tracking that rain that

[0:58] could cause some problems. Matt?

[0:59] >> Yeah, Joe. This is one of those

[1:00] situations where only a little bit of

[1:02] freezing rain. If only a little bit

[1:04] falls, it can cause some pretty big

[1:06] problems. I don't think this is going to

[1:07] be a storm that just coats the entire

[1:08] city with ice. But again, it only takes

[1:10] a little bit to cause some problems. Let

[1:12] me show you the temperatures right now

[1:13] and explain why this is sort of a

[1:15] borderline situation. It's 31 in

[1:17] Troutdale and it's 28 in Cascade Locks,

[1:19] but those are the only places below

[1:20] freezing at this hour. As you can see

[1:22] now, temperatures will fall a little bit

[1:24] overnight and there's more cold air that

[1:26] can come out of the gorge. You can see

[1:28] it's only 22 in Pendleton and all of

[1:29] that is flowing through the gorge. So,

[1:31] we've got a good source of cold air and

[1:33] as this storm approaches, the east wind

[1:35] is going to pick up and get a little bit

[1:37] stronger. So, it's really going to be

[1:38] the places that are under the influence

[1:40] of that cold air coming out of the

[1:42] gorge. What happens is you have a very

[1:44] shallow layer of cold air. Warmer air

[1:46] comes in over the top of that and that

[1:48] produces rain which then freezes on

[1:50] contact. So, here's the bottom line for

[1:52] you. I think we'll see ice in the

[1:54] morning, freezing rain, areas of free,

[1:55] freezing rain starting around 10. It'll

[1:58] be iciest in East County and the gorge

[1:59] of course goes without saying. South

[2:01] metro area could easily be just all

[2:03] rain. In fact, our winter storm warning

[2:05] not in effect for areas like Salem and

[2:08] Corvalis, but there will be areas of

[2:10] freezing rain. It only takes a little

[2:11] bit to cause some pretty big problems.

[2:13] Tracy.

[2:13] >> All right, thank you, Matt. Freezing

[2:15] rain spells real danger for commuters.

[2:17] So, Washington's uh ODOD and Trimead are

[2:21] trying to stay ahead of the storm to

[2:23] keep you safe. News Channel 8's Key

[2:25] Chalmers is live in Skype to continue

[2:27] our live team coverage of the storm.

[2:29] Key, that's right, Tracy. Road crews

[2:31] definitely gearing up for a busy night.

[2:33] Take a look below us. That is a yard for

[2:36] Washington Department of Transportation.

[2:38] You can see some trucks down there. Uh

[2:41] some deicer sand trucks getting ready to

[2:44] hit the streets. Now, Washd tells us

[2:46] that they will have six deicers and

[2:48] three anti-icers out overnight. Starting

[2:51] at about 8:00 tonight, they will be

[2:52] monitoring the roads. Uh they'll be

[2:54] focusing initially their efforts on

[2:56] Interstate 5 and I 205 and the highways

[2:58] through the gorge. Now, in the Portland

[3:01] area, TRAT is also preparing for the

[3:04] possibility of freezing rain on the east

[3:06] side. The Max will be running every 10

[3:08] minutes throughout the night to keep ice

[3:10] from building