According to David Bishop, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Portland, after a lull in the precipitation Thursday afternoon, freezing rain is now expected to start Thursday between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. That precipitation should start as freezing rain and transition to snow between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. or so, he said.

The forecasts mention the possibility of freezing rain, which happens when precipitation hits a cold surface and encases the object in clear ice, creating a beautiful but dangerous visual display