By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Weather
There is an upper level trough that stretches from the southeast toward the northwest that is weakening so, while we will still have showers riding across the region in this flow, they will not be as strong or as frequent this evening and tonight as they were yesterday and earlier this afternoon. Tonight, the onshore flow and the disturbance will keep the threat of mainly light showers in the forecast, the low down near 46.
Tomorrow we still have a chance of widely scattered light showers under mostly cloudy skies with westerly winds 5-10 still, the high near 56. Tomorrow night looks about the same, the light isolated showers with westerly winds 4-8, lows near 44.
The models suggest another disturbance will move northward along the coast Saturday which gives us a little better chance of showers with winds becoming southwesterly 5-10, highs near 56, lows near 41.
It continues to look like we will see a low pressure area developing to the northwest next week that keeps us under a westerly or southwesterly flow. This will push a series of weak fronts across that brings a threat of rain and rainshowers, off and on, through at least midweek. It also suggests we will warm up a degree or two each day so that by Wednesday, the high is near 60, the low near 44.