By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for Tillamook County Pioneer
Thanks to the northeasterly flow, smoke from the wildfires is affecting the skies for much of Oregon except the northwestern part of the state. The flow is compliments of the low pressure area parked to the northwest, west of British Columbia, combining with the high pressure ridge that has set up residence the east of Oregon. This has also impacted the marine clouds that now hover just off the coast, occasionally drifting into the shore in the early morning hours. This will again bring partly cloudy skies to the area tonight with some patchy fog possible after midnight, the winds die off, lows near 48.
With little change in the pattern still, tomorrow looks to become mostly sunny after any patchy fog clears, winds becoming westerly 10-15 gusting to 25, the high near 74, then the marine clouds move in at the beach but we stay partly cloudy inland tomorrow night, light winds, the patchy fog possible again, lows near 53.
Friday and Saturday appear to be more of the same with mostly sunny days after some patchy morning fog clears, highs near 75, then partly cloudy nights with light winds, the patchy fog after midnight, lows near 55.
It still looks like the ridge to the east will continue to build to the northwest Sunday and Monday, giving us mostly sunny skies, the patchy morning fog possible still, highs up near 78, then partly cloudy nights, lows near 57, and add breezy to Monday night that does die off Tuesday morning making patchy morning fog possible again, lows near 57.
I leave you with a fun weather fact. It has been hot lately, but did you know that in 2003 a heatwave was so bad in some areas, that it turned grapes into raisins before they were picked from the vines!