Friday, March 24, 2023 Yesterday’s front left behind an upper level trough of low pressure that gave the area some colder, unstable air which delivered some brief heavy showers with small hail, some mountain snow, and even a thunderstorm or two. Today it looked like the snow level started out at 1000’ but in the heavy showers, snow was seen…
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TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Late season winter weather – 3/23/23
National Weather Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Forecast Office Portland, OR Thursday, Mar 23, 2023 Late season winter weather is expected through the weekend with widespread probability for snow. Snow levels will begin to lower with the onset of colder air tonight. By Friday morning they will reach around 500-1000 ft where they will hover through Sunday. With this system expecting widespread…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 3/23/23 – Winter Storm Warnings for the Weekend – Snow in Coast Range
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Thursday, March 23, 2023 We had a cold front go through the area today that was the start of the promised weather change. Behind the front, we can expect some scattered showers that, thanks to a parked cold upper level trough of low pressure, will persist through the weekend then another…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 3/22/23 – Winter Storm Warning for Travel over Coast Range, Cascades through Weekend
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 We saw increasing clouds today ahead of an approaching disturbance that increased the onshore flow and gave us a slight chance of showers. The disturbance will move across the area tonight giving us an increased chance of showers and starts to bring the snow level down, falling from 3700’ down to near 2300’. It also pushes…
Tillamook County Emergency Management Alert: Winter Storm Warning from 11:00AM Thursday, March 23 until 11:00AM Saturday March 25
* WHAT…Heavy snow expected above 1500 feet. Total snow accumulations of 8 to 12 inches, except 5 to 8 inches below 2000 feet. * WHERE…In Oregon, Coast Range of Northwest Oregon and Central Coast Range of Western Oregon. In Washington, Willapa Hills. * WHEN…From 11 AM Thursday to 11 AM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS…Travel could be very difficult. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS…A Winter Storm…
Tillamook County Emergency Management Advisory: Winter Storm Watch from Thursday morning 3/23 until 05:00PM Friday 3/24
* WHAT…Heavy snow possible above 1500 feet. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches, except 4 to 10 inches below 2000 feet possible. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. * WHERE…In Oregon, Coast Range of Northwest Oregon and Central Coast Range of Western Oregon. In Washington, Willapa Hills. * WHEN…From Thursday morning through Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS…Travel…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 3/16/23; Weather Stats from February & Looking Ahead to April
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Thursday, March 16, 2023 A nice day today with high pressure dominating the pattern though it was a little chilly this morning with the low hitting 30 degrees which gave us some patchy morning frost. With lots of sunshine though we were able to climb into the upper 50s to near…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Swath of sub-tropical moisture – Soaker on Monday 3/13/23
(Northwest Weather Service – Portland – 3/10/23) A swath of sub-tropical moisture is expected to bring a weak atmospheric river (AR) to northwest Oregon and southwest Washington early next week. This email focuses on the latest timing, forecast rainfall amounts, and impacts based on current model guidance for this upcoming AR. General timeframe (moderate to high confidence): Sunday, March 12 – Tuesday March 14…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALERT: Winter Storm Warning until 12:00AM Friday
* WHAT…Heavy wet snow. Additional snow accumulations of 2 to 6 inches, except 6 to 12 inches above 1500 feet. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph on exposed ridges. * WHERE…Coast Range of Northwest Oregon. * WHEN…Until midnight PST Thursday night. * IMPACTS…Travel could be very difficult through the Coast Range. Highways 26 and 6 will be impacted. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Snow…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALERT: Winter Storm Warning from 6:00PM this evening, March 3rd until 4:00PM Saturday, March 4th
* WHAT…Heavy wet snow expected above 1000 feet. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches above 1500 feet, except 1 to 5 inches below 1500 feet. * WHERE…Coast Range of Northwest Oregon. * WHEN…From 6 PM this evening to 4 PM PST Saturday. * IMPACTS…Travel could be very difficult. Expect snow-covered conditions on Highways 26 and 6 over the…
