Category: National Weather Service

By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer So, we continue to see a blocking ridge of high pressure to the northwest, and the cutoff low pressure area to the southwest…

We had a quiet, but cool start to the day with the low this morning down around 37. Tonight though, the low pressure area west of northern California will rotate some light…

By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer We had a weak trough moving through to the east today in a pretty much zonal flow, while there was a low pressure…

By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer The old sailor adage is “Red sky in the morning – Sailor take warning.”  This brings up the question though, why is this…

By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer As one might expect in a shower type environment, 24 hour rainfall totals vary considerably, from as little as 2/3” to as much…

By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Well, buckle up fans, here comes another one. This afternoon we see more rain, then some winds, moving in ahead of another warm…

By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer The atmospheric river and front pushed through early this morning leaving some patchy light rain. It was windy though with winds at the…

By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer The radar early this morning showed the rain moving in, but at first, not much was making it to the ground as the…

By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Well, after today things start getting a little more interesting at the coast. The high pressure ridge that gave us the cool, sunny…