By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer
We had a fast moving cold front blast through yesterday that gave us a shot of winds and rain and continues to bring post-frontal showers across the area that are rotating around the parent low pressure area that pushed into Washington and should continue to drift southeastward into Idaho. So far, the area has seen around 1.5” to nearly 2” of rain in the last 24 hours. The shower activity diminished this afternoon and now tonight we see just some mostly cloudy skies with light easterly winds, lows dropping to near 37.
We have another system giving us a chance of showers tomorrow under partly sunny skies, winds becoming northwesterly 5-10, the high near 54. Still a chance of showers tomorrow night, winds becoming easterly 4-8, lows drop to near 37. With the increasing threat of frost and near freezing temperatures, it is time to start moving the sensitive plants indoors, especially at night into the morning hours.
Friday starts out with partly sunny skies, and a chance of showers that start to become more widely scattered in the afternoon before ending by Friday night as cold high pressure builds in, highs near 54, lows dropping to near 34 so the chance of early morning frost increases.
The weekend looks sunny with highs near 57, with that morning frost though, the overnight lows dropping to near 38.
Sorta good news leading into Halloween, Monday looks mostly sunny and 59, while Tuesday looks partly sunny and 59, but since the ridge is starting to drift east some, combining with the models are suggesting disturbances will ride up the ridge to our west, there is a slight chance that we could see a light shower Tuesday depending on how soon and how far east the ridge moves.