By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer
Well, the Christmas front was not as bad as it appeared it was going to be. It looks like the area saw between ½” to 1″ of rain in the past 24 hours and the winds were not that bad either with gusts in town 20-30, and gusts at the beaches 30-40 with isolated gusts to 50. A look at the satellite picture shows the system has already pushed off through Idaho. Now today, things are calming down as we are between systems, but the next one is already knocking on the door. It looks like we will see part of a weak warm front that will give us a chance of some light rain this evening with rain chance continuing to increase tonight with easterly winds 8-12, and highs near 45.
We see more rain tomorrow with the associated cold front moving in, then the front passes around noon and we transition over to scattered showers, becoming breezy again with southeasterly winds 14-18 gusting to 25, the high near 55. Tomorrow night we will continue to see scattered showers with a chance of thunderstorms moving in late tomorrow night, the winds increasing to southerly 20-25 gusting to near 40, lows near 47. This would put the windchill in the mid 30s.
Thursday, we continue to see some isolated showers that become more widely scattered in the afternoon and evening, the winds Thursday southeasterly 8-12 gusting to 20, highs near 58. Then low pressure areas to the west and northwest in a long trough will occasionally jetting disturbances out that ride the flow up into our area. The winds Thursday night southeasterly 8-12 with gusts to 20 starting around midnight, lows near 46.
It looks like another disturbance will increase the rain threat Friday and Saturday, highs near 56, lows near 43. Another system brings more rain on Sunday with a chance still on New Years Day, highs down near 54, lows near 40.
