By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer
Well, that pesky low pressure area continues to spin out off the Washington coast this morning, spinning some showers that are staying mainly offshore and to the east, over the Cascades. The low is expected to just wobble out in that general area today as it continues to slowly weaken, but it looks like another disturbance will still rotate around the low and cause more showers over the area this evening and could also increase the winds giving us another breezy afternoon and evening.
The increased shower activity continues tonight with southerly winds 10-15 gusting to near 25, the low down near 46. We also start to see the low pressure area finally starting to move and get closer to the coast.
So, more showers are likely tomorrow, winds still southerly 10-15 gusting to 18, the highs up near 54, then tomorrow night the low pressure area starts to drift southward and that would give us decreasing showers tomorrow night, and the winds becoming southerly 5-10, the low drops to near 42.
On Saturday the low continues its southerly drift and be off the northern California coast, so we see only scattered showers, and the winds shift to southeasterly 5-10, the high near 52. We also see some cooler temperatures moving back in, so the snow level starts to drop, falling to near 2600’ during the day Saturday. There is only a slight chance of any remaining light showers Saturday night under partly cloudy skies, and the low drops to near 38, so the snow level drops to maybe 2400’ but by then we will have lost all the moisture.
Good news for Sunday, we see the sun returning with a mostly sunny and dry day, the high up near 54, then Sunday night a slight chance of rain returns as a disturbance pushes up from the south, the lows near 41.
We see a better chance of rain Monday with that disturbance, especially in the afternoon, the high near 51. The chance of rain remains Monday night then it transitions to a chance of showers as, yet another disturbance pushes down from the north and gives us that chance of showers into Tuesday. This means Tuesday and Wednesday we will see partly sunny skies, still with that chance of a light shower or two, the highs near 52, then with mostly cloudy nights, the lows down near 39.
