By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Winter, the gift that keeps on giving. Tillamook saw more snow today though not all of the previous event’s snow had gone away just yet. This is all compliments of a low pressure area off to the west of northern Oregon that has showers wrapping around under the low, then moving northeastward across our area.
We can expect a few more showers tonight though they will be easing then diminishing as a high pressure ridge starts to build in. This means we can see some more rainshowers this evening, then a rain/snow mix before turning to all snow just before the spiggot is turned completely off around 9ish tonight. The next concern is all this moisture still on the ground as the overnight low drops to near 26. With calm winds tonight there is also a chance of some patchy fog that could be freezing fog.
Tomorrow looks partly sunny after any fog clears, light easterly winds, highs near 46, then another approaching front pushes in more clouds tomorrow night then some rain in the early morning hours. The snow level will have climbed up to around 1500’ but will then drop back down to near 800’ with the low of 33 tomorrow night.
With the flow becoming more zonal by Thursday, we can expect another system to give us another round of rain. We will see some breezy southerly winds 10-15 gusting to 30 which helps to push the snow level up to near 2200’, the afternoon high near 46. Look for more rain Thursday night, the snow level back down to near 1500’, lows near 34.
Friday on we will see more systems bringing in more rounds of precipitation, and the snow level lowers a little more with each system, Saturday down to near 1300’ though with the temperature dropping to near 30 that night, low level snow is possible yet again. Same again Sunday night and maybe Monday night. Daytime highs will be in the mid 40s.
I haven’t mentioned the passes during this but, obviously, they will be seeing more snow, lower snow at night, higher snow levels during the day. This morning they were reporting spots of ice with 33” of snow roadside. They will continue to add to those levels. Know that should you be traveling across just behind, or in one of those showers, the roads could be slick.