Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Well, the Tillamook Valley and the Coast Range, was cited by the National Weather Service this morning as getting low level snowshowers, thanks to the temperature dropping to 32. Fortunately, the snow quickly melted on the roads. The showers were the result of a weak low pressure area sitting off the Washington coast, rotating these showers across our area.
So, we expect the shower activity to quickly diminish by this evening under partly sunny skies, but the clouds will be increasing ahead of another approaching weak front. We could see some frost develop around the area before the clouds all move in though. The winds tonight will be decreasing, becoming light and variable, the low temperature tonight near 38, possibly lower in some areas with a frost advisory issued. Protect those sensitive plants.
Tomorrow, we have a chance of showers from the weak front moving across that gives us clouds and easterly winds 5-10, the high only near 48. Only a slight chance of showers still tomorrow night, winds westerly 4-8, lows near 39, the snow level up around 2200’.
Any remaining showers die off Friday morning as a weak ridge of high pressure builds in from the south which brings back the partly sunny skies with light winds, the high up near 55, then with mostly cloudy skies that night, lows near 40.
Saturday the models start getting mixed, but it looks like the ridge will start to shift eastward ahead of a trough of low pressure moving in from the west. This gives us an increasing chance of rain Saturday afternoon with a better chance Saturday night, highs near 55, lows near 44. The model differences are in the exact timing of the rain.
By Sunday we should be cloudy and rainy and becoming breezy, highs near 51, lows near 41.
Next week also looks cloudy, breezy, and wet, with the rain persisting into Tuesday, highs near 51, lows near 38, the snow level drops back down to near 2200’.