By Gordon McCraw, Meterologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer
Not much changed this morning, the low pressure area continues to spin in the eastern Pacific, off to our west, but has started to drift eastward. We continue to have marine clouds that pushed in from the west and dropped some moisture in a few lucky areas this morning, and the smoke continues to get pushed up from the south. This all did lead to cooler temperature today.
So, we expect the low pressure area to drift to the northeast tonight and this would bring us a slight chance of showers after around midnight. We can expect the calm winds to return, maybe some patchy fog, the low tonight near 54.
The upper level low is expected to move east tomorrow and bring some scattered showers across the region as it also drags a weak cold front through. The system and the associated more westerly winds will push the smoke layer into eastern Oregon. We can expect cloudy skies with the winds tomorrow becoming southwesterly 5-10 gusting to 20, the high near 67. More showers likely tomorrow night, the winds becoming more southerly 5-10, lows near 57.
Wednesday, we see partly sunny skies with about a 50/50 chance of showers still, winds becoming southwesterly 5-10, the high near 67, still a shower chance that night, light winds, lows near 54.
It looks like the previous low pressure area will be well east of the state by Thursday while another trough of low pressure approaches the coast and brings a good chance of showers again as it continues to develop into another low pressure area up over coastal Washington. This means showers are likely for Thursday with highs near 65, lows near 52.
Friday the low pressure area continues to drop south along the coast giving us continued partly sunny skies with a chance of showers during the day but they become more widely scattered Friday night as the low drops south of our area, highs near 69, lows near 53.
As for the weekend, some of the models say warmer and drier, while the others say we will continue to see scattered showers in the region. This leads to a forecast with a slight chance of scattered showers, partly to mostly sunny daytime skies with highs near 70, and mostly cloudy nights with the slight chance of scattered showers, lows near 52.
