By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer
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There were a few scattered showers around this morning but then another front pushed in the rain around lunchtime bring back some breezy winds again also. We continue to see rain this evening, then adding in a chance of thunderstorms this evening. Tonight, the rain and thunderstorm threat continue until around midnight when the area transitions back over to showers, still with that threat of thunderstorms, the winds southwesterly 10-15 gusting to 30 inland, with gusts to 50 possible at the beaches, tonight’s low temperature around 41. Rainfall totals with this event are expected to be in the range of ¾” to 1 ½”. A HIGH WIND WATCH is in effect through 9 pm tonight.
We continue to see showers with possible thunderstorms tomorrow, winds westerly 10-15 gusting to 20, the highs near 50, the showers become more scattered tomorrow night, the winds westerly 8-12 gusting to 20, lows dropping to near 38, the snow level drops to around 2100’ but a mix is briefly possible down to the summit levels of Hwy 6 and 26 in the early morning hours in any of the remaining heavier showers.
The shower chance diminishes later Wednesday morning under mostly cloudy skies, the high near 52, then we see partly cloudy skies Wednesday night, and with that radiational cooling, the overnight low drops to near 37.
Starting Thursday, Mother Nature wants to give us a taste of spring, so we see a strong high pressure ridge building in over the region that brings clearing skies and warming temperatures through Sunday. So, mostly sunny and 61 Thursday, sunny and 68 Friday, sunny and maybe up to 70 on Saturday, then sunny still on Sunday with the high temperature near 65. Lows for this period in the low to mid 40s.
It looks like I will be cleaning up the yard this weekend. Spring is sprung Tuesday of next week!