A very foggy start to the morning with temperatures in the upper 30s in some areas dense fog, otherwise, with the high pressure ridge continuing to dominate the weather pattern, we saw another sunny day after the fog and stratus burned off, with highs in the low 60s.
The broad ridge shifts east tonight as a trough of low pressure and its associated front pushes eastward off the coast, which will increase the marine push which in turn increases the clouds tonight, and with light winds, the low only drops to near 45.
We see more clouds pushing in tomorrow as the front continues to move towards the coast, we likely see some more patchy morning fog that persists until later in the morning, the winds becoming westerly 4-8, and the afternoon high up around 60. The clouds will continue to thicken tomorrow night with southerly winds of 5-10, lows near 45.
By Wednesday the relatively weak front is pushing rain into the area late morning, winds becoming southerly 8-12, highs only near 55, then Wednesday night looks cloudy and rainy, the low near 45.
It looks like by Thursday the ridge has moved east of the area as a trough of low pressure moves in and gives us mostly cloudy skies with a chance of rain that persists into Friday, highs near 57, lows near 44. Given how weak the front is, the amount of rain we will see from this system is uncertain. The models are currently showing anything from none to a half an inch.
As for the weekend, unfortunately not as nice as this last weekend, Saturday and Sunday are looking cloudy and breezy this time, with scattered showers rotating across the area as a low pressure area moves down the Oregon coast towards California. The weekend’s temperatures look to be in the low 50s for afternoon highs with the low 40s overnight.
