Good Monday morning, Tillamook. While we did have a front push through that gave us almost ½” of rain last night, today looks to be the calm day before the storm, or storms return, thanks to a strong trough moving in later this week that will being gusty winds and lowering snow levels through the weekend.
So, there is still a slight chance of a widely scattered shower overnight tonight that diminishes after midnight as a weak ridge of high pressure moves across, and with calm winds and all the moisture, patchy fog is possible in the early morning hours, the low temperatures down to near 37.
Tomorrow the rain returns, associated with a trough and weak warm front that pushes in some rain again by the afternoon, the winds becoming southerly 4-8, the high near 50, more rain tomorrow night, the winds southerly 5-10, lows near 40.
The rain continues Wednesday with the approach of the cold front, winds southerly 4-8, the afternoon high temperature near 50. The front pushes through Wednesday night and the rain transitions to showers, the low drops to near 36.
With a colder and more unstable airmass pushing in behind the front Thursday, we can expect more showers with possible thunderstorms starting in the afternoon, the high temperature only up to near 48. The showers with the slight thunderstorm threat remain Thursday night as the lows drop to near 34. This means there is a slight chance of some snow across the summit of Hwy 6 and 26 in the early morning hours with accumulating snow possible above 2000’.
Friday is highlighted by the chance of morning snowshowers across the summit. There is also a slight chance of strong winds developing along the beaches later Friday as a low pressure area moves towards the coast causing increased rain and breezy conditions that persist into Saturday and Sunday. This low pressure area also presents a chance of Storm Force Winds and elevated seas Friday and Saturday. All this is still pretty far out and can change as the models get a better handle on exactly where the low will go and just how strong it will get. My Thursday report will have a better view on the impacts of this system locally. High temperatures over the weekend around 50, lows around 38.
Until my Thursday update, this is meteorologist Gordon McCraw wish everyone a great and safe week. By yall!
