Yesterday was kind of nice with clear skies and the high up near 72 and today shaped up to be about the same with the afternoon high up in the low 70s, thanks to a weak upper level ridge over the area that pushed all the rain to the north. Unfortunately, tonight an upper level trough of low pressure will move in and bring increasing cloudiness starting this evening then a chance of showers later tonight and into early tomorrow morning. The winds tonight will diminish, and so early morning patchy fog is possible, the low down near 53.
Tomorrow the trough continues to push off to the east, so though we start out cloudy, we see improving conditions in the afternoon, becoming breezy with northerly winds 10-15 gusting to 25, the high temperature only near 67. The winds slowly ease tomorrow night under mostly clear skies, the low drops to near 48.
Another ridge of high pressure starts to build in Wednesday, the winds increasing to northerly 10-15 gusting to 25 in the afternoon, the high climbs back up to near 72, then with mostly clear skies Wednesday night, and breezy winds, the low only drops to near 54.
The warmup continues Thursday as the ridge continues to build, and this spells sunny skies for Thursday and Friday, the highs up near 78. This also brings mostly clear nights, lows near 56.
The models show the ridge shifting east over the weekend as another low pressure area well off the coast, drops southeastward towards northern California. This will give us a few clouds Saturday, and a slightly cooler afternoon, the high near 74, then we will likely see some patchy fog overnight Saturday, lows near 56.
Sunday is looking partly sunny and 71, though this low pressure area could throw a wrench in the Labor Day weekend forecast Sunday and Monday. For now, we think the low pressure area and its associated weather will be into southern Oregon.
And…in case you are wondering what the start of next month looks like, here are the Climate Prediction Centers forecast for the period of September 2nd through the 8th. As you can see, they suggest there is an above normal probability of warmer temperatures, and a slightly above normal probability of above normal precipitation.
