By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for Tillamook County Pioneer Thanks to the northeasterly flow, smoke from the wildfires is affecting the skies for much of Oregon except the northwestern part of the state….
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GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 8/1/23; Super Moons
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for Tillamook County Pioneer I know I sound like a stuck record but, not much is changing the next few days other than the ridge of high pressure…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 7/31/23 – The Week Ahead & Seasonal Forecasts for Aug-Oct
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer The synoptic (overall) weather pattern has not changed except for subtle shifts now and then during the past month. We still have low…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 7/28/23 – “Dog Days” of Summer Continue …
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer I continue to talk about the low pressure area west of British Columbia that is still forecast to drift south towards Vancouver Island…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 7/27/23 – More of the Same …
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer The marine clouds pushed up against the Coast Range this morning then burned back this afternoon, and with little change in the synoptic…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 7/26/23 – Summer Continues!
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer The increased zonal flow gave us a cloudy, foggy start to the day, we also had some moisture in the dense fog that…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 7/25/23 – 14-day outlook for preciptation, temperature
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer The low pressure area continued to inch its way into the coast just north of Vancouver Island which spun a dying front across…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 7/24/23 – Some Welcome Rain …
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer Well, the low pressure area mentioned Friday was pushing towards Vancouver Island this morning, dragging a trough through earlier, then an associated front…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 7/21/23 – On Repeat through the weekend; Some Rain Possible Monday
by Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer It’s like Ground Hog Day, the weather keeps repeating itself. The onshore flow pushes in the marine clouds at night that burn back…
GORDON’S UPDATE: Weather 7/20/23 – More of the Same … Morning Clouds, Partly Sunny Afternoons
By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer The satellite picture this morning showed the stratus deck got pushed inland but it also showed lots of smoke from the fire in…
