By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer
Well, the sunshine was nice but in comes another trough pushing in clouds and rain. We had a band of rain push through earlier this morning, then the main band pushes in this afternoon and will continue to bring rain through around midnight when it will transition to widely scattered showers into the early morning hours. It looks like rainfall totals for today’s event will be less than ½”. The winds shifted today and tonight they will continue out of the south at 5-10, the low around 51.
We have a brief rain break tomorrow morning though we still have a chance of some morning showers. This means there is a slight chance that the clouds may break up enough to catch a glimpse of the eclipse in the morning if you are lucky enough to be in a spot between showers under the mostly cloudy skies. Our friends over in the valley have about a 50/50 chance of seeing it! You will see the clouds thickening later tomorrow morning then in comes more rain by around noon, the winds southerly 4-8, highs near 63, then the rain eases and we transition to scattered showers around midnight tomorrow, winds southerly 5-10 gusting to 18, the low near 52.
Sunday is kind of the same as Saturday with showers likely in the morning then a chance of rain in the afternoon, the winds easterly 4-8, and the high near 68. Sunday night looks cloudy with a chance of rain still, light winds, lows near 54.
Monday brings yet another front and its associated rain until around noon when it transitions to scattered showers with possible afternoon thunderstorms, the high near 65, Monday night looks cloudy with the shower and thunderstorm threat, breezy also, lows near 51.
Tuesday, we see mostly cloudy skies with some showers still, the high near 63, then mostly cloudy skies Tuesday night but the shower activity becoming more widely scattered Tuesday night that diminish by around midnight, lows near 48.
By Wednesday a ridge of high pressure builds in, and we dry out with mostly sunny skies, the high climbs to near 69, and partly cloudy that night, lows near 50.
It looks like Thursday the ridge will be shifting eastward and have a disturbance riding over the top of the ridge. This means there is a slight chance of showers returning, but the ridge will still be providing us mostly sunny skies with the high still up near 69.