By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer
We had a cold front push rain and winds through this morning, then we had some rain, rainshowers and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon today as more unstable air filtered in. As I type this, rainfall totals are approaching ½” from the front. The activity rapidly decreases later tonight under mostly cloudy skies, winds southwesterly 5-10 but diminishing, lows near 49. There could be some patchy fog developing in the protected valleys.
A ridge of high pressure starts building in tomorrow so any remaining widely scattered light showers will come to an end tomorrow morning as partly sunny skies return, winds becoming southerly 4-8, highs near 67. We see partly cloudy skies tomorrow night, light winds, lows dropping to near 49.
Wednesday and Thursday look sunny with some light winds, highs near 71, then some mostly clear nights, lows near 52. We are likely though, to see a few clouds moving in Thursday night, then a slight chance of rain late into Friday as a front drifts into southwestern Washington and extreme northwestern Oregon.
The front stalls by Friday night at or near the north coast area but also gives us a chance of rain Saturday and Sunday, highs near 61 and lows near 47.
The long range models suggest the ridge moves eastward the start of next week, so we likely stay wet into the start of next week.
