By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer
Some patchy dense fog this morning is one indicator that a ridge of high pressure is building in. We currently sit on the east side of the large, building high pressure area that will bring us some warm temperatures by the end of the week, then the pattern starts to change over the weekend and we see a strong front move in for the start of next week with others to follow.
Today, the clouds and fog burned off leaving a mostly sunny day, with a partly cloudy night expected, and with calm winds, the patchy fog is likely to return then some stratus clouds, the low tonight down around 50.
Tomorrow starts the warmup with sunny skies returning later in the morning, the winds becoming northeasterly 5-10, highs climb to near 76. With mostly clear skies tomorrow night, and the northeasterly winds 5-10 still, lows only drop to near 57.
The ridge peaks on Friday so back comes the sunny skies, and with some easterly winds, the high climbs up to near 79 and with the mostly clear night, the low falls to near 54.
By Saturday, the offshore flow weakens so though we still have sunny skies, the winds slowly shift back to give us a little marine influence, and the high only makes it to near 74. Saturday night looks partly cloudy the low near 51, then with an approaching front, there is a slight chance we could see some rain getting pushed in by the early morning hours.
On Sunday the rain chance continues to increase with a better chance of rain later in the afternoon under partly sunny skies, and with the onshore winds returning, the high only near 66, the rain is likely by Sunday night as more clouds stream in, lows near 53.
Monday, Indigenious Peoples/Columbus Day looks cloudy, rainy, and breezy with the front moving across on into Tuesday, highs near 62, lows near 51.
