By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer
So, we continue to see a blocking ridge of high pressure to the northwest, and the cutoff low pressure area to the southwest off of California. This left us with another chilly, foggy start to the day with a light northerly flow, and now, with little pattern change, we see another chilly, foggy night once again, with light easterly winds, the low down around 39.
Tomorrow the pattern finally starts to change as the blocking ridge weakens and the low off of California starts to finally get pushed inland to the east. We start out with mostly sunny skies after the morning fog and stratus clears, the winds still easterly 4-8, highs near 62. That night the clouds roll in ahead of a fast moving front that will push rain into the area in the early morning hours Saturday. We still see the light easterly winds Friday night with the lows near 44.
Sorry folks, the weekend looks wet, Saturday is cloudy and rainy with the winds becoming southerly 5-10, highs near 56, rainy Saturday night, then the front pushes though late night and we transition to scattered showers with breezy westerly winds 15-20 gusting to 30, lows near 42.
The showers continue into Sunday morning, then dissipate in the afternoon, highs near 53. With another ridge of high pressure building in, it looks like we have partly cloudy skies Sunday night, with diminishing winds, the lows near 38.
If your weekend travel plans include heading over the Santiam and Willamette Passes, you will likely have to contend with accumulating snow above 3500’, so plan accordingly as they could see 3-6” of snow Saturday evening into Sunday morning.
The ridge gives us a partly sunny and dry Monday, the high near 57, but the dry is short lived as a trough of low pressure will bring back a slight chance of rain Monday night with an increasing chance on Tuesday, then scattered showers on Wednesday. High temperatures next week will hang around 57 while the lows warm into the low to mid 40s.
