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By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer
Today we see a low pressure center west of northern California that is pumping moisture northward across our area, and giving us periods of rain. We see light easterly winds and the temperatures will push up near 59 again today. The low pressure area is expected to drift northward tonight so we see more rain with the winds becoming easterly 8-12 gusting to 20, lows near 48.
We see more periods of rain tomorrow until around sunset as the low pressure area continues to move northward and weaken, winds still southerly 8-12, the high near 56, a decreasing chance of rain tomorrow night with another ridge building in, light winds, lows near 43, and there could be some patchy fog returning later tomorrow night.
The ridge persists on Wednesday, so mostly sunny skies return after the fog burns off, the winds light from the east, highs near 58. The patchy fog returns Wednesday night, otherwise, a mostly cloudy night with the low stratus, lows near 43.
By Thursday it looks like there will be a front approaching that will bring an increasing chance of rain in the afternoon. We will suffer through some patchy early morning fog to begin with though, then some partly sunny skies with the highs still up near 57. The rain chance continues to increase Thursday night under mostly cloudy skies, the low near 41.
On Friday the front pushes in and brings rain and cooler temperatures along with lowering snow levels, the high near 50, the front makes it through a little before midnight, dragging the snow level down to near 2700’, the low near 38.
A decreasing chance of rain Saturday, the snow level down near 2500’ so the passes remain clear though the higher Coast Range Mountains will be seeing some snow, highs near 50, lows dropping to near 37.
It appears the rain chance increases on Sunday so unfortunately we do see a chance of rain on Christmas Eve, the snow level still around 2500’ which will help Santa out but it may be lifting to near 3000’ with the high up near 51.
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