By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
We had a deepening low pressure area dropping south along the coast today that brought the coast some rain and winds. The low continues to drop south this evening and tonight, dragging the moisture with it so we should see decreasing rain and winds tonight. With some breaks in the clouds and with some light winds, some patchy frost is possible after midnight, the lows near 36.
Tomorrow looks to be on the drier side with weak high pressure over the area, and we have some partly sunny skies after the morning fog burns off. The winds tomorrow afternoon becoming westerly 4-8, highs near 56. Look for mostly cloudy skies tomorrow night, light southerly winds, lows near 36.
Thursday, we have a weak trough of low pressure just off the coast as the ridge gets pushed east, so there is a chance of some rain or rainshowers, winds southerly 5-10, highs near 49, the snow level down around 2500’. Some rain moves in Thursday night, the snow level 2100’ with lows near 38.
Friday an upper level trough of low pressure drifts slowly across the area bringing cooler temperatures, lower snow levels, and of course, some rain that persists through the weekend, up to 1-1½” of rain into Sunday. The snow level drops to near 1900’ Saturday and down to around 1600’ by Sunday night. The high temperatures over the weekend around 48 degrees, but the lows drop a few degrees each night, falling down near 33 by Sunday night so there is a chance, once again, that the Hwy 6/Hwy 26 summits could see some snow late Saturday and Sunday night through the early morning hours.
This will also dump another 1-2’ (yes, FEET) of snow up in the Cascades, adding to some already impressive amounts. If you were planning to head thru the Cascade or Santiam passes this weekend, plan on some hazardous wintery travel…again!