By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer
Tillamook’s Sunday Forecast: You asked, so here it is…Tillamook, your temperature at 8:55am this morning was 28 degrees at the airport, and with mostly sunny skies, the afternoon temperature should climb to near 39, whoa, break out the shorts! EDITOR’S NOTE: Some areas might make it above freezing, but not for long and any thawing will be minimal, and think layer of water on top of ice … VERY SLICK, hazardous road conditions. And it will be re-freezing late afternoon, early evening.
The winds will still be easterly 5-10 but becoming more northerly this afternoon. Some stratus clouds roll in tonight, winds easterly 4-8, the low drops back down to near 24. As the winds are easing some, the windchill will not be bitterly cold, just very cold.
The high pressure ridge that is bringing us the sunny weather will give you a mostly sunny day again tomorrow, the east winds becoming 10-15 gusting to near 20, the high again near 38. A partly cloudy night in store for tomorrow night, east winds 5-10, the lows again drops to near 24.
By Tuesday, we have another rainy system moving in so look for increasing winds and rain through Tuesday night into Wednesday with more rain likely the rest of the week, but at least it is warmer rain!
If you have plans for the valley on Tuesday, Know Before You Go – www.tripcheck.com as they could still be below freezing which means they could see more snow or sleet until the warmer air with the system pushes the cold air out that night!