An interesting start to the morning, late last night when the skies were only partly cloudy, the temperature dropped to around 32. Then, in the early morning hours the clouds rolled in and with some light southerly winds, the temperatures started climbing and by sunrise we were at 37 degrees. The clouds are associated with an approaching frontal system that is already giving Astoria some light rain.
So, it looks like we will likely see some patchy light rain this evening with rain likely tonight as the warm frontal portion of the system moves across, the winds becoming easterly 5-10 gusting to 20, tonight’s low temperature only down to near 43.
The front pushes through in the morning hours tomorrow leaving showers, and there is a chance of thunderstorms starting in the afternoon on Saturday, winds becoming southwesterly 15-20 gusting to 30, the high near 50. Tomorrow night the associated cold front pushes in the rain, the winds increasing, becoming southerly 18-24 gusting to 40 with higher gusts at the beaches, the low near 41, and the snow level drops to around 2500-3500’.
The rain continues Sunday morning, then the front moves across around midday leaving showers with possible thunderstorms, still the breezy winds, becoming easterly 10-15 gusting to 25, highs near 49. The shower/thunderstorm threat continues Sunday night, and still breezy, lows near 41.
Monday looks cloudy, rainy, and breezy, with more showers and possible thunderstorms Monday night into Tuesday, highs near 50, lows near 41. It continues to look like a ridge of high pressure starts to build in later Wednesday, capping the shower activity and with the ridge continuing to build, Thursday looks mostly sunny, dry, and warming with the afternoon high possible reaching around 60.
And don’t forget folks, we Spring Forward and lose an hour of sleep this weekend, officially at 2am Sunday morning. If you are like me, I reset the clocks Saturday night before I go to bed. Don’t forget or you will be late to whatever Sunday!