By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer
A little fog and stratus this morning but this gave way to a sunny, breezy day with the highs in the upper 60s. We have a weak system moving toward the area tonight, mainly to the north, that will bring increasing cloudiness tonight, the winds die off by around midnight, lows near 48.
A mostly cloudy to cloudy day tomorrow with a slight chance of some light sprinkles as that system crosses to the north, the afternoon winds westerly 4-8, highs near 63, lows near 50.
Sunday, a decent front pushes in some moderate rain with breezy southerly winds 10-15 gusting to 25, highs near 60, the rain could be heavy at times Sunday night, lows near 51. Total rainfall from the system on Sunday could be as high as 1-2” with 2-3” of rain possible in the Coast Range.
We see showers with possible afternoon thunderstorms Monday with the shower chance continuing into Tuesday, highs up around 60, lows around 50.
A ridge starts to build back in on Wednesday bringing improving skies and warming temperatures that hit the 70s by Thursday.
From the National Weather Service/Portland (5/30/24) – An atmospheric river will bring substantial rainfall across the region early next week, with the heaviest rain likely on Sunday and Monday. There is currently a less than 5% chance that rain will lead to flooding or debris flows.
24 hour probabilities of 1+ inch of rain between 5 PM Sunday 6/2 to 5 PM Monday 6/3 are around 50-80% across northwest Oregon and southwest Washington.