By Gordon McCraw, Meteorologist for the Tillamook County Pioneer
Well, Sunday was nice, so far, this week’s high temperature was on Sunday when it peaked at 54, then Tuesday into Wednesday we had that front push through that pushed the overnight lows down into the 30s. with the temperature dropping to 30 Thursday morning.
The high pressure ridge moving over did give us a sunny day Thursday after the fog cleared, then some clouds started moving in overnight so the low only dropped to near 35 degrees. Now we see a partly sunny day Friday with the ridge continuing to get pushed eastward as a trough and front try to push in, without much success, though we do have a slight chance of some light precipitation late Friday night associated with a weak atmospheric river taking aim at Vancouver Island. High temperatures on Friday around 54, lows near 38.
We have a better chance of seeing some light precipitation on Saturday associated with that front to our northwest that could cause some rain to make it into the coast. With some increasing southerly winds, we likely see the high temperature climb to near 57, still a slight chance of rain that night, lows near 43.
It looks like by Sunday we see a split flow develop with that front still stalled offshore. This causes a low pressure area to develop off of northern California coast with another bit of energy pushing inland to the north, but still likely causing some rain here by Sunday evening that persists onto the start of next week. High temperatures this weekend remain in the upper 50s, lows in the low 40s.
Just a heads up, some of the models show more active weather in store for the second half of next week that may bring some gusty winds as well, thanks to a low pressure area just off the coast. More on this in my Monday forecast.
This is meteorologist Gordon McCraw hoping you all have a great weekend. See ya next week!
