Hello everyone!

Today will feature mainly sunny skies, light north winds, and generally calm conditions. Highs will range through the 30’s north and 40’s south and clouds will slowly overspread the region from the west in the afternoon. These clouds mark the first traces of the first in a parade of messy storms. Usually I don’t go too far out in my normal morning updates but because it’s a vacation week and we haven’t seen much in the way of messy storms, it might be nice to plan ahead.

First storm: Tonight into tomorrow. Looks like mainly snow far north, mix south of route 2 but NW of Portland, and mainly rain along the coast and south of Portland. I’ll have a full blog update on this this evening with the details.

Second storm: Tuesday into Wednesday. Mainly snow, some mixing possible along the immediate coast and far south. A plowable snowfall seems likely but it’s too early to pin down exact amounts. I’ll have full updates starting tomorrow evening.

Third storm: Thursday into Friday. Still far out but signals are strong we see another storm around New Years. It looks more wet/mix that white at the moment but I’ll keep an eye on it.

Have a great holiday weekend!

-Jack

Merry Christmas everyone!

Today will feature partly to mainly sunny skies with temps for many actually warmer than yesterday as warm air aloft mixes to the surface after last night’s cold front. Look for highs in the 40’s in the mountains with 50’s to near 60 south (compared to 40’s all day for most yesterday).

Have a great Christmas everyone!

-Jack

Hello everyone!

Today will feature record high temps across parts of the area but Cold Air Damming is likely to keep the foothills cooler. Look for highs in the 60’s south of Portland, 50’s for the rest of the coast and mountains, and 40’s in inland areas. There is a strong inversion in place today which means that while temps aloft are quite warm, we will have a hard time making full use of them at the surface as colder air is locked in down here. Temps will likely jump in the afternoon as the inversion breaks and if this break occurs earlier, look for warmer temps. Clouds and fog will also inhibit the sun from having tons of impact. Look for fog to develop especially along the coast today and it could be dense at times.

-Jack

Hello everyone!

Today will feature warmer temps once again as the El-Nino dominated pattern continues to place very warm air behind ‘cold’ fronts. Look for highs in the low to mid 40’s north with upper 40’s to mid 50’s south. Fog will be dense this morning and may have a hard time burning off but eventually should burn off by around noon. There are some spots below freezing this morning so watch for black ice as well. Don’t expect too much sun after the fog heads out, our next storm is arriving today with clouds and rain by late afternoon.

-Jack

Hello everyone!

Looks like even Mother Nature is grumpy about the lack of snow. Unfortunately, El-Nino is prohibiting her from taking much action there and instead she’s created quite a nasty cocktail of weather today. Look for temps in the mid 30’s north and upper 30’s to low 40’s south with moderate rain today. The only thing really missing would be wind and today’s winds will likely remain in the 5-15mph range out of varying directions as low pressure develops over us. Rain will last throughout the day before tapering to showers tonight. We get a brief break tomorrow morning before more rain tomorrow night. Record high temps follow for Christmas Eve.

-Jack

Hello everyone!

Today will feature partial sun as high clouds build in. Expect highs in the 40’s for most, 50’s south. Winds will be noticeable but not strong out of the SW as well.

-Jack

Hello everyone! 

Today will feature mainly sunny skies and cool temps as high pressure moves in. Winds will be gusty this morning but will slowly relax as low pressure moves east. Highs will range from the 20s north to low 30s south. Winds could gust over 25mph at times. 

-Jack 

Hello everyone! 

Today will feature mainly clear skies and cooler conditions. Expect breezy conditions as well as cold air moves in with gusts over 30mph possible. Snow showers will be plentiful in the mountains today and flurries are possible everywhere. 

-Jack 

Hello everyone!

Today will feature cool and cloudy conditions as a front hangs just offshore. Fog will also be widespread this morning but will gradually burn off to just plain cloudy skies. Highs will range from the upper 30’s north to the mid 40’s south.

Today marks the first day of Christmas break and as such updates will be a tad later in the morning. Normal updates resume January 4.

-Jack

Hello everyone!

We have some freezing rain/drizzle this morning as a front approaches from the west. Expect this to continue through mid-morning at the coast and in southern areas while lasting through most of the afternoon up north.  Freezing rain advisories are up for the entire area so be sure to take it slow this morning and watch for patchy slick spots.

Temps warm up this afternoon and freezing drizzle/rain gives way to normal drizzle/rain which will continue into tonight. Highs will rise into the 30’s north and 40’s south which will make this rain particularly unpleasant.

Colder air finally shows up for a brief stay this weekend before the torch turns on again next week.

Winter will rise again.

-Jack