Always Changing

Long-range forecasts are always changing, much like the mood of a teenager.  So, what is the new outlook this time?  Better refill that holiday Mug.

Broadly speaking, a WET & windy weekend ahead, with most of the precipitation falling during the hours of darkness; showery during daylight.  The system Saturday night will produce moderate-to-heavy rainfall over southern OR, but it will be wet region-wide.  Windy, at times, as well.  

Monday will present some showers with a cooler air mass arriving, drier in the afternoon.  New Year’s Eve is trending on the dry side, with morning frost possible.  We see a return to rain as the midnight clock chimes in the New Year - 2025.  Wet New Year’s Day around the PNW.   

 🌹🌹 The 2025 Rose Bowl game will be dry & mild.  Again, wet Jan 1 and also through Fri Jan 3.  Windy, at times.  

The first weekend of the New Year is charting with a storm arriving late day Sat, turning wet overnight and then drying out on Sunday Jan 5.  

Week of Jan 6-10 has been charting as DRY, cool and presenting an east wind.  NO Arctic air mass issues - as of the past few model runs - the cold Arctic blast will move in east of the Rockies.  Note that a quick moving front may bring precip over NW WA and BC on Fri the 10th. 

The ‘always changing’ factor of weather was well illustrated the past couple of days.  No wind issues here in OR early this morning, but the Low a couple days ago DID deepen rapidly as it curled over NW WA, producing strong winds across much of western OR & WA.  This was not expected, and only showed on forecast charts quite late before the event.  Moody atmosphere.