Cool & Damp 1st Half

Last call for the 2nd month of 2025.  What does early March hold for weather?  Let’s take a Mug ☕️ assisted gander.

The next couple of days will continue the delightful ’Spring tease’ pattern we have enjoyed this week.  Temps could pop into the 60s again (65 yesterday here at home base).  Precipitation will return overnight Saturday into Sunday —mostly over OR & possibly SW WA.  The cooler temps will get noticed Sunday.

Mon March 3 will be dry.  Not so on Tue, as additional moisture moves onshore in the afternoon; this system will wet western OR, WA & BC.  Showers decreasing Wed afternoon; cooler.  Looks dry on Thu, then more moisture arrives Fri to set up a mostly wet Mar 8,9 weekend (from Salem north to BC).  Expect rain to move in over Vancouver Is & southern BC first, drifting south overnight Fri.  Moderate-to-heavy rain for NW WA & BC.  Again, for now, model solutions limit the rainfall to just north of Salem early Sat, as the rain field shifts back north.  Looks like a short rain-break for much of Sunday Mar 9 (continued damp over NW WA/BC) before a cold, wet storm arrives overnight Sunday.

Week of Mar 10-14 is trending rather wet and notably colder!  Rain/snow mixed at the surface possible, but snow above 1,000-2,000 ft quite probable.  It could be quite WINDY Monday night, Mar 10!  Cold showers through early Thu, is our call for now.  Lots of mountain snow (although mostly in the US Cascades, so not much help with the snowpack in BC - at least this round).  Drier as the week ends (Mar 14), with a dry Mar 15,16 weekend possible, although on the chilly side.

Throughout the next couple of weeks, California will continue to receive on/off rain and mountain snow, with a ‘big’ storm on the 10th, esp for southern CA.