Looking at Monday afternoon’s satellite picture, I saw a massive storm encompassing the Gulf of Alaska. A nicely wound-up storm that, fortunately for us, was moving toward southeastern Alaska.
We get rain today and breezy conditions more like a lamb rather than a lion. More rain later Wednesday and Thursday, and rain Friday through the weekend. The weekend weather looks wet and snow levels will be above Timberline on Mount Hood.
Although I see plenty of rain, and most days will be wet rather than dry through the middle of next week, I don’t see any odds of a white Christmas in the lowlands. Drier weather may play out late next week and Christmas Day could be partly sunny and temperatures in the lower 40s. That’s my ‘out on a limb’ forecast at the moment.
Of course, I have fallen off that branch many times over the years, but I was asked by some folks what Christmas weather looks like. As I suggested here the other day, I believe we see a better opportunity for some colder weather and chances of snow around New Years. Meanwhile, we stay here in the present.
