Are you ready for a little rain heading your way? Please note the word “little,” because we don’t have a whole lot of the wet stuff in the forecast. The pattern briefly changes back to a westerly flow, and seasonal rainfall that the computer forecast models keep trying to materialize is fizzling.
On Monday, the east winds will back off and the high pressure will flatten a bit, allowing some moisture to swing over us by Tuesday with light rain. Only a tenth of an inch to a quarter-inch of rain is in the forecast.
Then high pressure that lurks in the shadows returns, and Thanksgiving Day looks sunny and mild. How warm? Above the normal high of 50 degrees for sure. Maybe 60 degrees?
If you are heading over the mountain passes this week, you should have no problems. Snow levels will be high, and no packed snow at 4,000 feet is expected.
That high-pressure ridge we have discussed here before will not leave town. It will weaken and back off a bit but remains king of the hill until further notice. We can only hope December saves us from the unusual dry spell and brings more seasonal weather.
It is so dry with extremely low dew points for this time of the year that strong east winds have caused several wildfires to burn along the Northern Oregon coast and the Southern Washington coast — unheard of in November.
That dryness enters your home as well, with possible nasal difficulties and, of course, static electricity. Been zapped yet on the door handles?
Our overnight temperatures vary quite a bit, from the windy areas in the upper 30s to the calmer locations and lows in the 20s and even some teens around Yacolt and Moulton Falls.
The winds at the Vancouver weather station at Pearson Field subsided for a while early Saturday and allowed the temperature to drop to 24 degrees, only 2 degrees above the record low set in 2000. Yes, it still feels like winter, doesn’t it?
Today will be our 13th day in a row without measurable precipitation, and Monday will likely be our 14th day. This is history-making weather, and a period for the record books. What will come next?
