The weather forecast hasn’t changed since the last time we chatted together. That large area of low pressure off California keeps spinning around and around.
One weather forecaster at the Portland office of the National Weather Service wrote the following in his discussion Saturday afternoon: “The remainder of the week can be looked at almost like someone pedaling a bicycle. There is just a rotation of small mesoscale lows (pedals) around the main parent low (gear) which will keep conditions variable.”
This translates to rain each and every day over the next five to seven days. It will be steady at times and then rather showery. We will have some breaks in the moisture, but not a whole lot.
Temperatures will be seasonal, in the mid- to upper 40s and perhaps jumping into the low 50s as southwest winds kick in.
It will be a battle between the southerly winds and the cooler easterly winds from the Columbia River Gorge, so areas along the river may see fluctuating temperatures.
Regardless, with breezes, it will feel like typical January weather for us.
With a stream of clouds overhead, forget about freezing temperatures for the next week at least.
The main jet stream will keep California soaking wet, offering no relief for that state. I know I have said this before: We get the leftovers.
It is unfortunate that California has had such severe storms and devastation. Good produce may be getting difficult to obtain; I know strawberries already are.
With the flow of air coming up from the south, snow levels will be above the mountain passes, and only the higher-elevation ski areas will get the white stuff.
Our monthly rain tally as of 5 p.m. Saturday was 1.17 inches in Vancouver. We still have three weeks to give nature a chance to add to that and satisfy the record books with a somewhat “normal” month.
We had a full “wolf moon” right after sunset Friday evening in the northeastern sky. You have heard of a supermoon, but experts called this one a micro moon because it was at its farthest away from Earth, rather than being in close proximity.
Take good care, and we will chat more on Tuesday.
