Well, we finally managed to reach a monthly rainfall which is exactly on average Friday with 3.63 inches in the rain gauge so far this month in Vancouver. That was easy. After a chilly morning more rain moves inland later today. I expect some of you had early morning lows in the 30s and scattered frost early today.
Rain could be heavy at times tonight and Sunday with snow in the Cascades. Colder air arrives late Sunday and snow will fall to the mountain passes. If traveling over the Cascades in the next few days, keep up with the changing road conditions. The National Weather Service has a Winter Storm Watch up for the Cascades Sunday and Monday. Even Government Camp could receive a foot of snow with a couple of feet higher up Mount Hood.
Sounds like winter weather, doesn’t it? It appears the ski season will be in full swing by Thanksgiving at this rate.
Looking forward to next week, the forecasted short spell of dry weather with east winds Tuesday and Wednesday have been reduced to hours only as forecast charts show more rain heading our way. Perhaps an atmospheric river is on the horizon but currently it is forecast to stream across Southern Oregon. Keeping a close eye on that development.
