Spring and right back to winter again

Typical March weather around here with some nice sunny days this past week and highs that reached the upper 50s and even low 60s (61 degrees back on March 1st). But….. It’s March and it’s Oregon which means cooler and wetter weather is never far away and that really is how it goes around here.

This time of year I feel like the number one thing people ask me and want to know most is what days are going to be dry for playing sports, jogging, planning an outdoor social events (more common these days), hiking, or just working on outdoor projects around the yard, so I’ll do my very best to answer that. 😉

The rest of today through Tuesday: Showers at times every day; however, I don’t see any sign of an all day washout meaning you can expect a few sunbreaks or at least breaks and pauses in the showers each day. Not reliably dry days, but far from being complete losses either haha! The simulated radar image below for 10AM Sunday shows this well with scattered showers roaming around the northern Willamette Valley for that time.

Looking for dry weather then head east of the mountains. Much drier over there!

This pattern typically favors heavier showers during the afternoon hours, and that will go for every day now through Tuesday. Sunday in particular could see heavier showers though with hail and maybe a little bit of thunder or lightning for some of you.

Snow levels will be quite low during this period of time. I wouldn’t be surprised if people living up in the Coast Range or Cascade foothills above about 1000′ saw a dusting to an inch of snow one of these mornings. Here is the forecasted snowfall through Tuesday night showing snow in the Coast Range and the Cascades down to fairly low levels.

Monday stands the best chance of being mostly dry. Not 100% dry, but I’m thinking right here in the valley we should only see a couple of showers at most. Both the Coast Range and the Cascades will see a fair amount of showers still.

Wed – Fri: Nice and dry for the back half of our work week with highs returning to the upper 50s- maybe even 60 again. If you are wanting completely dry weather then these are the days for you.