We have had a long stretch of really calm weather, and looking ahead it seems clear this calm weather is here to stay for about 6 more days. Check this 24 hour precip chart for Salem.

By the time 3PM rolled around most of the Willamette Valley was in the sun. This satellite image shows fog hanging out south of about Albany with sun to the north.

The bottom line is we should continue to see either sun or fog now through next Thursday. It’s tough this time of year because it’s still winter time and the sun angel simply isn’t high or strong enough to break up the fog unless we get help from the wind – like we did today. This makes forecasting the high temps difficult as a foggy day could very easily stay in the 30s; however, the days we manage to breakout of the fog (like today) have the chance to reach the lower 50s. Excellent weather along the coast for the most part during this time as well.

Fairly strong signals we will move back into a much cooler/colder weather pattern by the time we enter February. Way too far out to mention much about snow, but I’ll be watching things closely. Just something to keep in the back of our minds as we close out the month….

Okay, take care and have a great rest of your weekend!