A nice little update for you all as I hinted at possible wild weather for the Thanksgiving week, and I figured it’s time for an update to see what’s going on. HINT: not much – which is good news for planning Thanksgiving plans. 🙂

Today & Sunday: Dry until about roughly 1 or 2pm. Rain moves in during the afternoon and will last through the night. Plenty of rain and breezy winds will accompany this storm system moving in later today with wind gusts of 20 to 30mph. Snow levels will fall to the passes though. This means snowy highways going across the Cascades both Saturday and Sunday. Rain totals here in the valley will end up probably just shy of half an inch. A decent soaking, but nothing major

Monday – Thursday (Thanksgiving day): No travel concerns. Larger storms will stay well offshore which leaves us in a sort of no man’s land with most days this coming week staying chilly, but dry. Some rain is likely on Wednesday, but again, nothing big. It appears we will be dodging the bullet on any other major storms this holiday week which is great news! Expect lots of fog here in the central valley this coming week with a better shot at sun at locations near the gorge.

Next weekend: The tame weather continues through next weekend as well. This means few (if any) weather concerns when the time comes for people to travel home after all of of our Thanksgiving festivities are done and in the books. 🙂

The Cascades

Fairly terrible travel conditions tonight through most of the day on Sunday. 6 to 12 inches of snow are expected up in the mountains between Saturday night and Sunday night. Winds will also be gusting 30 to 40mph. A real doozy if you need to travel during that time frame; especially since we have not seen much snow yet in the mountains this year. The entire rest of the week looks great though for Cascade travel!!

The Coast

Winds will really be ripping this evening through early Sunday morning. Gusts 35 to 45mph out along the coast will make for a stormy scene.

Similar to the mountains, the coast will also experience much calmer weather as soon as Monday hits. The coast also stands a better chance of seeing sunshine next week than the Willamette Valley. It is very normal during this time of year for the valley to get stuck in fog while the coast experiences full sunshine. It’s both funny and super odd how that works, but anyone who has been here for awhile knows this holds up to be true. On the flip side, a sunny and hot day in summer here in the valley can mean fog and clouds right along the coast. It’s just how it works!!

Happy Saturday and take care!!