It’s been stormy lately, and more noticeably – windy. Salem officially recorded a top gust of 48mph around 11pm Saturday night. The breezy and gusty winds have continued, but at slightly “calmer” rate. We have two more stormy days on tap before we transition into a much drier and milder spring time pattern. A few quick details below:

Mon: Rainy and windy. Winds will peak during the later afternoon and early evening hours (3 to 6pm). Expect gusts 35 to 45mph similar to what we just experienced. Rain totals of around half to three quarters of an inch.

Tue: Showers and sunbreaks. A few showers could contain small hail and even a rumble of thunder with the downpours.

Wed: It’s possible a shower or two are leftover early, but honestly my gut is telling me this is a dry day with increasing sunshine and the start of a multi-day dry stretch.

Thu & Fri: Dry and mild. Highs in the mid 60s after chilly starts in the lower 30s each morning.

Sat – Mon: Ready for the fun part? All three of these days could reach a balmy 70° 🙂 Yes, it’s going to feel really nice outside. A real treat considering 2019 was the last time we reached 70+ degrees in the month of March.

Based on many of the charts I look at including this one below, I feel it is safe to say the dry weather will stick around for quite some time. Remember when looking at these charts that each horizontal line is a possible outcome being predicted. In this case we are looking at precipitation totals for Salem, OR.

Seems clear there won’t be any rain until at least the 21st, but maybe even longer than that. So hang in there! Just two more really stormy days before we have a nice stretch of sunny and mild weather.

Take care and have a safe work week!!