Category: Salem Area Forecast

It’s COLD out there!!

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7am and here are the temps across the state.  Brrrrrrr!!!!!  Very winter like out there today!!  

Nov 9 7am temps

Cold nights and mornings continue to be the big story of the week with lows generally in the 28 – 35 degree range around here with today and Sunday mornings probably being the coldest of them all.  Still no good chance for rain in sight.

Nov 4

Today we will see an increase in cloud cover later on, but nothing more than that.  Still another dry day.

Come Wednesday we will have a small chance for a few rain showers before quickly drying out again on Thursday.  There you have it.  Our mostly dry weather will continue for a while longer.

Election Day update

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Nov 3

The next several days are fairly easy as far as forecasting goes: patchy morning fog some days, a few clouds at times, and lots of sun, especially in the afternoons.  Chilly mornings too.

Our first widespread frost of the season is looking quite possible over the next few mornings.  Whether or not we hit freezing will all depend on how clear the skies are and if fog rolls in or not.  Regardless, it will still be chilly in the mornings.

That’s all for now, so enjoy our nice dry, cool fall weather while it lasts.

Gloomy weather & a fun announcement

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Review from yesterday

Overall I’m happy with how yesterday’s forecast went.  It was drier during the day than I anticipated, but the same couldn’t be said for folks living north of Salem where light rain fell much of the day.  The mostly dry evening turned out to be a good forecast which was the biggest thing I was concerned with.  Most of all, roughly 24 hours later, I can say that I am pleased with how my forecast turned out, and I’m thrilled that some surprise downpour did not occur.

Onto the forecast

Gloomy weather will dominate the next 7 days.

Nov 2

Confidence is higher that Friday night through Saturday night will be dry.  It will be chilly, not real sunny necessarily, but dry.  Other change is for Sunday.  It’s still going to be a wet day, but not at much rain as I was thinking in the previous post.

And now for the super fun announcement……….. 

You may have noticed over the past week or so that the images in my posts are now clickable!!  Woo hoo!!!  Now you can click on them for a larger view.  Was that worth the build up lol?? 😉   

Alright, have a good rest of your week!!

Big time forecast right here!!!

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Did my awesome title pull you into reading this??? 😉

We really do have a big time forecast here for Halloween, and this is my best guess. 

6:00am – 2:30pm:  Showers.  Fairly wet.

2:30pm – 5:30pm:  Showers end and we dry out.

5:30pm -10pm:  Mostly dry with an isolated sprinkle possible.

Take away message

If your costume or event requires totally dry weather than you are most likely out of luck if you wish to be outdoors.  I believe it will be dry by evening, but a slight shift in the system and the rain will stick around longer.

None of the showers will be real heavy like what we experienced on Monday.  We are looking at lighter rain showers transitioning into sprinkles/mist before coming to an end.

Basically our drying out time will happen late afternoon before outdoor activities commence.

So, if you don’t mind the small possibility of a sprinkle or two than your evening plans will be just fine.

Phew!!!  Okay, I’ve gone through my checklist of maps and charts,  I’ve given myself a nice pep talk, and that is what I see happening.  24 hours from now we will know for certain if I was right, wrong, or partially correct.  I’m just hoping that 24 hours from now I’m not writing another one of those dang apology posts because it poured rain the whole time… lol. 

Enjoy your day, watch out for people walking out in the streets, and remember I’m not perfect…….  or even close to it (in case you thought I was), so don’t fire me if I’m wrong 😉

Fall weather

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We have had a couple of very active days with over an inch & a half of rain falling between Sunday & Monday, the Cascades picked up a few inches of snow, and 3 very weak tornados were spotted right here in western Oregon.  None of the tornados did any serious damage, but rather crazy weather nevertheless.

Over the next 7 days the best chance for dry weather will be today and then again for much of Saturday.  Final thing to highlight is the increasing likelihood that Sunday will be very wet. 

Nov 1

Today:  Lots of clouds, but very little in the way of rain.  Maybe a quick sprinkle.  Nothing more.

Wednesday:  Light rain for much of the day.  This remains a very tricky forecast if you are wanting to know if the evening hours will be dry.  All I know at this point is that the later in the day/evening we go the better chance for dry weather.  When that dry weather moves in exactly I cannot say.  This means Halloween plans could be a little bit damp.

Thursday:  A few light showers.

Friday:  More light rain at times.

Saturday:  Dry most of the day, but will still see some pesky isolated showers here & there.

Sunday:  A very wet day as mentioned above.  Rain, some heavy at times.  With perhaps more than an inch possible. 

Monday:  A few showers.

Showers and sunbreaks

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Did you enjoy the sound of the rain last night?  We picked up close to .75″ of rain in the past 24 hours.  Pretty wet!!!!

For the rest of today and tomorrow the forecast is fairly straightforward.  Lots of sunbreaks with heavy showers at times and maybe some thunder, lightning, or small hail mixed in.  Very breezy at times as well.  So don’t let the sun fool you, cause more showers are on the way.

Wet weekend ahead!!

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It stayed cloudy all day long with on and off sprinkles/light rain.  A fairly typical wet fall day. 

We have a much stronger storm coming for this weekend.  I took the liberty of actually viewing the satellite and I see this system is continuing to move quicker than expected.  You can see it out in the Pacific turning and heading our way. 

sat pic 2

What does this mean?  It means most of Saturday will likely be wet with on and off showers.  Timing is everything in weather, but at some point later tomorrow/tomorrow night we will see a good period of steady, moderate/heavy rain come through along with some stronger winds.

Sunday & Monday will be breezy at times with scattered showers and maybe a rumble of thunder or some small hail.  A stormy weekend for sure!!