Dry and warm conditions are expected to continue today across the Willamette Valley with minimal weather impacts. We anticipate northerly surface winds will maintain daytime highs near seasonal norms, while cool and moist air infiltrates the region each night. This means marine fog is likely to develop along the coast and filter into the Willamette Valley each evening, with clearer skies returning by the afternoon through the upcoming week.
The week ahead will see light west to northwest winds, peaking each afternoon. An upper-level ridge building over the Rockies and Great Basin is forecast to briefly warm conditions on Friday. However, this warm-up will be short-lived as an upper-level trough over the northeast Pacific shifts onshore Saturday into Sunday, bringing slightly cooler temperatures. With this pattern shift, winds will come from the south and southwest…