A real windy afternoon today, peak gust at PDX was 41 mph at 12:16pm. You have to admit models did really well showing the peak within a couple hours of 1pm too. I know there was some serious “wishcasting” and “wishsatlooping” going on too the last 24 hours (like the new term?). That then leads to disappointment by those hoping for a big surprise. The PDX-OLM gradient ended up peaking at 11.5 millibars, which is quite close to what models had shown as well.
Real quiet tonight and Friday as we get a break between systems…then it’s on to a new round of frontal systems Sunday and on through the rest of the next week. There is no sign of a nice break in the weather that we often see this time of year (at SOME point in March). The Pacific Jet seems to want to end the season with a bang. So enjoy the one dry day tomorrow…just maybe a morning sprinkle. Brightest skies with sunbreaks should be after the noon hour.
Chief Meteorologist Mark Nelsen