Brad's my brother inlaw, big time fisherman big time jet boat owner. If it keeps raining like this I may need his boat to get around. Like trying to find a parking spot at the mall during Christmas, storms are backed up across the Pacific waiting to drop rain on the Pacific Northwest. I'm wrting this note around 10:30 Friday morning, since midnight we've seen over .75" of rain. More rain is on the way today and for the weekend. The QPF(Quanitative Precipitation Forecast) is estimating some locals may get over 2" of precip this weekend

With rain like that on the way I'll be keeping a close eye on area rivers this weekend. Right now rivers are staying inside there banks, but they will be rising. Some of the "usual suspects". The Tualitin, Pudding and Mary's rivers may get near bankfull during the weekend.

Rain on the valley floor will turn to snow in the mountains above 3000ft this weekend. Several inches of snow will fall this weekend. This pattern shows no sign of changing. I expect rain or rain showers, heavy at times to continue through the middle of next week, if not longer!

Stay dry and safe this weekend
Dave
dsalesky@kgw.com