Almost Spring
It's in the air-spring that is. You can feel it. The days are getting longer, temperatures are getting warmer and flowers are starting to pop up in gardens. For the record spring begins at 10:48 PM on March 19th, that's just 15 days away!
We are going to get a taste of some spring like weather over the next few days. High pressure is returning to the region forcing the storm track into Alaska.
The drier upper air pattern will allow for fair skies over the next few days. Once a pattern like this builds it takes a while for it to break down. We've seen this on and off for the past 6 weeks. The last time we had a significant rain event in Portland. I call that a more than 3/4 of an inch of rain was on January 30th.
Does this mean our cold wet weather is over? Certainly not. But our chance of snow is just about nil from now on and we're going to see temperatures continue to increase. Our average high by early April will be 60 degrees.
Regards
Dave
