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Weather Eye: Rain will give way to a sunny weekend before making a return

By Patrick Timm
Published: February 26, 2015, 12:00am

Finally, the weather feels a little more like February. The first ‘real’ rain fell Wednesday after two weeks of dry weather. Not much, but a start in the right direction. Snow was falling at Timberline and Meadows on Mount Hood but there was still just a rain or rain/snow mix at Government Camp.

The snow level will lower and several inches will fall at Government Camp, with more in the higher elevations. Locally, showers will continue today and Friday, but as of this writing on Wednesday afternoon, the weekend looks sunny and nice. Not as spring-like as last weekend but still rather nice for February. Another cold system from the north returns Monday, bringing rain and mountain snow.

As the cold trough of low pressure moves through on Friday, I would expect a chance of a thunderstorm or two and maybe an ice pellet shower. The low drops to California, Nevada and Arizona and will bring some late winter snow to that region. Every snowflake helps!

On Monday, when the next cold front arrives, chillier rain will fall. When skies clear Tuesday night, a good frost is possible early Wednesday morning. The timing may be off on these fronts but you get the picture.

March rolls in on Sunday with mainly clear skies and sunshine forecast; I guess that falls into the lamb category. We’ll have to wait and see if the lion rounds the end of the month out. March is such a fickle month anyway. It seems like it can’t make up its mind and usually provides a good mixture of winter and spring weather.


Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. patricktimm.com

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