Well, I have to tell you that there is nothing spectacular in our foreseeable future, weather wise.
Makes for an easy weather forecast: Areas of fog and low clouds with afternoon clearing in areas away from the east winds out of the Gorge. The whole county could remain clear like last week or western portions foggy like the week before. Hopefully not the latter.
A massive ridge of high pressure will dominate our weather for the next week or so and it will be dry. A few weak weather systems ride over the top at week’s end, but should remain far enough north to keep the drips and drizzle away.
The extended outlook into much of February continues our warm-and-dry trend. This translates to below-normal snowfall in the mountains. The snowpack around Mount Hood was only 42 percent of average as we started out the week.