Soggy Second Half

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Warm temperatures - for October - are on tap for today & Tue around the PNW; cooler on Wed by several degrees as a weak trough (Low) begins to set up just west of the PNW coast.  Not much precip associated with this mid-week pattern, but definitely a cool-down into more normal Oct temperatures (upper 50s - low 60s).  The cooler, partly cloudy pattern will hold through most of Fri.  East winds will be notable through the Columbia River Gorge, and Cascades passes ahead of the shift onshore mid-week. Low temps close to Frost Point around Hood River growing area until mid-week.

The coming weekend of Oct 11,12 will present another drop in temps, along with increasing showers and/or steady rain because that off-shore Low will move inland over OR.  Quite possible for a skiff of snow over the Cascades.  Rough estimate of cumulative precip, west side, this coming weekend is 0.2" - 0.5”.

Week of Oct 13-17 is trending mostly dry & rather cool (50s) for the first couple of days, then sometime on Wed the 15th, a RAINY PERIOD will commence, from north-to-south, and is modeled to last through the following weekend (Oct 18,19).  We ’seen’ this before to now avail, however, given the time of year, this time around should verify.  Lowland totals of precip this cycle could exceed 2 inches.  Soggy City for the second half of October.  Also, the system charting for Sat night, Oct 18 could be WINDY.  

It’s likely to be mostly dry to start the week of Oct 20, then turning wet again, with decent mountain snowfall.