Warm Mother’s Day Weekend

The area is under the influence of a large dome of high pressure that is expected to park over the Pacific Northwest Saturday. The result will be sunny days, clear nights and much warmer than normal temperature readings. Highs today will hit the low 80s everywhere, with light winds.

Mother's Day will be dry and warm as well. The mercury in the thermometer is likely to be a couple degrees cooler Sunday, but that still gets most of the area in the 80s again. Some showers may develop over the Paulina Mountains in the afternoon, but there is very little moisture to work with therefore I am not expecting much.

The other big story is the Solar Storms that will be bombarding the Earth's atmosphere over the weekend. The Space Prediction Center has issued a Special Statement about the event. This is from the National Weather Service.

"* A Geomagnetic Storm of this strength can cause multiple and widespread issues with various power and communication systems. * Widespread voltage control problems may occur; some power grid systems may experience component failures, disruption of service and protective device trips. This could result in blackouts. * Pipeline currents can reach hundreds of amps. * GPS and other satellite navigation may be degraded or unavailable for days. * High Frequency (HF) radio propagation may be impossible in many areas for one or two days. * Low-frequency radio navigation can be out for hours. * Aurora may be visible at much lower latitudes."
It is not all gloom and doom, we were able to see the Northern Lights Friday and more than likely we will see them again tonight.

Stay Safe.

 
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