Chilly day in store

Good morning, Central Oregon!

Thursday through Saturday, a large low pressure system will continue to move south.

As that happens, a disturbance will move into the Pacific Northwest Thursday night into Friday and bring a chance of mainly light snow to the mountains.

There is not a lot of moisture with the this, so the lower elevations in Central Oregon will remain mostly dry. 

This disturbance will depart later Friday and a ridge of high pressure will build in, which will bring dry weather for Saturday.

Temperatures on Thursday will be below average, in the low to mid- 30s at the higher elevations and high 30s to around 40 at the lower elevations.

Any precipitation that does fall in the mountains could be 1-2 inches.

Thursday overnight lows will be just above average in the mid-20s.

Saturday brings a little bit of warm-up, with highs in the low to mid-40s.

Saturday night into Sunday, we see a slight chance of a rain/snow mix in the higher elevations, but any chance clears up before we start our work week.

Next Tuesday and Wednesday, leading into New Year's Eve, snow levels begin to drop again, bring the next chance for a rain/snow mix into the region.