Winter returns!
-GOOD FRIDAY MORNING, EVERYONE...
The advance of a system from the NW will thicken our clouds fairly quickly today and then deliver some afternoon and evening rain showers. Highs will be in the mid 50's and SW breezes will pick up to 5-15 mph with gusts a bit higher in some areas. Rain will turn to mixed showers and then to snow as our temperatures drop to the mid 20's tonight. Accumulations are not expected to be huge, but do watch for slick streets Saturday morning. Gusty breezes at 5-15 mph will turn westerly overnight.
Much of Central Oregon, along with the Cascades and areas to our north, will remain under a WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for much of the weekend. The mountain snow will be good news for the resorts, but BE AWARE that winter driving conditions will return to the mountain passes very quickly today.
With this system will come some very cold temperatures. Highs Saturday will be in the mid to upper 30's and Sunday will be topping out in the low 30's. Snow showers will stay with us through the weekend and then taper off Sunday night. Mt. Bachelor could see as much as a foot of snow during that time. Local accumulations could range from an inch or two all the way to 3-5" at the upper elevations. A variable cloud cover will stay with us through next week. The warm up we see will be very gradual. We won't get back to the low 50's until Thursday at the soonest. Also, Thursday is the first day of Spring.
In the NewsChannel 21 Weather Center, I'm Bob Shaw...
HAVE A SPARKLING DAY IN CENTRAL OREGON!
